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Ebola virus

Winter 2014-15

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The Ebola Web

Columbians race to stop an epidemic.

Features

Whose Galaxy Is It?
Illustration
Science & Technology

Whose Galaxy Is It?

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

A Man of Twists and Turns
Robert O'Meally
Arts & Humanities

A Man of Twists and Turns

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

Continental Drift
Bookseller
Arts & Humanities

Continental Drift

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

College Walk

Crossover Dribble
Troy Murphy
Alumni

Crossover Dribble

NBA star Troy Murphy '15GS bounces to Columbia

A Secret History
Illustration
Science & Technology

A Secret History

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

Talking Heads
Camera
Arts & Humanities

Talking Heads

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

The Smile Sessions
Happy face
Health & Medicine

The Smile Sessions

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

"When Depressed"
Photo
Arts & Humanities

"When Depressed"

A poem by Jay Neugeboren '59CC

Explorations

Necessity’s Inventions: Design Challenge Takes Aim at Ebola
Engineering students
Health & Medicine

Necessity’s Inventions: Design Challenge Takes Aim at Ebola

Engineering students look for solutions to a public-health crisis

Network

Rivka Galchen '06SOA, Carl Cofield '14SOA, and Other Alumni in the News
Rivka Galchen
Alumni

Rivka Galchen '06SOA, Carl Cofield '14SOA, and Other Alumni in the News

Columbians making headlines

Books

Book Review: "The Culinary Imagination"
The Culinary Imagination
Books

Book Review: "The Culinary Imagination"

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

Book Review: "Panic in a Suitcase"
Brighton Beach
Books

Book Review: "Panic in a Suitcase"

By Yelena Akhtiorskaya '09SOA

Review: Nora Webster
Irish monastary
Books

Review: Nora Webster

By Colm Tóibín

Book Review: "Impolite Conversations"
Impolite Conversations
Books

Book Review: "Impolite Conversations"

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

Jersey Boy
"Let me be frank with you" cover
Books

Jersey Boy

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

Book Review: "The Unspeakable"
The Unspeakable
Books

Book Review: "The Unspeakable"

By Meghan Daum ’96SOA 

Bulletin

Straight to the Tippity Top
Construction workers
On Campus

Straight to the Tippity Top

The Lenfest Center "tops off" their new construction

Third Giving Day Raises $11 Million
Columbia Business School students
On Campus

Third Giving Day Raises $11 Million

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

Fund Created to Honor David Rosand, 1938-2014
David Rosand
On Campus

Fund Created to Honor David Rosand, 1938-2014

Columbia lost one of its most celebrated scholars last summer

Amelia J. Alverson Chosen to Lead Development and Alumni Relations
Amelia Alverson
On Campus

Amelia J. Alverson Chosen to Lead Development and Alumni Relations

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

NeuroTechnology Center Will Create New Tools for Studying the Brain
NeuroTechnology members
On Campus

NeuroTechnology Center Will Create New Tools for Studying the Brain

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

Goldberg Named EVP for University Life
Suzanne Goldberg
On Campus

Goldberg Named EVP for University Life

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

Students Respond to Racially Charged Grand-Jury Decisions
College Walk
On Campus

Students Respond to Racially Charged Grand-Jury Decisions

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

University Names Precision-Medicine Director
Tom Maniatis
On Campus

University Names Precision-Medicine Director

Tom Maniatis directs a new initiative

Finals

Bake, Lion, Bake!
1942 cookbook
On Campus

Bake, Lion, Bake!

A 1942 Columbia cookbook resurfaces

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