Winter 2024-25

Drawing from nature, history, and emerging trends, four alumni interior designers share their wisdom

How Columbia researchers are working to treat, prevent, and ultimately cure the world’s fastest-growing neurological disorder

How professor Samuel G. Freedman has helped more than a hundred students get coveted book contracts

Indigenous groups of the island have survived centuries of environmental tumult. What is their secret? 

A recent panel discussion at Columbia assessed the press’s performance

In karate competitions around the world, this busy electrical-engineering major is creating sparks

For Columbia interim president Katrina Armstrong, education is the best medicine

This Winter 2024-25 issue’s cover art celebrates a beloved gathering place on the Morningside campus

Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing

Science news from Columbia

Columbia archeologists are changing assumptions about pre-Incan society

Pioneering research seeks to reduce the frequency of adverse drug reactions

A new report debunks false and misleading claims found on social media

Columbia researchers improve robot dexterity

Columbia epidemiologist Katherine Keyes ’10PH explains the slippery science behind alcohol’s health effects

A new particle detector was recently activated at Fermilab

In today’s political climate, even the act of engaging with opposing viewpoints can come at a social cost

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake was the biggest to hit the New York City metro area since 1884

Avian paleontologist Daniel Ksepka ’07GSAS, curator of science at the Bruce Museum, celebrates the artwork of a federal fundraiser

Jove Meyer ’11GS is one of New York’s most sought-after wedding planners

Shaun Abreu ’14CC, chair of the New York City Council’s sanitation committee, aims to clean up Morningside Heights and beyond

At 86, the composer and pianist is still playing at a fast tempo

Surgeon Rogsbert Phillips-Reed ’77VPS takes her advocacy for women’s health on the road

Celebrated artist Jonathan Prince ’80DM draws inspiration from his brief career as a maxillofacial surgeon

Alumni writers, directors, producers, and actors are making waves at festivals and in theaters

Flour & Olive founder Estelle Sohne ’04LAW mixes cake and culture

Columbians making headlines

In Booster Shots, pediatrician Adam Ratner ’97PH, ’97VPS grapples with the repercussions of the anti-vax movement

By Susan Minot ’83SOA

In Tribal, Michael Morris makes the case for one of humanity’s underappreciated superpowers

By Geraldine Brooks ’83JRN 

From Jenny Slate ’04CC, Amanda Lee Koe ’17SOA, and other alumni and faculty

The immunologist and cancer researcher has been appointed director of the Columbia Initiative in Cell Engineering and Therapy

The tennis player became Columbia’s first NCAA tennis singles champion of the modern era

The David Koch Jr. Glomerular Kidney Center seeks to improve diagnostics and treatments for glomerular diseases

Columbia is dedicating $30 million to the school’s endowment over the next three years

The engineering scholar and sustainable-energy expert joins Columbia from Dartmouth

The initiative is meant to foster an equitable and welcoming environment for all

The gift is the single largest ever to the medical school

Corey Ford 1923CC and the birth of The New Yorker