Alumni News

Stories about Columbia’s global community of alumni as they interact, give back, and shine as representatives of the University. 

For more storytelling, be sure to check out Columbia Magazine, the University’s alumni magazine.

Recent News

Alumni and friends joined together raising nearly 16% more than last year to support the University’s mission. 

Alumni, parents, donors, and friends meet the University’s 21st president.

The exhibition features the work of famous artists and cartoonists created while they were students at the University.

This $5 million gift provides for immediate programmatic enhancements and creates a tutoring space on the third floor of Uris Hall, on the Morningside Campus.

From medicine to writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

In September 2001, five Columbia medical students provided food and first aid to responders. Twenty-five years later, they remember the experience and its impact on their training.

Three of Columbia’s top leaders are graduates of the same school from three very different paths.

Allia Mohamed (SIPA’18) co-founded the startup Openigloo with fellow Columbians to help New Yorkers vet their landlords. Here’s her advice for making connections here that could define your career from the very start.

The current vice chancellor for development at the UNC-Chapel Hill, he comes to Columbia with more than three decades of experience and demonstrated success in transformational university fundraising. 

From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards concluded the evening of June 7, and Columbia theatre-makers took home some of the night's biggest honors.

With the 2026 World Cup kicking off on June 11, we’re shining a light on just a few of Columbia University’s all-time soccer greats. 

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Columbia Magazine
Columbia Magazine

Founded in 1975, Columbia Magazine is published in print three times a year by Columbia University’s Office of Alumni and Development. The print edition is available to alumni of Columbia as well as to faculty, staff, and friends. 

The digital edition, found on the website linked here, includes all print articles as well as exclusive web-only stories. 

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Columbia Alumni Association News

The Columbia Alumni Association's (CAA) mission is to cultivate a global community of Columbia alums, students, faculty, and staff to explore interests, exchange ideas, and take actions that enrich one another, the University, and the world.