This page features Columbia faculty and research related to the arts and humanities, and highlights cultural events happening at Columbia's four campuses.
Narrative Medicine Teaches Doctors How to Listen to Patients’ Stories
Rita Charon founded this influential program at Columbia, which is now practiced widely both in the U.S. and abroad.
How the MacArthur-winning composer and musician found his own beat at Columbia.
The artist, now in her late eighties, shares a few eye-catching works installed in the tristate area.
Entrepreneur Matthew DeSantis ’08SEAS champions the Himalayan nation’s landscape and culture through his travel agency, MyBhutan, and some very adventurous projects.
Exhibitions
This Rare Book & Manuscript Library show includes a wide range of material from across Columbia’s collections, which explores the technologies that make facsimiles possible.
The nine photo essays by Barnard and Columbia students in this exhibition in Milbank Hall ask us to slow down, look closely, and take seriously our role in sustaining a healthy ecological environment.
Explore the online platform for GSAPP's 2023 premier exhibition, featuring a wide range of student work from across all of the school's degree programs.
More Arts News
Narrative Medicine Teaches Doctors How to Listen to Patients’ Stories
Rita Charon founded this influential program at Columbia, which is now practiced widely both in the U.S. and abroad.
GSAPP Lab Looks for Solutions to New York’s Housing Crisis
Galia Solomonoff and her Housing Lab team researched everything from Governor Hochul’s housing compact to reimagining the shelter system.
A New Book Traces the Turbulent History of Psychiatry
David Hellerstein covers everything from psychoanalysis to the DSM diagnostic manual and neuroscience.
