Spring/Summer 2022

Some world leaders used the pandemic as an excuse to silence critics and roll back civil liberties. Can the damage be undone?

Eleven stories of life, learning, and personal reinvention

What neuroscience and psychology can tell us about baseball – and ourselves

Architect Charles Renfro ’94GSAPP leads a walk-through of the new buildings in Manhattanville

Mark Andryczyk of Columbia’s Harriman Institute reflects on Ukraine’s cultural resilience

The Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s new director shares some of her favorites from the collection

Columbia’s Justice Lab takes aim at a controversial practice

In her final years, the former US secretary of state was a campus mainstay

Low Library was recently illuminated with Ukraine's national colors

6 new scientific discoveries 

Columbia research shows how the intelligent cephalopods become masters of disguise

Clues buried in mud bust a centuries-old myth about the ancient warriors

Columbia researchers on how to rewire our most embarrassing, depressing, and guilt-inducing recollections

Fungus-based construction materials could be useful in remote settings or at the scenes of natural disasters

Psychiatrist and epidemiologist Mady Hornig discusses the possible roots of this mysterious condition

Immune systems provoke a firestorm of molecular chaos, according to new Columbia research

Leeza Mangaldas ’11CC has made a career out of demystifying taboos and destigmatizing sexuality

Sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann ’10GSAS takes an intellectual dive into a popular but maligned genre

CoinOut, founded by Jeffrey Witten ’10CC, ’15BUS, ’15LAW, lets users earn money by sharing their recent shopping history

For icebreakers, gatherings, or family nights in

A refugee once dreamed of opening a hospital. This year, his wish will come true

John Davisson '08CC reconstructs a beloved campus building

All from Columbia alumni authors

By Geraldine Brooks ’83JRN 

By Jessamine Chan ’12SOA

A review of Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks, by Patrick Radden Keefe ’99CC

In Rescuing Socrates, American-studies professor Roosevelt Montás ’95CC, ’04GSAS makes the case for a liberal-arts education

A review of The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas, by Gal Beckerman ’21JRN

The school moved into a pair of cutting-edge new buildings, Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall

Robert F. Smith ’94BUS has given a $10 million gift 

Shirley Wang '93BUS is a University Trustee

The Columbia Commitment supports students and faculty, as well as projects that address critical global problems

The initiative was conceived as part of the University’s Antiracism Task Force

A union representing some three thousand student employees signed a four-year agreement 

Columbia finished the 2021–22 campaign ranked third in the nation

The incredible story of Billy Gawronski