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Summer 2010

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Musings of the Spheres

Does space exploration matter? Is there life on other planets? And what about Pluto? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson '92GSAS tells us what's up.

Features

Alumni

Trial and Error

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

On Campus

From Boots to Books

In Columbia classrooms, the ranks of veterans are growing

Arts & Humanities

2010: An Artspace Odyssey

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

Health & Medicine

Autism, Unmasked

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

On Campus

Poland's Bitter Spring

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

College Walk

On Campus

Rules of the Game

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

Alumni

Chairman of the Boardwalk

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

Alumni

Beat the Rap

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

Explorations

Science & Technology

Kudzu's March

An invasive plant species found to be causing air pollution

Science & Technology

What Holds Us Together?

Physicist Elena Aprile is close to spotting dark matter

Health & Medicine

Wired for Trauma

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

Books

Books

Brush Up Your... Marlowe?

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

Books

Book Review: "A Fine Romance"

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

Books

Book Review: "The First Tycoon"

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

Bulletin

On Campus

University Opens Newest Global Centers in Paris and Mumbai

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

On Campus

Public-Health Expert Bobbie Berkowitz Chosen as New Nursing Dean

She starts her new job September 1

On Campus

Guardian Exec Emily Bell to Lead New Digital Journalism Center

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism will be launched this fall 

On Campus

Libraries Land New Film, Arts, and Human-Rights Collection

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

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