Summer 2010

Julie Menin's battle to keep a 9/11 prosecution out of Lower Manhattan

Professor John Micgiel looks at the aftermath of a plane crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski and scores of other dignitaries

The causes of autism are multiple and mysterious, but Columbia scientists say the disorder's secrets will soon be revealed

Exploring the mixed-media landscape of this year's MFA thesis exhibition

In Columbia classrooms, the ranks of veterans are growing

Sunil Gulati ’86GSAS, president of the US Soccer Federation, gives his economics class a golden goal

Talking with MBA student and Israeli hip-hop drummer Gal Sivan '10BUS

Edward McGinty '06SOA helps HBO's Boardwalk Empire capture Atlantic City in the 1920s

Physicist Elena Aprile is close to spotting dark matter

Epidemiologist Sandro Galea discovers that altered genes may trigger post-traumatic stress

An invasive plant species found to be causing air pollution

Reviews of Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro '77CC and Shakespeare and the American Musical by Irene G. Dash '72GSAS

Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, by David Lehman '70CC, '78GSAS

The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, by T. J. Stiles '91GSAS

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism will be launched this fall 

Columbia acquired archives that will benefit key areas of scholarship at the University

She starts her new job September 1

The expansion is part of the University’s ongoing effort to “deepen our engagement with scholars, ideas, and challenges across the globe”