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Spring/Summer 2015

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The Hippocratic Overture

Students at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons are getting ready to practice. Will it make them better doctors?

Features

After the Deluge
Illustration
Arts & Humanities

After the Deluge

A New Orleans-born writer reflects on the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the toll the disaster is still taking on his city

The New Rules of Networking
Low Library illustration
Science & Technology

The New Rules of Networking

Social-networking evangelist Sree Sreenivasan '93JRN has advice for new graduates: link in, tweet on, and connect often

Seeds of Hope
Seed
Science & Technology

Seeds of Hope

In Uruguay, Columbia scientists are working on a forecasting system to help farmers cope with climate change

College Walk

Capturing the Emperor
Illustration
Arts & Humanities

Capturing the Emperor

Barak Goodman's latest film, a six-hour adaptation of The Emperor of All Maladies, has been the documentarian's most intricate assignment yet

Some Enchanted Evening
Broadway illustration
Arts & Humanities

Some Enchanted Evening

Introducing the first annual “Columbia Songbook,” a celebration of show tunes written by faculty and alumni

A Doctor's Living Legacy
Mural
Alumni

A Doctor's Living Legacy

Gene­-Ann Polk Horne '68PH and Harlem Hospital

Happy Hour at the Salad Bar
Christina Lee
On Campus

Happy Hour at the Salad Bar

Meet Christina Lee, Columbia’s first full-­time dietitian

The Controversy of Art
Navarsky
Arts & Humanities

The Controversy of Art

Victor Navasky, founding member of the Committee to Protect Journalists, on Charlie Hebdo

Explorations

Face­-to-­Face Dialogues Seen as Key to Breaking Down Bigotry
Gay-rights protest
Science & Technology

Face­-to-­Face Dialogues Seen as Key to Breaking Down Bigotry

A Columbia study has found that people opposed to same-sex marriage will often reverse their stance after a single conversation with a gay canvasser

New Hope for Those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Mady Hornig
Health & Medicine

New Hope for Those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

The illness, once dismissed as the “yuppie flu,” has long frustrated scientists seeking to explain its etiology

Network

Good Chemistry
Jacqueline Barton
Alumni

Good Chemistry

The American Chemical Society bestowed its highest honor on Jacqueline Barton ’74BC, ’79GSAS, ’10HON

Up, Up, and Away
Tim Kopra
Alumni

Up, Up, and Away

NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra ’13BUS will return to the International Space Station for the first time since 2009

Project Greenlight
Jonny Cohen
Alumni

Project Greenlight

Anna Stork '11GSAPP, Andrea Sreshta '11GSAPP, and Jonny Cohen in the news

Books

Review: Get in Trouble
"Get in Trouble" cover
Books

Review: Get in Trouble

By Kelly Link '91CC

Book Review: “If the Oceans Were Ink”
"If Oceans Were Ink" cover
Books

Book Review: “If the Oceans Were Ink”

By Carla Power '95JRN

Review: Dead Wake
The Lusitania
Books

Review: Dead Wake

By Eric Larson '78JRN

Book Review: "Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry"
"Shrinks" book
Books

Book Review: "Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry"

By Jeffrey A. Lieberman, with Ogi Ogas

Book Review: "Girl at War"
"Girl at War"
Books

Book Review: "Girl at War"

By Sara Nović '14SOA

Notes of a Literary Partisan
"Why Not Say What Happened" cover
Books

Notes of a Literary Partisan

We talk with literary and cultural critic Morris Dickstein '61CC about his book Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education

Book Review: “Hissing Cousins”
"Hissing Cousins" cover
Books

Book Review: “Hissing Cousins”

By Marc Peyser '87JRN and Timothy Dwyer

Bulletin

In Brief: Spring/Summer 2015
Michael Doyle
On Campus

In Brief: Spring/Summer 2015

Michael W. Doyle named University Professor, among other news

Philanthropists Give $5 Million for Chinese­-History Center
Great Wall of China
On Campus

Philanthropists Give $5 Million for Chinese­-History Center

The Tang Center for Early China is being established with a $5 million endowment gift from Oscar and Agnes Tang

University Bestows Inaugural Global Freedom of Expression Prizes
Global Freedom of Expression Prizes
On Campus

University Bestows Inaugural Global Freedom of Expression Prizes

The prizes were given March 11, at the close of a two­-day conference hosted by Columbia’s Global Freedom of Expression and Information initiative

School of Continuing Education gets New Dean
Jason Wingard
On Campus

School of Continuing Education gets New Dean

Jason Wingard, formerly the chief learning officer at Goldman Sachs, begins his new deanship on July 1

Score, Lion, Score: Columbia Hires New Athletic Director, Football Coach
Al Bagnoli
On Campus

Score, Lion, Score: Columbia Hires New Athletic Director, Football Coach

Introducing Peter Pilling and Al Bagnoli

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