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Brain

Winter 2016-17

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Your Beautiful Brain

Dispatches from the frontiers of neuroscience.

Features

The Secret Life of Volcanoes
Science & Technology

The Secret Life of Volcanoes

Can a Columbia-led expedition to South America uncover the forces that drive one of its largest volcanoes?

Syncopated Sisters
Arts & Humanities

Syncopated Sisters

Tap-dance entrepreneurs Chloe and Maud Arnold are ready to click with a new generation — and heal the world through rhythm and shoes

Being There
Arts & Humanities

Being There

In more ways than one, Columbia professor Sarah Sze is the artist of the moment

Policing the Police
Arts & Humanities

Policing the Police

A Q&A with Columbia law professor Jeffrey Fagan on police accountability

College Walk

Chord Curriculum
Arts & Humanities

Chord Curriculum

A musician-writer makes music to think by

The Manahata Project
Arts & Humanities

The Manahata Project

Honoring the island's first inhabitants

Bittersweet
Arts & Humanities

Bittersweet

Two scholars of Harlem take in the view from Sugar Hill

Let’s Go Clubbing
On Campus

Let’s Go Clubbing

Activity-minded students indulge their special interests

The Short List: Winter 2016
On Campus

The Short List: Winter 2016

Things to do on and around campus

Explorations

Chemists Discover Key to Improving Solar Power
Science & Technology

Chemists Discover Key to Improving Solar Power

Solar cells can be manufactured at a lower cost using crystals called perovskites instead of silicon

Some Credence to Clear-Water Revival
Health & Medicine

Some Credence to Clear-Water Revival

The Hudson River is the cleanest it's been since 1984

Climate Change Fuels Significant Increase in US Forest Fires
Science & Technology

Climate Change Fuels Significant Increase in US Forest Fires

Wildfires have been consuming forests in the western US at a devastating pace

Revealing the True Hunting Habits of Yankee Whalers
Science & Technology

Revealing the True Hunting Habits of Yankee Whalers

Scientists are getting clearer picture of the ecological impact of the 19th-century whaling industry

Study: “Wheat Sensitivity” is Real
Health & Medicine

Study: “Wheat Sensitivity” is Real

(It may affect more than just celiac sufferers)

Data Mining Reveals Risky Drug Combos
Health & Medicine

Data Mining Reveals Risky Drug Combos

Two of the most commonly prescribed medications can cause cardiac arrest if combined

Penn Station in a Brand-New Light
Arts & Humanities

Penn Station in a Brand-New Light

Vishaan Chakrabarti has a plan to turn Penn Station into a public space as majestic as Grand Central Station

Study Hall: Winter 2016
Science & Technology

Study Hall: Winter 2016

Research briefs

Network

Ask an Alum: Amy Schapiro
Alumni

Ask an Alum: Amy Schapiro

A Q&A with the leader of Women Techmakers

A Virtual Museum Tour
Arts & Humanities

A Virtual Museum Tour

Mabel O. Wilson ’91GSAPP guides you through the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Products with a Purpose
Alumni

Products with a Purpose

Diana Sierra '12SPS is the founder of social enterprise Be Girl

Reporting Reimagined
Alumni

Reporting Reimagined

Peter Klein ’93JRN always wanted to be a foreign correspondent 

That’s Amaro
Alumni

That’s Amaro

Brad Thomas Parsons ’95SOA is an amiable man with an unusual motto: “Stay bitter”

Mary Bassett, Claudia Rankine, and Other Alumni in the News
Alumni

Mary Bassett, Claudia Rankine, and Other Alumni in the News

"Measures" at the Storm King Art Center
Arts & Humanities

"Measures" at the Storm King Art Center

Josephine Halvorson's sculptures were recently on display

Books

Book Review: “4 3 2 1”
Books

Book Review: “4 3 2 1”

By Paul Auster ’69CC, ’70GSAS

Book Review: “Mischling”
Books

Book Review: “Mischling”

Affinity Konar's new novel is at once marvelous and strange

Book Review: “His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt”
Books

Book Review: “His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt”

Joseph Lelyveld's book is a meticulously researched examination of the last eighteen months of the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Shock of the New
Books

The Shock of the New

Oscar-winning screenwriter and New York Times best-selling author Graham Moore ’03CC discusses his new novel

Book Excerpt: “The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads”
Books

Book Excerpt: “The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads”

A professor at Columbia Law School, Tim Wu examines how industries increasingly vie for and commodify our attention

Bulletin

Columbia Dedicates New Manhattanville Campus
On Campus

Columbia Dedicates New Manhattanville Campus

The new campus is designed to have no barriers — either between academic disciplines or between Columbia and the West Harlem community

Fellowship Program to Combat Anti-Black Racism
On Campus

Fellowship Program to Combat Anti-Black Racism

The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity is designed to "advanced fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies"

Wellness Center to Open in 2017
On Campus

Wellness Center to Open in 2017

Two Columbia doctors have been appointed to lead the new community Wellness Center in Manhattanville

Medical Campus Renamed for Herbert and Florence Irving
On Campus

Medical Campus Renamed for Herbert and Florence Irving

Columbia University and NewYork-Prebyterian Hospital have renamed their shared medical campus in honor of Herbert and Florence Irving

De Menocal Appointed Science Dean
On Campus

De Menocal Appointed Science Dean

Peter B. de Menocal ’92GSAS has been appointed dean of science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Homecoming Victory
On Campus

Homecoming Victory

The Lions football team beat Dartmouth in dramatic fashion at this year’s Homecoming game

You Never Forget Your First Lifesaving Invention
On Campus

You Never Forget Your First Lifesaving Invention

A new program called Hk Maker Lab is part of Hypothekids, a science-education initiative for underserved youth in New York City

Trustees Elect Abigail Black Elbaum, Mark T. Gallogly
On Campus

Trustees Elect Abigail Black Elbaum, Mark T. Gallogly

Columbia welcomes two new Trustees

Finals

The Mane Event
Arts & Humanities

The Mane Event

"You’ve got to stop swallowing your pride"

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