Summer 2011
Manning Marable believed that Black history and scholarship should be a means not only for knowing the world but for changing it. His new book on Malcolm X could do both.
Features
Of Snakes and Butterflies
Arts & Humanities
Of Snakes and Butterflies
When Zhou Long won the 2011 Pulitzer for Music, he gained something more than artistic laurels
The Untouchables
On Campus
The Untouchables
Legendary fencing coach Aladar Kogler teaches his students to play with sharp objects — their minds
The Spokes-Man of New York
Alumni
The Spokes-Man of New York
Can Ken Podziba '91GSAPP make New York the next great biking city?
College Walk
Nibs and Nibbles
Arts & Humanities
Nibs and Nibbles
The 2011 Pulitzer Prize recipients clink glasses in celebration of their achievements in journalism, literature, and music
Explorations
Waste-to-Fuel Project Launches in Ghana
Science & Technology
Waste-to-Fuel Project Launches in Ghana
Environmental engineer Kartik Chandran has developed an unusually efficient way to turn nitrogen and other organic compounds from human waste into biodiesel
Survival Islands
Science & Technology
Survival Islands
If an entire nation is made uninhabitable by rising seas, what is owed to its people?
New Pathways for Treating Alzheimer’s
Health & Medicine
New Pathways for Treating Alzheimer’s
A study has uncovered alternative causes of the disease
Books
Book Review: "Scribble, Scribble, Scribble"
Books
Book Review: "Scribble, Scribble, Scribble"
Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother, By Simon Schama
Fem Text Redux
Books
Fem Text Redux
Lawyer and former reporter Stephanie Staal ’93BC, ’98JRN discusses her book Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life
Book Review: "Bad News"
Books
Book Review: "Bad News"
How America’s Business Press Missed the Story of the Century, edited by Anya Schiffrin '00JRN
Bulletin
$5 Million Match Established by Lavine and Lenfest for Core Curriculum
On Campus
$5 Million Match Established by Lavine and Lenfest for Core Curriculum
The gifts will endow positions for five Core instructors
Campbell Sports Center and Marsh Restoration Get Go-Ahead from City
On Campus
Campbell Sports Center and Marsh Restoration Get Go-Ahead from City
Columbia will construct a five-story, 47,000-square-foot sports center at its Baker Athletics Complex
Columbia to Naval ROTC: Welcome Back
On Campus
Columbia to Naval ROTC: Welcome Back
University to resume Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC)
New Autism Center Will Foster Columbia, Cornell Research Collaborations
On Campus
New Autism Center Will Foster Columbia, Cornell Research Collaborations
The Institute for Brain Development will be located on the Westchester campus of New York-Presbyterian Hospital
After 73 Years at Columbia, Keene Retires to Japan
On Campus
After 73 Years at Columbia, Keene Retires to Japan
The scholar and translator of Japanese literature taught his last class in Kent Hall in April
CAA Hosts Barcelona Trip
On Campus
CAA Hosts Barcelona Trip
About 100 Columbia alumni and friends gathered in the Mediterranean city to experience its art, architecture, history, music, and food