

Features

The Unedited Man
Critic John Simon offers his personal reflections on Jacques Barzun '27CC, '32GSAS, one of the twentieth century’s foremost public intellectuals

The Last Beat
A murder in Riverside Park changed the lives of a group of Columbia undergrads. Did it change literature as well?

The Passage: A Photo Essay
Central American migrants risk their lives on the journey north through Mexico
College Walk

Inherit the Wind (and Rain)
Speakers discuss planet fitness at the 2012 State of the Planet Conference.

The Real McKay
A "Harlem Renaissance" in Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Explorations

Hope for New Life in Diabetic Pancreas Cells
A new study suggests that type 2 disease progresses in a different way than previously thought

Cloudy, with a Chance of Flu
Columbia researchers have created the first forecasting system for influenza outbreaks
Books
Bulletin

Columbia Students Rally for Sandy Relief
In the aftermath of the hurricane, students from across the University joined in relief efforts or organized their own

Nicholas Dirks Named Chancellor of UC Berkeley
The executive vice president and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia leaves for a new role

First “Giving Day” Raises $6.8 Million
The sum is five times as large as the University’s previous record for annual-fund gifts in a twenty-four-hour period

Mortimer B. Zuckerman Gives $200M for Brain-Science Institute
Columbia recently received one of its largest gifts in its history

Aung San Suu Kyi to Students: Approach Aid Work with Humility
The leader of Burma's pro-democracy opposition party visits Morningside

Nobel Prizes go to Alumni Robert Lefkowitz and Alvin Roth
The scholars won awards for chemistry and economics