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Images from Columbia University's Battle of the Bands
On Campus

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

Illustration of journalistic objectivity

Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible?

A Columbia panel holds a central principle up to the light

Buddhist monks marching in Mumbai, India
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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Dawn M. Greene
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Philanthropist Dawn M. Greene Passes Away at 88

Mrs. Greene continued a tradition of philanthropy in education, the arts, and medicine begun by her late husband, Jerome L. Greene ’26CC, ’28LAW

Demolition zone at 129th and 130th Street in Manhattanville
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New York’s Highest Court: Manhattanville Development Can Move Forward

Columbia plans to construct 16 buildings for science, business, the arts, University housing, and other uses on about 17 acres of land north of 129th Street 

Audience watching Obama and McCain at Columbia University in 2008
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McCain, Obama Share Views on Public Service at Columbia

The two senators and presidential candidates appeared on campus on the evening of September 11, 2008

Illustration of soccer stadium
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Rules of the Game

Sunil Gulati ’86GSAS, president of the US Soccer Federation, gives his economics class a golden goal

A 16-ton Sundial ball on Columbia campus in 1914
On Campus

All is Not Lost!

An exhibit at the Columbia Alumni Center shows us what was — and what could have been

Albert (with camera) and David Maysles used lightweight cameras and sound equipment to produce documentaries of unprecedented intimacy. This photo from their archives was taken in the 1960s
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Libraries Land New Film, Arts, and Human-Rights Collection

Columbia acquired archives that will benefit key areas of scholarship at the University

Emily Bell
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Guardian Exec Emily Bell to Lead New Digital Journalism Center

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism will be launched this fall 

Bobbie Berkowitz, at right, greeted PhD candidate Annie Rohan, at left, and associate dean of nursing Judy Honig on a recent visit to Columbia
On Campus

Public-Health Expert Bobbie Berkowitz Chosen as New Nursing Dean

She starts her new job September 1

Lee C. Bollinger announces the launch of Columbia's Global Center in Europe during a March 15 Columbia Alumni Association reception for French alumni at the Hotel Ritz Paris.
On Campus

University Opens Newest Global Centers in Paris and Mumbai

The expansion is part of the University’s ongoing effort to “deepen our engagement with scholars, ideas, and challenges across the globe”

Coat of arms of Poland
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Poland's Bitter Spring

Professor John Micgiel looks at the aftermath of a plane crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski and scores of other dignitaries

John McClelland in Afghanistan, near the border of Pakistan in 2006. Courtesy of John McClelland.
On Campus

From Boots to Books

In Columbia classrooms, the ranks of veterans are growing

University of Bologna engineering dean Pier Paolo Diotallevi and SEAS dean Feniosky Pena-Mora signing an accord between their two schools
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Columbia and the University of Bologna Will Offer Dual Engineering Degrees

The exchange program will help civil engineering students from each institution to work in both the United States and Europe

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