Arts & Humanities

Commencement 2020

A Graduate Has Gratitude for the New Life that Columbia Gave Her

An MFA Writing student remembers the double lung transplant that saved her–and so much more.

Eighteen round colored images of microbes.

"Microbial Rainbow" (detail) by Tal Danino, 2018, made from images of bacteria that give new meaning to the phrase "still life."

The Beauty and Healing Power of Ordinary Bacteria

Biomedical engineer Tal Danino finds both art and new cancer-fighting therapies in Earth's most abundant life-forms.

Two gold Pulitzer award disks lying on a flat surface.

Great Reads for Women's History Month

Gloria Steinem, Ronan Farrow, Gail Collins, David Remnick and more choose their favorite Pulitzer-winning books by female authors in celebration of Women's History Month.

Two women and a man in the middle face the camera.

From left: Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence Julie Mehretu, Jazz Artist-in-Residence Miguel Zenón, Writer-in-Residence Nicole Krauss (Photo credits from left: Anastasia Muna, courtesy Miguel Zenón, Goni Riskin).

Zuckerman Institute Announces Three Artists-in-Residence

Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behavior

Exhibitions

The Year of Water: Selections from Columbia’s Book Arts Collection

An exhibition at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library of artists' books focusing on the theme of water.

Warrior I (1948) by Seymour Lipton; sheet-lead, steel and plaster, H. 27 1/4 x W. 16 x D. 13 in.

Connections in Collections

Surprising similarities between sculptures from Columbia's art collection and images from architecture books are the theme of this Avery Library show.