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Spring/Summer 2021

Spring-Summer 2021 cover of Columbia Magazine with illustrations of Columbia campus, by Lauren Simkin Berke
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A New Way of Looking at Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee wrote the book on cancer. Can he transform the way it’s treated?

Features

Alumni

The Columbia Guide to the Pentagon Papers Case

Fifty years later, alumni and faculty tell us why the Supreme Court battle matters more than ever

Arts & Humanities

Pass the Remote: 6 Women Shaping the Future of TV

These alumnae directors, screenwriters, and producers have found enviable success in the streaming era

Science & Technology

How to Prepare for a "Megadisaster"

Submerged cities. Food shortages. Attacks on the electrical grid. Bioterrorism. It’s time to get ready for tomorrow’s catastrophes

College Walk

On Campus

Carrots! Collards! Broccoli! Morningside Heights' Secret (Vegetable) Garden

How professor Tommy Vaughan, a pioneer of advanced MRI systems, created an unlikely campus attraction

Arts & Humanities

MFA Students Launch a Literary Journal for Veterans

The Line invites former military personnel and their families to share their stories

On Campus

15 New Views of Vintage Columbia

Postcard collector Brewster Moseley ’76TC shares some of his favorite campus scenes

On Campus

Law-School Lexicon

4 famous terms coined by Columbia Law School faculty

Alumni

Honoring Brother Zach

Alumni establish an endowment in memory of a community giant

Explorations

Health & Medicine

“Get the Shot!” Urges Rap Star

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-DMC is appearing in a new series of educational music videos launched by Hip Hop Public Health

Science & Technology

Bacteria Employed as "Living Hard Drives"

Columbia scientists are encoding digital information into E. coli cells

Science & Technology

Self-Aware Robots? Engineers Edge Toward Elusive Goal

A new android designed at Columbia displays a “glimmer of empathy” 

Science & Technology

Black Holes Could Be Tapped for Energy, Say Physicists

Scientists offer a new take on the theory

Health & Medicine

When Grief Won't End

For some bereaved adults, time does not heal. Columbia researchers are looking for answers

Science & Technology

These Dinosaurs Were Homebodies, and Now Scientists Know Why

Some of the earliest-known dinosaurs waited millions of years before wandering out of South America

Health & Medicine

Psychiatrists to Study How College Students’ Lives are Shaped by COVID-19

The pandemic has turned everybody’s lives upside down, and students have made profound sacrifices

Network

Arts & Humanities

The Experience Designer Behind Prince’s Paisley Park

Fri Forjindam ’05SOA has the enviable task of memorializing the late artist’s life and work

Alumni

Behind the Scenes at Digital Dating App Bumble

We speak with Clare O’Connor ’10JRN, the platform’s head of editorial content

Alumni

Alumni Go to Washington

Columbia graduates are key players in the Biden administration

Health & Medicine

A Columbia Startup Finds a Way to Clean Up

Kinnos, a biotech company, has a simple but effective new disinfection tool for the pandemic era and beyond

Health & Medicine

The Nurse Practitioner Who Wants to Bring Concierge Health Care to All

Rakiyah Jones ’19NRS is expanding access one patient at a time

Alumni

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Tom Kitt, and Other Alumni Newsmakers

Columbians making headlines

Books

Books

Why We’re All So Captivated by Ruins

Miles Orvell ’64CC explores how the spectacle of destruction shapes the way we process time and change

Books

This History of Food Might Ruin Your Appetite

A review of Animal, Vegetable, Junk, by Mark Bittman 

Books

Review: What’s Mine and Yours

By Naima Coster ’15SOA 

Books

The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral

Psychologist Ethan Kross ’07GSAS suggests strategies to root out negative self-talk 

Books

How the Blackwell Sisters Paved the Way for Women Physicians

A review of The Doctors Blackwell, by Janice P. Nimura ’01GSAS

Books

Add These Books to Your 2021 Reading List

6 exciting new releases from Columbia authors

Books

Review: We Run the Tides

By Vendela Vida ’96SOA

Bulletin

On Campus

Wafaa El-Sadr Leads Columbia World Projects

The public-health expert will oversee the initiative, mobilizing researchers to address pressing global issues

On Campus

Columbia Announces $1.4 Billion Fundraising Drive for Student Aid

The Columbia Student Support Initiative will support scholarships, fellowships, and other forms of financial assistance 

On Campus

Columbia Announces New Fossil-Fuel Investment Policy

The University will continue to refrain from directly investing in publicly traded oil or gas companies

Health & Medicine

New Program Will Research Brain Longevity

Introducing the the Sagol Brain Longevity Program at Columbia’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute

On Campus

Shih-Fu Chang Named Interim Dean of Columbia Engineering

The professor of electrical engineering and computer science takes over for Mary C. Boyce

Science & Technology

Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu Honored with US Postage Stamp

Wu was Columbia's first tenured female physics professor and one of the most influential nuclear physicists of her generation

On Campus

Melanie Bernitz Named Senior VP for Columbia Health

The physician and associate professor was recently promoted in recognition of her leadership 

On Campus

Columbia Receives $5M to Develop Racial-Justice Curriculum

The program will be available for use across the nation in universities and colleges, prisons, and community settings

On Campus

Jeh Johnson, Adam Pritzker, and Sheena Wright Elected to Board of Trustees

Columbia recently announced the election of the new members

Backstory

Arts & Humanities

Radio Made the Video Stars

How two guys from Columbia's WKCR launched MTV

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