On Campus

The financial crisis rippled throughout the curriculum of the University this year, challenging faculty to turn on a dime

During the election of 1948, a surprise development

Columbia's "The Thinker" sculpture gets a spa treatment and makeover

More than 200 Columbians lost their lives in World War I

One professor stands firmly with the quiet majority

Mamadou Diouf speaks at his first international conference as director of Columbia's Institute of African Studies

Spectator reporters remember the protests of 1968

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

Filmmaker Paul Cronin rouses debate and emotions in his new documentary on the Columbia crisis of 1968

The past year was among the most tumultuous in Pakistan's history. SIPA's Saeed Shafqat explains the danger — and sees hope for a democratic future

How Alexander Hamilton got to campus

Professor Manning Marable launches a new Web-based teaching resource on African American history