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There’s just no one way to do Columbia University right. Some students find their footing in a favorite library by week two. Others find it at a buzzing coffee shop that’s three subway lines from campus, or working in a lab past midnight, or in a game of ultimate frisbee on the lawns.
This year, we’re just going to call it what it is: you are on an adventure, an odyssey. New city, new campus, new people, and a whole year (or years) of choices ahead of you.
Let’s just say we were influenced by the blockbuster film adaptation this summer. Or our Lit Hum professors’ takes on it, seeing as Homer’s epic is a part of every student’s first-year curriculum in the Core.
We’ve got you covered with plenty of guides on how to navigate your journey. Think: where to go, how to connect with people, and how to make the most of your time here.
Whether you’re new or returning, what do you want to know about Columbia as you start the school year?
COLUMBIA HISTORY
In the northeast corner of campus, Constantin Meunier’s sculpture Le Marteleur greets visitors in front of the home of the engineering school. Le Marteleur or the Hammerman was a gift of the Class of 1889 of the School of Mines (now the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science) installed all the way back in 1914. But did you know that the statue has moved multiple times over the years? And not always easily or willingly.
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Savona Bailey-McClain, executive director of the West Harlem Art Fund, shares how the public art exhibition came to be and where to see it all this summer.
In her first days, Mnookin met and shared remarks with local leaders at an energetic reception held on the Manhattanville campus.
Faculty members reflect on Homer’s epic poem and its latest transfer to the big screen.
‘Children’s Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists’ is on view at the Wallach Art Gallery on Columbia's Manhattanville campus through Sept. 13.
The annual celebration, held on June 27, brought together community and Columbia-affiliated organizations, the arts and sciences, tasty treats, and fun with friends new and old.
In a letter to the Columbia community, President Mnookin shares her admiration for Columbia as a University of extraordinary intellectual energy.
This June, Columbians won major awards, celebrated Pride Month, and reflected on Upper Manhattan’s role in American history. Test your knowledge of the latest news stories across the University!
From Convocation to Commencement, and everything in between.
Columbia’s annual celebration of community makes its return on June 27.
Whether on the road, the beach, or chilling next to the AC, let these podcasts made by Columbians be your summer audio accompaniment.
From Morris-Jumel Mansion to Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, Addiss shared historical sites to visit Uptown.
Melvin McCray III shares why preserving local histories, with the help of Columbia, matters as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary.
