Photograph of the back of Barack Obama's head over American flag stripes

Winter 2008-09

Winter 2008 cover of Columbia Magazine, featuring illustration of Barack Obama by Andrea Ventura

Politics for Grown-Ups

Revisiting Richard Hofstadter’s “Paranoid Style” in the Age of Obama.
Feature Stories
Health & Medicine

The Full Treatment

Wafaa El-Sadr reaches beyond medical protocol to shape treatment regimens in New York and Africa

On Campus

Crash Course

The financial crisis rippled throughout the curriculum of the University this year, challenging faculty to turn on a dime

Books

Driving Pinky Madam

The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga's Booker-winning début novel, skewers the class wars of the new India

On Campus

Moscow and the Hudson

A Varsity Show writer enters the world's stage — behind the Iron Curtain 

College Walk

Alumni

States of Mate

Justin Sarkar '05CC is the New York State Chess Champion

Alumni

Many Happy Returns

Watching the 2008 election results at the Columbia and Princeton Clubs

On Campus

Texting, One, Two

The Journalism School holds its annual "Changing Media Landscape" lecture

Explorations

Science & Technology

Rock-solid Co2 Storage

Scientists have devised a new method to store carbon dioxide underground so that it doesn't linger in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming

Science & Technology

Mending Bridges

Raimondo Betti, a Columbia professor of civil engineering, is developing a new method for detecting corrosion in suspension-bridge cables

Finals

On Campus

Memorial Day

More than 200 Columbians lost their lives in World War I