Recent News from Columbia
March 01, 2021
How Can Columbia Effect Real Change With Community Partners?
In an online GSAPP event, Malo Hutson, Flores Forbes, and Akilah King discuss best practices and problems in partnerships.
March 01, 2021
Columbia’s COVID Director Steers University Through Pandemic’s Upheaval
Donna Lynne’s steady hand and collaborative approach to the crisis has earned the trust of the community.
March 01, 2021
How Do You Keep Students, Faculty, and Staff Healthy During a Global Pandemic?
Melanie J. Bernitz, senior vice president of Columbia Health, has been doing just that 24/7 for the past year.
POLITICS & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Research & Discovery
Arts & Humanities

"In every southern home people met to decide whether or not to go north." Jacob Lawrence, 1940–41, casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy. Part of The Migration Series, which was funded by the WPA.
A federal program, like the WPA, can create new narratives for an evolving society more equitable and inclusive than those of the past or present.

Looking for a good book to read? Try Lynn Nottage, Saidiya Hartman, Hilton Als, to name a few.
From Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement, fiction to nonfiction, music to medicine, this collection of books by Columbia authors will keep you busy this February.
COVID-19 STORIES
Columbia in the News
How Much Red Meat Is Healthy To Eat In A Day?
Huff Post, Feb. 16, 2021
A Science-Based Guide to Dining Safely Inside Restaurants Now
Gothamist, Feb. 17, 2021
The Phony Blame Game on Texas Weather
CNN, Feb. 17, 2021
Why America's Power Grids Will Keep Failing Us
Salon, Feb. 18, 2021