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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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New Commission on the History of Race and Racism Established

Announcing the President’s Commission on the History of Race and Racism at Columbia University

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Global Center Launched in Athens

Columbia community members will have opportunities to work with local academics and practitioners

Ilina Logani, Julia Zhao, Sophie A. Bryant,  Astrid Liden, and Gloria Charité.
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Five Columbians Named Rhodes Scholars

The scholarships provide students full support for graduate study in any discipline at Oxford University

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Gerald Lewis Jr. Appointed VP of Public Safety

The law-enforcement professional has led public-safety departments at several universities

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New Center for Political Economy to Promote Fairer, More Equitable Growth

The new Columbia World Projects initiative will reimagine economic policies to make them fairer and more inclusive

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik speaking at her inauguration in October 2023
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In Inaugural Address, President Shafik Proposes a “New Social Contract” for Columbia

The speech called for educating citizens and leaders, solving real-world problems, and strengthening local and global communities

The Columbia University Marching Band
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A New Columbia Marching Band Tunes Up

The strains of “Roar, Lion, Roar” are heard once again at sporting events

Illustration of question marks coming out of the roof of the Supreme Court Building by James Yang
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The Troubling Legal Implications of Overturning Roe

Columbia law professors Olatunde Johnson and Carol Sanger assess a momentous Supreme Court decision

Cynthia Rosenzweig
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Cynthia Rosenzweig Wins World Food Prize

The scientist was awarded the $250,000 prize for her achievements as the founder of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project 

Wafaa El-Sadr
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Wafaa El-Sadr Appointed EVP for Columbia Global

She will oversee the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination

Kristina G. Douglass, associate professor of climate at the Columbia Climate School
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Columbia Climate School Announces First Faculty Hire

Kristina G. Douglass, an archaeologist and anthropologist, has been appointed an associate professor 

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Columbia Business, Engineering Schools Launch Dual Master’s for Tech Leaders

The degree program aims to prepare students for the technological demands of a rapidly changing workplace

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