Summer 2006

Columbians work to stem the tide of climate change

On a broad canvas, Jed Perl finds figures in the shadows

In trying to uphold Judaism's center, retiring JTS Chancellor Ismar Schorsch found himself caught in the middle

A young cartoonist draws inspiration from high school

Why traditional humanistic education is worth fighting for

The 90-plus-year-old West End is invariably mentioned in any discussion of the Beats at Columbia

The Columbia Review claims to be the nation’s oldest college literary journal

Dorkbot does "strange things with electricity"

How a professor from Russia raised class consciousness

The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a grant to develop radiation-screening tools 

Researchers have found that when pregnant women are exposed to high levels of air pollution, their unborn babies are at risk for cognitive problems 

Columbia researchers achieved major breakthroughs in developing tiny cylindrical pieces of carbon

The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba, and Herbert L. Matthews of The New York Times, by Anthony DePalma

The Oxford Book of American Poetry, edited by David Lehman

Letters to a Young Journalist, by Samuel G. Freedman

The Architecture of Warren & Wetmore, by Peter Pennoyer '80CC, '84APP and Anne Walker '00APP

Black men, especially in cities, did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1990s, according to new research

The Project for Excellence in Journalism recently released its annual State of the News Media study,

Jewish and Muslim students convene at an event supported by the Kraft Family Fund for Interfaith and Intercultural Awareness

“Torture on Trial,” a discussion held at Columbia Law School, explored the implications of the US government’s allowing extreme interrogation practices 

Art Garfunkel ’62CC, ’65GSAS wins third annual I.A.L. Diamond Award for Achievement in the Arts

She is the first woman to hold the position

Amnesty International USA sent its archive to Columbia 

Goldman will join Columbia on August 1 

He will remain as dean until the University chooses his successor, and he will stay on as a professor

Columbia's student comedy revue spoofs the music video “Every Breath You Take"