Winter 2010-11

A postmortem legal expert visits the “Bodies” exhibit

Professor Ted de Bary muses on his acquaintance with Thomas Merton

Apartment hunting with historic preservationist Andrew Dolkart

Albert Ellis’s unruly papers

By Paul Auster '70CC

The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage, by Anthony Brandt '61GSAS

A review of How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu '05SOA and Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok '97SOA

An American Journalist in Yemen, by Jennifer Steil '97JRN

We talk with history professor Samuel Moyn about his book The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History

Michelle Chesner leads an effort to digitize Columbia's Judaic materials

Alumni from around the world will enjoy a weekend of cultural and historical exploration, led by Columbia faculty

The plan will nearly double the school’s current total of 23 endowed faculty positions

Architecture students Daniel Baciuska and Andy Vann won first place in a design competition sponsored recently by the Queens chapter of the American Institute of Architects

Bollinger's contract extended, and other campus news

The campaign has so far been one of the most successful fundraising and alumni-outreach efforts in the history of higher education

More than 400 people attended a panel discussion with actor Brian Dennehy ’60CC, author Asali Solomon ’95BC, composer Tom Kitt ’96CC, and novelist Kiran Desai ’99SOA 

Her research will focus on how W. B. Yeats and other Irish writers borrowed concepts and imagery from Indian poetry 

The gift will fund the construction of two new buildings in Manhattanville, just north of the University’s Morningside Campus

The medical center revitalization will create a new entrance to the med school, consolidate student services, renovate existing buildings, and add green space

In his new role, Van Sickle directs the Office of Alumni and Development, which supports activities aimed at engaging alumni and raising money 

A concert at Miller Theatre honors the French musician

Butler Library commemorates the 20th anniversary of the University Archives