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Warren Buffett Returns to Columbia Campus Where He Learned About Value Investing

Warren Buffett (left) and his Columbia mentor, Benjamin Graham (right) [Image credit: Columbia University Archives]

When Warren Buffett travels to Columbia with Bill Gates this week to engage students in a town-hall discussion about global economics, green initiatives and other business topics, he’ll be returning to the campus that played a crucial role in jumpstarting his career.

The discussion with Columbia Business School students, also attended by Gates Millennium Scholars and Earth Institute students, is being produced by CNBC and will air on the network Nov. 12 at 9 p.m. EST.

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Poetry Professor Richard Howard Celebrates a Life of Teaching at 80

Richard Howard celebrated his 80th birthday with former students at the Teatro at the Italian Academy on Oct. 13. [Image credit: Eileen Barroso / Columbia University]

On Oct. 13, poetry professor Richard Howard (CC'51) celebrated his 80th birthday with current and former students under an intriguing premise: Howard read his poetry along with six former student poets who read their own.

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Professor Curates Retrospective of Legendary Jazz Photographerslide show

Lester Young's Hat, 1948 [Image credit: Herman Leonard Photography, LLC]
On Oct. 19, Herman Leonard, a photographer best known for the intimate, smoke-hued black-and-white portraits he took of jazz musicians in the 1940s and ’50s, spoke at a discussion, sponsored by Columbia's Center for Jazz Studies, that looked at his work as art and historical record.More

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Undergraduates Photograph a Year in East and Southeast Asia camera Undergraduates Photograph a Year in East and Southeast Asia 

 

 

 

In Memoriam

Karl Kroeber (GSAS’56), former Mellon Professor of the Humanities, died on Nov. 8, 2009. He was 82. Kroeber was beloved by his students for his intellectual curiosity and attentive approach to teaching. Professor Kroeber was a scholar of American Indian literature who had written 14 books and received Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships, and grants from the National Endowment from the Humanities.

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Alumni News

Read the November 2009 Columbia Alumni Association Newsletter

This month's edition includes information about speed networking, dinner with Journalism School Dean Nicholas Lemann and the CAA writers' forum series.