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The Columbia mace dates from the 18th century and is a little more than two feet long. Made of Sheffield plate, a layer of silver over copper, it contains a design of acanthus leaves, a symbol of everlasting life.

Meredith Howard is a director in the marketing department of Columbia University Press. She oversees publicity, advertising, and media relations for books that “range from specialized monographs with a limited readership to books for a general audience that have good scholarly bones.”

Founded in 1958, and originally known as the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, it is the oldest center for electro-acoustic music in the United States. 

Columbia World Projects issued a report on expanding access to energy, which has been called a “golden thread” because of the critical role it plays in enabling economic opportunity, health, gender equality, food security, and environmental sustainability.

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Before deciding to become a doctor, Michael Hernandez wanted to be a priest. “I always loved the idea of helping people.” 

Within months of starting her freshman year in 2014, Sara Sakowitz started her first business, Blue Moon Box, a monthly science kit subscription service.

Once Julia Di came up with the idea for the Columbia Space Initiative, events moved at warp speed.

With the help of Columbia's Justice-in-Education Initiative and a determined dean, Leyla Martinez is graduating with a bachelor's degree in human rights.

If he hadn’t nearly died, Jamal Lewis likely never would have found his way to the Mailman School of Public Health, and a life devoted to the field of environmental health.

As Will Geary leaves the Engineering School he’ll start executing his ideas at CitySwifter, an Ireland-based startup using deep learning to optimize city bus networks.

Gordon Penn honed his craft studying with renowned professors, including Tony winner David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, as well as Charles Mee, Anne Bogart and Arnold Aronson.

Ramin Bahrani's film, a modern retelling of Ray Bradbury’s dystopian classic was produced for HBO and will also screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.