Features
Bigger than South Africa
Mamadou Diouf, director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia, remembers Nelson Mandela — and tells us why the world will, too
The Wages of Health
Manmeet Kaur and Prabhjot Singh are building a community-health network in East Harlem
Tales of One City
Bill de Blasio '87SIPA rallied the five boroughs with his message of two New Yorks. He wasn’t the first Columbian to bring the city together
College Walk
All the Right Moves
Ericka Blount Danois ’04JRN and J-school professor Samuel Freedman toast the publication of their books
Drone Onward
Andrea Gilli, an Italian visiting scholar, lectures at Columbia's Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
In Memoriam: Arthur C. Danto (1924–2013)
Arthur C. Danto, Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia, died in October at the age of eighty-nine
Explorations
Hair-Regeneration Method the First to Grow New Follicles
Columbia scientists have done something that until now only snake-oil salesmen claimed was possible
Gene Test Could Inform Prostate-Cancer Treatment
Physicians soon may be able to determine more reliably if a man’s prostate cancer requires quick attention
Absorbing the Runoff
Engineering professor Patricia Culligan has a solution to New York's rain-drainage problem
Books
Book Review: "Raising Henry"
A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery, by Rachel Adams
Bulletin
Columbia Literary Festival is Highlight of the Fall Season in Paris
The Global Center in Paris cohosts literary fest
Second Giving Day Raises $7.8M
The fundraising event exceeded the previous year's inaugural effort by roughly $1 million
We’re Getting to Know You
The University shares results from the Columbia Portraits survey
Bill de Blasio Returns to Columbia, Goes to Bat for Pre-K
The mayor-elect speaks at the Earth Institute summit
CUMC Breaks Ground on One New Building, Announces Plans for Another
Columbia’s medical campus in Washington Heights is about to undergo a major transformation