Winter 2014-15

As astronomers discover a universe flush with potentially life-supporting planets, it seems more and more likely that we are not alone

One Greek poet. One African-American artist. One intrepid professor. How Robert O’Meally brought Romare Bearden back to Harlem

Fresh from Columbia’s World Writers’ Festival in Paris, four Indian writers reflect on their engagement with the West

NBA star Troy Murphy '15GS bounces to Columbia

Science and technology historian Matthew Jones breaks down the history of snooping

Katherine Dieckmann of Columbia's School of the Arts makes a documentary about the Mekons

Andrea Smith '05DM is the clinical director of the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic

A poem by Jay Neugeboren '59CC

Engineering students look for solutions to a public-health crisis

Columbians making headlines

Americans have never spent less time in the kitchen preparing the daily meals that feed our families. And yet culturally, our interest in food has never been stronger

By Yelena Akhtiorskaya '09SOA

By Colm Tóibín

On Race, Politics, Sex, Money, and Religion, by Cora Daniels '94JRN and John L. Jackson Jr. '00GSAS

Richard Ford, a Columbia humanities professor, discusses his book Let Me Be Frank With You

By Meghan Daum ’96SOA 

The Lenfest Center "tops off" their new construction

The event drew 10,452 gifts from alumni and friends in all fifty US states and fifty-three countries

Columbia lost one of its most celebrated scholars last summer

The job puts her in charge of some of the University’s most visible efforts to connect with its 313,000 graduates

A group of scientists and engineers with experience designing advanced research tools has come together 

Suzanne Goldberg, a Columbia law professor and a nationally recognized expert on gender and sexuality law, has been appointed to the new position

More than two hundred students of color lay down on College Walk in a peaceful demonstration

Tom Maniatis directs a new initiative

A 1942 Columbia cookbook resurfaces