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The Many Shades of Authoritarianism
Illustration of activists with megaphones by Phoebe O Chou
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The Many Shades of Authoritarianism

At Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, pro-democracy activists from four different countries shared stories of repression and resilience

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Ahmadinejad at Columbia: A Campus View
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University in 2007

Ahmadinejad at Columbia: A Campus View

September 24, 2007 was a busy day for free speech on campus

Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible?
Illustration of journalistic objectivity

Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible?

A Columbia panel holds a central principle up to the light

Tibet's Long Shadow
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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Iran Jails Columbia Urban Planning Scholar Kian Tajbakhsh
Kian Tajbakhsh
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Iran Jails Columbia Urban Planning Scholar Kian Tajbakhsh

Tajbakhsh ’93GSAPP, who was scheduled to begin teaching at GSAPP this past semester, was arrested in Tehran on July 9

Spin City
Chinese yo-yo
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Spin City

A evening with Columbia's "whip-rolling" Chinese Yo-Yo Club

Timely Measures
Illustration by Jeff Faerber of Joseph Stiglitz holding wrench
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Timely Measures

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz proposes a different way to measure economic growth.

Freeing the Flow
Collage illustration by Keith Negley of newspapers flowing out of pipes
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Freeing the Flow

President Lee C. Bollinger on why the idea of a free and independent press — and Internet — should be our principal export

Year of the Lion
Roar-ee the Lion, Columbia University's mascot, in the 1920s
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Year of the Lion

How Roar-ee became Columbia's golden-maned mascot

State's Man
Palace in Moscow
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State's Man

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly '86GSAS returns to Columbia 

That’s Healthfotainment!
Illustration of taping of the Dr. Oz show
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That’s Healthfotainment!

We visit the set of The Dr. Oz Show, starring Mehmet Oz, professor of surgery at Columbia

J-school Report: Local News Needs Handout
Michael Snudson and Leonard Downie
On Campus

J-school Report: Local News Needs Handout

Newspapers' earnings are being siphoned away by Web sites that offer free news content and cheap advertising rates

Harden Elected to University Trustees
James Harden speaking at Columbia
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Harden Elected to University Trustees

The health-care executive is among Columbia’s most active alumni

Tales from the Crypt
Staircase of St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University
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Tales from the Crypt

Welcome to the Postcrypt Coffeehouse in St. Paul's Chapel, the dark heart that has been giving Columbia its musical beat since 1964

Moscow and the Hudson
Illustration of Gene Sosin at Columbia by Mark Steele
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Moscow and the Hudson

A Varsity Show writer enters the world's stage — behind the Iron Curtain 

Texting, One, Two
Person on laptop next to phone
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Texting, One, Two

The Journalism School holds its annual "Changing Media Landscape" lecture

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