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Five decades ago, a pair of Columbia undergraduates recognized striking inequality in access to higher education, so Roger Lehecka (CC’67, GSAS’74) and Steven J. Weinberg (CC’66) sought to overcome this divide by exposing local high school students to the rigor of Columbia and engaging undergraduates with the surrounding community.
“You need to believe early in your high school years that there’s a point in being a good student and that this kind of effort will pay off,” said Lehecka, a scholarship student who went on to become Columbia College’s dean of students from 1979 to 1998…
Who She Is
Assistant director of development, Double Discovery Center and a program alumna.
Years at Columbia
2½ years
What She Does
Herndon researches grant opportunities and encourages supporters to donate to the Columbia program, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary, that helps lowincome high school students graduate and enter college. Her job also entails assisting with volunteer recruitment, planning events, as well as photographing and writing for its website, social media and for the Double Discovery archives.
Road to Columbia
Herndon grew up in East Harlem. An…
Deep in the basement of Butler Library, a group of dedicated Columbia faculty are engaged in the task of preserving the oldest books, along with many other artifacts of our cultural heritage.
The Langseth, operated by Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for the National Science Foundation, supports worldwide oceanographic research. The vessel allows researchers from many universities to collect data about the Earth and oceans, generate 2D and 3D maps of what’s below the seafloor, collect sediment cores and more.
Pulitzer Prize-winning School of the Arts Professor Margo Jefferson has been a staff writer for "The New York Times" and "Newsweek;" her reviews and essays have appeared in "New York Magazine," "Grand Street," "Vogue," "Harper's" and elsewhere.
A mural has once again transformed the lobby of the University’s Miller Theatre. On its walls Dominican-born, Brooklyn-based Scherezade Garcia has created vivid panels that flow through the space like water. In Transit/Liquid Highway explores migrants’ willingness to face what Garcia calls the “liquid frontier,” the dangerous and unknown sea that stands between them and a new life.
For the third year in a row, Melissa Smey, executive director of Miller, and Deborah Cullen, director and chief curator of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, have commissioned an artist to produce…
Columbia football's new head coach Al Bagnoli wants to have his players in the spotlight on campus where their classmates and friends can see them.
James Shapiro (CC’77), the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature, is among the best known Shakespeare experts in the world. His fascination with the subject continues with his latest book, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606.
In his senior year of medical school, Benjamin Schwartz enrolled in a month-long elective in narrative medicines that he credits with changing his life.
Clay Shirky, associate professor at NYU Shanghai, is one of the most influential thinkers on the internet's effects on society.
Challenges facing the EU today, including issues with refugees and migrants arriving in Europe, are addressed by the European Institute Director and Professor at Columbia University Adam Tooze and European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans on Sept. 28, 2015 at La Maison Française.
Clay Shirky, associate professor at NYU Shanghai, is one of the most influential thinkers on the internet's effects on society. He chronicles China’s attempt to become a tech originator and what it means for the future course of globalization with his new book Little Rice, the second of six short books to be published every year by Columbia Global Reports, an imprint recently launched to cover global issues by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger.
Columbia football's new head coach Al Bagnoli wants to have his players in the spotlight on campus where their classmates and friends can see them. His new approach picks up on an old idea from Columbia’s past: holding pre-game ‘walk-through’ practices on South Field, where the Lions played their games on Morningside Heights until Baker Field was built in the 1920s. He’s also opened up his first season to the documentarians of WNYC public radio, which is following Columbia football in an insightful 10-part podcast series called The Season. Come out and watch the practice starting…
Columbia football's new head coach Al Bagnoli wants to have his players in the spotlight on campus where their classmates and friends can see them. His new approach picks up on an old idea from Columbia’s past: holding pre-game ‘walk-through’ practices on South Field, where the Lions played their games on Morningside Heights until Baker Field was built in the 1920s.