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Sometimes, a year moves so fast it is hard to remember all the great things that happened. That is certainly the case with the past 12 months at Columbia, where research breakthroughs, insightful writing, student achievements, and incredible partnerships yielded exciting news throughout the year.
We encourage you to look back over the past 12 months with us as we make sense of the year by returning to the top 12 stories that resonated with our readers.
Thank you for keeping up with all things Columbia alongside us this year! Here's to a 2025 with even more greatness.
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COLUMBIA HISTORY
National Cookie Day is marked annually on Dec. 4, heralding the start of a delicious baked goods season. Thinking about cookies, our mind automatically turned to p. 80 of What's Cooking at Columbia: A Recipe Book, which features cookie recipes originally confected by Columbians during World War II and updated in 1948.
Its light blue cover shows the iconic Alma Mater statue with a steaming cooking pot in one hand, a spoon in the other, and wearing a chef’s toque. A committee of Columbia faculty wives supported the war effort by compiling recipes from soups and canapés to hot puddings and frozen desserts.
Published by Columbia University Press, the cookbook raised money for the University Committee for War Relief. All proceeds for the book, as the Columbia Spectator noted at the time, went “to help cook Hitler’s goose."
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