Summer 2013
What were conditions like .000000001 seconds after the Big Bang? Columbia scientists think the answer could hold a great secret of the universe
Features
To Deter and Protect
Alumni
To Deter and Protect
Harold Brown ’45CC, ’49GSAS, who served as secretary of defense under Jimmy Carter, discusses the threats of the Cold War and their lessons for today
Street-Beat Confidential
Alumni
Street-Beat Confidential
Journalist Juan González has been writing about wrongs for thirty-five years. What's he got today?
Shards of Love
Arts & Humanities
Shards of Love
Sharon Olds, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, takes us through the windows of her broken marriage
Without Walls
Arts & Humanities
Without Walls
A jaunt through the boundless visual worlds of six young, successful Columbia artists
College Walk
Safe at Home
Alumni
Safe at Home
At twenty-seven, General Studies sophomore Joey Falcone is the oldest Division I ballplayer in the country
Nordic Nosh
On Campus
Nordic Nosh
The Department of Germanic Languages presents a symposium on "New Nordic Cuisine" in New York City
Explorations
Charting the World's Energy Future
Science & Technology
Charting the World's Energy Future
Former White House energy adviser Jason Bordoff leads the new Center on Global Energy Policy
Mass Extinction Pinned to Volcanism
Science & Technology
Mass Extinction Pinned to Volcanism
A new study provides the best evidence yet that fiery eruptions caused a mass extinction two hundred million years ago
Books
Bulletin
B-school Receives $100 Million Pledge from Ronald O. Perelman
On Campus
B-school Receives $100 Million Pledge from Ronald O. Perelman
The entrepreneur's gift will support the school's move to Manhattanville
Merit E. Janow Picked to Lead SIPA
On Campus
Merit E. Janow Picked to Lead SIPA
The former WTO and Justice Department official is now dean of the School of International and Public Affairs
Flex, Stretch, Pump, Press
On Campus
Flex, Stretch, Pump, Press
Columbia opens its new five-story, 47,700-square-foot sports center at the Baker Athletics Complex
Sports: A Spring to Remember
On Campus
Sports: A Spring to Remember
Lions triumph in tennis, baseball, crew, fencing, archery, wrestling and more
In Brief: Summer 2013
On Campus
In Brief: Summer 2013
Stuart Firestein and Shih-Fu Chang win teaching awards, and other news
Christian S. Stohler Appointed Dean of Dental College
On Campus
Christian S. Stohler Appointed Dean of Dental College
The accomplished University of Maryland medical researcher comes to Columbia
“A Mind Always Learning”
On Campus
“A Mind Always Learning”
President Lee C. Bollinger speaks to 14,000 new graduates at commencement
Virtual Cuba
On Campus
Virtual Cuba
Journalist Yoani Sánchez on the tools of resistance in her country: memory sticks, recordable CDs, portable hard drives
Mary Cunningham Boyce Named Engineering Dean
On Campus
Mary Cunningham Boyce Named Engineering Dean
The MIT nanotechnology and materials expert comes to Columbia
Finals
Foto Finish
On Campus
Foto Finish
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