
Summer 2006

A young cartoonist draws inspiration from high school
In trying to uphold Judaism's center, retiring JTS Chancellor Ismar Schorsch found himself caught in the middle
The 90-plus-year-old West End is invariably mentioned in any discussion of the Beats at Columbia
The Columbia Review claims to be the nation’s oldest college literary journal
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a grant to develop radiation-screening tools
Researchers have found that when pregnant women are exposed to high levels of air pollution, their unborn babies are at risk for cognitive problems
Columbia researchers achieved major breakthroughs in developing tiny cylindrical pieces of carbon
The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba, and Herbert L. Matthews of The New York Times, by Anthony DePalma
The Oxford Book of American Poetry, edited by David Lehman
The Architecture of Warren & Wetmore, by Peter Pennoyer '80CC, '84APP and Anne Walker '00APP
Amnesty International USA sent its archive to Columbia
She is the first woman to hold the position
Art Garfunkel ’62CC, ’65GSAS wins third annual I.A.L. Diamond Award for Achievement in the Arts
Black men, especially in cities, did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1990s, according to new research
“Torture on Trial,” a discussion held at Columbia Law School, explored the implications of the US government’s allowing extreme interrogation practices
Jewish and Muslim students convene at an event supported by the Kraft Family Fund for Interfaith and Intercultural Awareness
The Project for Excellence in Journalism recently released its annual State of the News Media study,
He will remain as dean until the University chooses his successor, and he will stay on as a professor
Goldman will join Columbia on August 1