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Images from Columbia University's Battle of the Bands
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Shake, Battle, and Roll

At Columbia’s Battle of the Bands, some 150 undergrads grooved to a mix of blues rock, R&B, indie, and folk rock from six student acts

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Beverly Gage, Molly Jong-Fast, MaryLouise Patterson, and Michael Meeropol at a Columbia University panel on McCarthyism

The New Red Scare

A recent panel featuring Molly Jong-Fast ’97BC, Michael Meeropol, and others looked at the McCarthy era and its lessons for today

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Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible?

A Columbia panel holds a central principle up to the light

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Buddhist monks participate in an April 10 peace march in Mumbai, India (Arko Dattar/Reuters).

Tibet's Long Shadow

China’s bitter relationship with its highland province and the Dalai Lama

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Meet Columbia's Five New Deans

These widely admired scholars have been chosen to fill crucial leadership positions

Columbia Low Library
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Low Beach Gets a Makeover

Plus, a look at the iconic steps through the ages

Columbia University president Lee C. Bollinger in front of Alma Mater statue on Low Library steps
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Celebrating Two Decades of Transformative Leadership under Lee C. Bollinger

At the end of this academic year, the Columbia president will bring to a close a historic era

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George Takei: A Star’s Trek

The actor and activist speaks about Japanese-American internment, marriage, and the America of his dreams

Columbia College graduates waving inflatable Roar-ee lions on 2022 Commencement Day
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10 Uplifting Photos from Columbia’s 2022 Commencement

After a dispiriting long pause in campus events, commencement was finally held in-person 

Jarrell Daniels photographed by Jorg Meyer for Columbia Magazine
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Second Acts: It’s Never Too Late to Go Back to School

Eleven stories of life, learning, and personal reinvention

Columbia Business School's new building in Manhattanville, 2022
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Columbia B-School’s New Home Is Open for Business

Architect Charles Renfro ’94GSAPP leads a walk-through of the new buildings in Manhattanville

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The Trials of Solitary Confinement

Columbia’s Justice Lab takes aim at a controversial practice

David Geffen Hall at Columbia Business School in Manhattanville
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Columbia Business School Moves to Manhattanville

The school moved into a pair of cutting-edge new buildings, Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall

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Student Employees, Columbia Agree to Historic Contract

A union representing some three thousand student employees signed a four-year agreement 

Shirley and Walter Wang speaking at a Columbia University event
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Wangs Donate $11 Million for Enhanced Student Spaces, New Pedestrian Tunnel

Shirley Wang '93BUS is a University Trustee

Robert F. Smith
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New Scholarship Fund to Support Grads from Historically Black Colleges and Others

Robert F. Smith ’94BUS has given a $10 million gift 

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