Summer 2012
Josh Fox’s documentary Gasland triggered a groundswell of opposition to fracking, the technology driving America’s gas-drilling boom. Now, as the industry hits back, Fox and other Columbians are digging in.
Features
The Dot Matrix
Science & Technology
The Dot Matrix
At Columbia’s Spatial Information Design Lab, researchers are creating urban maps that make points about how we live
Thought for Food
Alumni
Thought for Food
For Michelin star-winning chef Anita Lo, all cooking is fusion cooking. Then again, Lo herself is something of a mélange
Your Brain on Klimt
Arts & Humanities
Your Brain on Klimt
What can painters of a hundred years ago tell us about our brains? Neurobiologist Eric Kandel narrates a museum tour of the mind
College Walk
Books
Bulletin
An Honorable Life
Alumni
An Honorable Life
Gac Filipaj '12GS, a former refugee and a long-time Columbia janitor, receives his bachelor's degree
At Medical Campus, Education with a View
On Campus
At Medical Campus, Education with a View
Columbia University Medical Center has released architectural plans for a new building on Haven Avenue
Mass Appeal
On Campus
Mass Appeal
Scientists are soon expected to make the most important physics discovery in 50 years
In Brief: Summer 2012
On Campus
In Brief: Summer 2012
Columbia Law School professor James Liebman and students publish Los Tocayos Carlos, and other news
Valentini Named College Dean
On Campus
Valentini Named College Dean
James J. Valentini, a chemistry professor and former department chair, has been appointed the 16th dean of Columbia College
University Announces New Effort to Increase Faculty Diversity
On Campus
University Announces New Effort to Increase Faculty Diversity
Columbia is setting aside $30 million to recruit professors from groups traditionally underrepresented in American higher education
Geophysicist Sean C. Solomon Appointed Director of Lamont-Doherty
On Campus
Geophysicist Sean C. Solomon Appointed Director of Lamont-Doherty
Solomon is internationally renowned for his studies of Mercury, Venus, and Mars
In Search of a Cure, for Love
On Campus
In Search of a Cure, for Love
Herbert and Florence Irving have committed to give $40 million to the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center