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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.
The 20-year conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed an estimated 5.4 million people since the 1990s—making it the deadliest since World War II—and armed attacks by different groups occur every week. Séverine Autesserre (SIPA‘00), a member of Columbia's Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and a political science professor at Barnard College, is an authority on international intervention, conflict resolution, and Central Africa who has researched Congo and visited the nation often since 2001.
Shaky Ground is one 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.
The seminar in 401 Hamilton Hall focused on classic literary texts, including Homer’s Odyssey, Shakespeare’s Othello, and W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk. But this was no ordinary summer school class, and its students were not traditional collegians.
This video is about the summer engineering interns program at Columbia.
"Lifelong learning has become so essential. We can train you to pivot from your original career into a new, changing marketplace that expects skills to constantly adapt to, and align with, the demands of a dynamic business environment."