News Archive

Double Discovery Center Dedication
A Graduate of the College Learns the True Meaning of Double Discovery

As a high school junior growing up in Washington Heights, Jean-Franco Diaz benefitted from the SAT prep and pre-college counseling available through Columbia’s Double Discovery Center. He enjoyed being on campus so much that he applied to the College, and got in.

5 Questions: Composer and Performer Is Now a Professor
Doctoral Student Tackles the Public Health Implications of Youth Football
5 Questions: Engineer's Energy Use Study Put Her Research on the Map
For Law School Graduate, Success Is Making a Difference in People's Lives
Undergraduate Team Founds Startup With Prize-Winning Ebola Decontamination Solution
Environmental Engineer Found Career Inspiration in the Weather and a Leaky Faucet
A Crowdfunded Education Leads Undocumented Graduate to Journalism Degree
A Doctorate in Nursing Symbolizes One Graduate’s Personal Triumph Over Illness
2016 Alumni Medalists
2016 Honorary Degree Recipients
CU People: Kristina Hernandez, Executive Dir., Marketing Communications, Campus Services
Coming Home: Harlem Native Returns from Marine Corps to Campus

Marcos Rocha, Jr., grew up in Spanish Harlem, but went halfway around the world with the Marines before he got to the University. Over the past several years, the son of El Salvadoran and Brazilian immigrants has done a combat deployment in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan.

From Dissertation to Complete Works, Auden Is One Scholar’s Life’s Work

Professor Edward Mendelson, Auden's literary executor, has written books about the writer and assembled the standard editions of his work.