First Mother at the J-School
Sylvia Auerbach
Alumna
Graduate School of Journalism 1960
"Can youthful dreams come true? In my case, yes . . ." View
Somewhere Child
Bonnie Lee Black
Alumna
School of General Studies 1979
"Following is a passage from my book, Somewhere Child . . ." View
Political Turmoil on Campus
Reinaldo Bonachea
Alumnus
School of Engineering and Applied Science 1972
School of Engineering and Applied Science 1974
Columbia College 1971
"I have many great memories of Columbia, but also had the misfortune to start . . ." View
Love Letter to Alma Mater
Rudy Carmenaty Alumnus School of Law 1990
"Columbia is indeed a special place. Every time I walk across College Walk . . ." View
9/11/2001
Steven Chao Alumnus Columbia College 2003
"September 11, 2001 will go down in American history as one of its most tragic days. But despite . . ." View
Reflections—An Octogenarian's Recollection
Jeremiah J. Ciancia Alumnus School of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1939
"Generally speaking, student life at Columbia circa 1935 was quite different . . ." View
More Than "Just the Facts"
Charles Ciccone Alumnus School of General Studies 1966
"I came to Columbia in a very unusual way in those turbulent years . . ." View
A Wonderful and Baffling Mix
Steve Conway Alumnus Columbia College 1969 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1971
"As one of seven kids in a Philadelphia working-class home, I never expected college . . ." View
The Dual Degree
Charles D. Cook Alumnus, Other School of Law 1950 School of International and Public Affairs 1950
"The Law School was in Kent Hall, and Ike would walk across from the presidential residence . . ." View
Don't Trust Anyone Under 50!
Frank da Cruz
Alumnus, Neighbor, Parent, Staff Member
School of Engineering and Applied Science 1977
School of General Studies 1970
"What can be said about the 1968 student uprising at Columbia . . ." View
Computing at Columbia
Frank da Cruz Alumnus, Neighbor, Parent, Staff Member School of Engineering and Applied Science 1977 School of General Studies 1970
"It will come as a surprise to many that some of the most significant events in the history of digital computers took place at Columbia University . . ." View
Regarding Sid Luckman
Andy Dolan Alumnus School of Law 1970 School of Public Health 1980
"I grew up in Chicago, two doors down from Luckman . . ." View
Columbia University: Who Could Ask for Anything More?
Joe Dorinson Alumnus, Faculty Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1968 School of General Studies 1965 Columbia College 1958
"I entered Columbia College in 1954, a neophyte Marxist in an era dominated by Joe McCarthy . . ." View
Donald Keene Changed my Life
Ann Marie (Bonasera) Errera Alumna School of International and Public Affairs 1975 Teachers College 1975
"I remember that the School of International Affairs in the 1970s was like a mini-United Nations . . ." View
An Epiphany of Certainty
Daniel Feldman Alumnus Columbia College 1970
"I told one of my SDS friends that, thirty years later, when he'd be a right winger . . ." View
No More Nukes
Stanley Futterman Alumnus, Parent Columbia College 1961
"On a beautiful sunny day in the spring of 1961 . . ." View
Fraternizing with the Enemy in '68
John Gaguine Alumnus Columbia College 1969
"During the events of spring 1968, I joined the members of the Majority Coalition . . ." View
Writing Home
Joseph Gerver Alumnus Columbia College 1970
"From a letter to my parents, May 16, 1967 . . ." View
The Last All-Male Class
Philippe Gouamba Alumnus Columbia College 1982
"I am proud to say that the Class of '82 is a very special class indeed . . ." View
A Decade of Love and Hate
Peter Graham Alumnus, Staff Member School of General Studies 1969 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1970
"I was a staff member and a student at various times from 1960 through 1970 . . ." View
Remembering Sam
Florence (Flo) Grant Staff Member
"I came to work at Columbia in 1961, and enjoyed knowing Sam Steinberg for 21 of his 40 years here . . ." View
The Launch of Sputnik
Thomas Wm. Hamilton Alumnus Columbia College 1960
"I was a sophomore, taking Astronomy 1 with Professor Jan Schilt, when Sputnik 1 was launched . . ." View
Studying and Protesting in 1968
Robert Hegel Alumnus Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1967 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1973
"As a Ph.D. candidate finishing my coursework during the spring of 1968 . . ." View
Swaying the Vote
Donald Hymes Alumnus Columbia College 1953 Graduate School of Journalism 1954
"In the early 1950s, we were much like our predecessors, hoping Lou Little could return . . ." View
Memories of the Columbia Journalism Guild
Amos Jones Alumnus Graduate School of Journalism 2003
"We were the Journalism School class that entered Columbia along with President Lee Bollinger . . ." View
Columbia and Race: In the Right and in the Wrong
Wendy Jones Alum School of the Arts 1981
"After three years of living, working, and studying in Japan and three months of backpacking . . ." View
Unity on Common Grounds
Eli Kavon Alumnus Columbia College 1987
"Class was about to begin in an auditorium of the Columbia Law School on a November afternoon . . ." View
Jesse Jackson Comes to Campus
Elizabeth King Alumna Columbia College 1988
"Some of my most vivid memories are connected to the three weeks of apartheid protests . . ." View
Columbia in the 1960s
Howard Lipan Alumnus, Staff Member School of General Studies 1966
"Columbia University in the 1960s was host to important causes I felt passionately . . ." View
Margaret Mead: Behind Enemy Lines
Howard Lipan Alumnus, Staff Member School of General Studies 1966
"In September 1962, I began my undergraduate studies, majoring in psychology . . ." View
Technology in Education
Jason Magnus Alumnus, Staff Member Columbia College 2003
"What amazes me about my time at Columbia was the seamless and unrecognized transition, in regards to computer use . . ." View
Memories of the Cold War Era
Eugene Milone Alumnus Columbia College 1961
"I remember my first-year Contemporary Civilizations course in 1957 . . ." View
How Columbia Students Petitioned the New York City Government to Improve the Safety of the 116th Street and Broadway Subway Station
Chauncey Olinger Alumnus Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1971
"During the 1963-64 academic year, the students of Columbia University joined together . . ." View
Eisenhower at Columbia
Robert Orkand Alumnus Columbia College 1958
"Ike stood on the stage of McMillan Theater in September 1950 and welcomed . . ." View
Two Times at Columbia
Maressa Hecht Orzack Alumna, Other Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1951
"My connection with Columbia was twofold . . ." View
Graduating from Law School at the Millennium
Monick Paul Alumnus School of Law 2000
"I remember being a 3L at Columbia in 2000, the year many law firms' starting salaries . . ." View
Cross-Cultural History
Gregory Rideout Alumnus Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation 1996 Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation 1994
"New York / Paris program (1993 - 1994) Co-Director Meredeth Sykes knew Paris like the back of her hand . . ." View
A Cute Story About Early Coeducation
Ena Roseman Alumna School of Nursing 1978
"As nursing students entering as freshman in 1974, we were placed in the Columbia dorms . . ." View
No Beethoven, Please! We're Electronic!
Albert C. Ruocchio Alumnus, Staff Member, Student Columbia College 1958 School of Engineering and Applied Science 1959 School of Engineering and Applied Science 1961
"As a student of the School of Engineering from 1957 to 1961, I had the privilege . . ." View
Graduating While Serving in WWII
Paul Sandhaus Alumnus Columbia College 1944
"On May 8, 1943, the Columbia Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC) was called to active duty . . ." View
Our C250 Wedding
Kathryn Schneider Alumna Columbia College 1988 School of Law 1991
"On October 19, 2003, during C250 kickoff weekend, I married fellow attorney . . ." View
Through the Eyes of a Returning Vietnam Vet
Christian Seger Alumnus Graduate School of Business, 1966
"For four years, I served my country proudly in the United States Navy . . ." View
Columbia Born
Thomas Shapiro Alumnus, Neighbor, Student Columbia College 1962
"Until I was about 14, we lived at 411 West 114 Street. My father, Dr. Harry L. Shapiro, taught . . ." View
Opening Doors with a Columbia Education
Barry Siegel Alumnus Columbia College 1961 Graduate School of Business 1965 School of Law 1965
"Columbia College mercifully rescued a callow, untutored Queens youth . . ." View
Gilbert & Sullivan on Morningside Heights
Samuel Silvers Alumnus Columbia College 1982 School of Law 1985
"For about 45 years, ending in 1991, the Barnard Gilbert & Sullivan Society offered students . . ." View
Orgo Night Y2K
Tamar Simon Alum Columbia College 2003
"One of my most memorable experiences at Columbia was Orgo Night . . ." View
Richard Cloward
Robert Solomon Alum School of Social Work 1976
"The years have passed quickly since my first day as a young graduate student at Columbia . . ." View
All-Star Physicists
Michael Tannenbaum Alumnus Columbia College 1959
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1960
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1965
"In my career as an undergraduate and graduate student at Columbia . . ." View
On Meeting and Remembering Paul Robeson
Juliana M. Taylor Student Teachers College 2006
"When I was somewhere between the ages of about 10 and 12, I met Mr. Paul Robeson . . ." View
From Morningside Heights to Foggy Bottom
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Alumnus, Friend, Parent Columbia College 1959
"I was a history major at Columbia, the perfect, all-purpose course of study . . ." View
Remembering Jim Stallman
Harris Turkel Alumnus Columbia College 1966
Graduate School of Business 1968
"With respect to Chauncey Olinger's story about the removal of the 116th Street subway kiosk . . ." View
CU on TV
Lila Harvey Youngs Alumna School of General Studies 1960
"Did you know that Columbia was the very first school to be on educational TV? . . ." View
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