Winter 2006-07

Despite restrictions limiting research, Columbia scientists are unlocking the potential of human stem cells

A series of exhibitions and symposia offers new perspectives on the city that Robert Moses built

With storytelling in her blood, novelist Kiran Desai '99SOA wins the Man Booker Prize

Michael Ratner ’70LAW goes head-to-head with the U.S. government over the rights of Guantánamo Bay detainees

An artifact mysteriously disappears from the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

A husband remembers the highs in front of Low

Who solved the Poincaré Conjecture, one of the world's most difficult math problems?

A Business School alumnus advocates for naps

Associate professor Angelos Keromytis has developed a way for computers to automatically fix security breaches

A researcher says that the medical profession must address the “serious scientific and social concerns” raised by genetic research that targets racial and ethnic groups

Researchers make a major discovery concerning faraway planet Upsilon Andromeda b

Researchers have discovered a key mechanism within the deadly Marburg virus that enables it to break down the body's immune system

A Memoir, by Molly Bruce Jacobs '81LAW

Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937–1950, text by Peter E. Dans '61PS and Suzanne Wasserman

The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird, by Andrew D. Blechman '93JRN

An Anthology from the Silents Until Now, edited by Phillip Lopate '64CC

Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street, by Jonathan A. Knee

Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution, by Simon Schama

Remembering Milton Friedman '46GSAS