Winter 2020-21

The Columbia University Seminars, one of academia’s shining (and somewhat secret) traditions, celebrates seventy-five years of free and civil dialogue

A physician and medical ethicist argues that society has lost sight of the spiritual resources we need to confront our mortality 

Forty years ago, Barry Rosen ’74GSAS was one of fifty-two Americans released from Iranian captivity

Photojournalist Katie Orlinsky ’12JRN has spent over six years documenting one of the most environmentally vulnerable areas of the world

A Columbia boot camp teaches formerly incarcerated people the skills they need to build a career in tech

Before she was a Supreme Court justice, RBG gained wisdom in Morningside Heights

At the New Journalism symposium, media experts discussed where the field is today and where it needs to go

Through the pandemic, Wallach Art Gallery curator Betti-Sue Hertz has kept her eyes on the big picture with two new exhibitions

Catching up with one of our Obama Scholars.

A diagnostic test for gluten sensitivity could be on the horizon

An ice sheet reveals a surprise, and other discoveries

Take-home kits allow Columbia Engineering students to conduct experiments in their pajamas

A daily spritz of nasal spray might protect us, and other updates from Columbia experts

A new report provides a roadmap for how the US can help stave off the most catastrophic consequences of global warming

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by a massive gas cloud that encircles a star some six thousand light-years away 

Every year some twenty-four thousand expectant mothers in the US lose their babies in the final stages of pregnancy

Christine Chang ’10GSAS is on a mission to make K-beauty rituals easy and fun

Master mixologist John deBary ’05CC shares an original non-alcoholic drink recipe for Dry January and beyond

Columbians making headlines

As the host of NPR’s Morning Edition, Rachel Martin ’04SIPA makes a point to cultivate intimacy and trust

A new book by Spencer Bailey ’10JRN lends a unique perspective on the purpose and power of memorials

Liz Wilkes ’13BUS is the founder and CEO of Exubrancy, a corporate-wellness startup 

Sports-medicine specialist Benedict Nwachukwu ’08CC is an onsite physician for the NBA’s most unusual season

By Barack Obama ’83CC

By Sigrid Nunez ’72BC, ’75SOA

3 new poetry collections from Columbia alumni

From Sarah Smarsh '05SOA, Phillip Lopate '64CC, and other Columbia authors

By Danielle Evans ’04CC

By David Nasaw ’72GSAS

An investment professional with decades of experience in asset management, Lew oversees the University’s endowment

Wang is the founder and CEO of Plastpro and an active philanthropist

Since becoming president in 2002, Bollinger has led the University through a remarkable period of growth

A Columbia-led online PR campaign has reached more than one million people

The new program will aid art students who have demonstrated leadership in the African-American and African diaspora communities

The annual fundraising drive raised a record-breaking $24 million

Santiago Tobar Potes ’20CC plans to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Oxford

The current Columbia Engineering dean will be the woman ever to serve as provost at Columbia

The prominent author and scholar of African-American literature and history has earned Columbia's highest faculty rank

The curious cross-continental tale of Lorenzo Da Ponte