Winter 2016

A musician-writer makes music to think by

Honoring the island's first inhabitants

Two scholars of Harlem take in the view from Sugar Hill

Activity-minded students indulge their special interests

Things to do on and around campus

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

Research briefs

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

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

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

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

(It may affect more than just celiac sufferers)

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

A Q&A with the leader of Women Techmakers

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

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

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

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

Josephine Halvorson's sculptures were recently on display

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

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

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

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

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

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

Columbia welcomes two new Trustees

By Paul Auster ’69CC, ’70GSAS

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

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

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

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

"You’ve got to stop swallowing your pride"