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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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Hillary Clinton accepting an honorary degree from Columbia University in 2022
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Hillary Rodham Clinton Comes to Columbia

The former US secretary of state is a professor of practice at SIPA and a presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects

Roy and Diana Vagelos with Katrina Armstrong
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Roy and Diana Vagelos Give $175 Million for New Institute for Biomedical Research Education

The institute will create an academic environment that rewards bold experimentation and intellectual risk-taking

Columbia women's basketball team winning first Ivy Crown
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Women’s Basketball Wins First Ivy Crown

The team rallied to earn a 69–64 overtime victory

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Columbia, Southern University Form Partnership

The collaboration could provide a road map for future alliances with HBCUs

Columbia University president Lee C. Bollinger in front of Alma Mater statue on Low Library steps
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Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger Looks Back on Two Remarkable Decades

The outgoing president discusses affirmative action, free speech on campus, and his hopes for the University’s future

Kikka Hanazawaa and Shoshana Shendelman
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Kikka Hanazawa and Shoshana Shendelman Join Trustees

Columbia's Board of Trustees recently welcomed two new members

École Polytechnique
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Columbia, École Polytechnique Launch Dual Degree Program in Engineering

The program will accept its first cohort of students in the fall of 2024

Lou Gehrig in Columbia Baseball uniform
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One-Hit Wonder: Busting a Major Myth About Lou Gehrig

A hundred years ago, the legendary baseball player hit a monstrous home run on South Field. But where did the ball really land?  

minouche-shafik-columbia-by-mark-bader
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Welcoming Minouche Shafik

The University Trustees introduce Columbia's 20th president

Illustration of journalistic objectivity
On Campus

Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible?

A Columbia panel holds a central principle up to the light

The Sing Harlem choir performing at the Forum at Columbia
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Sing Harlem Comes to Columbia

The ten-person choir raises the roof at the Forum

Reid Hall, the home of Columbia’s Global Center in Paris
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Institute for Ideas and Imagination Receives $7.5 Million Grant

The Institute promotes new ways of thinking about art, scholarship, and knowledge 

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