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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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A Chinese-language poster produced by the Asian Human Rights Commission that reads, "Burma's democratic movement needs our support now."
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Libraries to Preserve Web-based Human Rights Content

A three-year, $716,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help archive information that's in danger of disappearing from the web

Christopher Taggart
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Give My Regards to Shubert

Since 1980, the Shubert Foundation has provided support to Columbia arts students working low- or nonpaying internships

The Ivy Lounge and Coffee Bar in Columbia University Faculty House
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Faculty House Reopens After Full Restoration

The interior of the six-floor building has been retrofitted with audiovisual technology and modern amenities

Eric Foner teaching high school students at Columbia summer program
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High Schoolers Get Core Sampling

For three weeks in July, fourteen gifted teens from underserved communities in New York City spent their days in Columbia classrooms

Columbia medical students participating in "white coat ceremony"
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Learning to Listen

A new curriculum teaches med students to interview patients about their medical history while, at the same time, the students receive training in core areas

Kristine Billmyer
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School of Continuing Education Gets New Dean

Kristine A. Billmyer, a scholar of sociolinguistics, comes to Columbia from the University of Pennsylvania

Eric Holder, Donna MacPhee, Vivian Taylor, and David A. Paterson at the 2009 Columbia-Barnard Jam Weekend in Washington, DC
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Alumni Jam in D.C.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder '73CC, '76LAW was the guest of honor at the opening reception for the Columbia-Barnard Jam Weekend

Alex Rodriguez greeting children outside MS 328 and MS 326 in Washington Heights to celebrate the opening of a new dental van
On Campus

A-Rod Spreads Smiles

The University’s Community DentCare Network receives a $250,000 donation from Yankees slugger Alex Rodríguez

Columbia Alumni Center lobby
On Campus

New Alumni Center Hosts 'Especially Open House'

The event will feature refreshments, giveaways, prizes, and more

Tanya Zelevinsky and Helen H. Lu
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Lu and Zelevinsky win Presidential Early Career Awards

The young, alumna scientists have been honored for their extraordinary achievements 

Illustration by Irena Roman of Columbia's Low Library underneath constellations
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Signs of the Times

The story of Low Library's starry ceiling

December 1931 cover of Columbia Jester magazine
On Campus

Hail, Columbiana

Classic Jester covers headline the first exhibition at the Columbia Alumni Center

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