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Winter 2012-13

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Sandy’s Wake

Columbia scientists have long been sounding the climate-change alarm. Will we listen now?

Features

The Unedited Man
Jacques Barzun
Arts & Humanities

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
Newspaper clipping of Lucien Carr news
Arts & Humanities

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
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Arts & Humanities

The Passage: A Photo Essay

Central American migrants risk their lives on the journey north through Mexico

Next Exit: A Short Story
Illustration
Arts & Humanities

Next Exit: A Short Story

By Nalini Jones '01SOA

College Walk

March Madness
Illustration
Alumni

March Madness

The Columbia marching band gets organized

Inherit the Wind (and Rain)
Earth
Science & Technology

Inherit the Wind (and Rain)

Speakers discuss planet fitness at the 2012 State of the Planet Conference.

The Real McKay
Illustration
Arts & Humanities

The Real McKay

A "Harlem Renaissance" in Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Poem: "High to Low"
Book
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "High to Low"

By David Yezzi '95SOA

Explorations

Hope for New Life in Diabetic Pancreas Cells
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Health & Medicine

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
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Health & Medicine

Cloudy, with a Chance of Flu

Columbia researchers have created the first forecasting system for influenza outbreaks 

Network

Kathryn Bigelow, Benjamin Jealous, and Other Alumni in the News
Kathryn Bigelow at the Oscars
Alumni

Kathryn Bigelow, Benjamin Jealous, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

Review: The Devil in Silver
Book cover: "Devil in Silver" by Victor LaValle
Books

Review: The Devil in Silver

By Victor LaValle  '98SOA (Spiegel & Grau)

Book Review: "Measurement"
Book cover: Measurement by Paul Lockhart
Books

Book Review: "Measurement"

By Paul Lockhart '90GSAS

Book Review: "Treacherous Beauty"
Book cover: "Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman Behind Benedict Arnold's Plot to Betray America" by Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case
Books

Book Review: "Treacherous Beauty"

By Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case '64CC, '68LAW

Book Review: "New York Neon"
Photo of NYC drug store from "New York Neon" By Thomas E. Rinaldi
Books

Book Review: "New York Neon"

By Thomas E. Rinaldi '10GSAPP

Vogue Fugues and Mod Moogs
"Reinventing Bach" by Paul Elie
Books

Vogue Fugues and Mod Moogs

Paul Elie ’91SOA discusses his book Reinventing Bach

Book Review: "A Free Man"
Sadar Bazaar in Delhi by Gerald Haenel
Books

Book Review: "A Free Man"

By Aman Sethi '09JRN

Book Review: "Prague Winter"
"Prague Winter" by Madeleine Albright
Books

Book Review: "Prague Winter"

By Madeleine Albright '68SIPA, '76GSAS, '95HON

Book Review: "Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria"
Book cover: Looking for Transwonderland by Noo Saro-Wiwa
Books

Book Review: "Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria"

By Noo Saro-Wiwa '01JRN

Bulletin

Columbia Students Rally for Sandy Relief
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On Campus

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
Nicholas Dirks
On Campus

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
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On Campus

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

In Brief: Winter 2012
On Campus

In Brief: Winter 2012

Mortimer B. Zuckerman Gives $200M for Brain-Science Institute
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
On Campus

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
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On Campus

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
Robert J. Lefkowitz
On Campus

Nobel Prizes go to Alumni Robert Lefkowitz and Alvin Roth

The scholars won awards for chemistry and economics

Journalism Dean Nicholas Lemann to Step Down
Nicholas Lemann
On Campus

Journalism Dean Nicholas Lemann to Step Down

He will remain at the school as a professor

Finals

Second Acts
Barack Obama with Hurricane Sandy victims in Staten Island, NY
Alumni

Second Acts

President Obama visits areas stricken by Sandy

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