By Elizabeth Jackson My first introduction to Joel Meyers, CC ’21, involved watching from the mezzanine as he alternately bounded and...

By Lyla Trilling In high school, Adam Glusker, CC ’21, was not cast in RENT his senior year. This is significant because, in my mind,...

By Jai Qureshi Hong Kiu Mak, CC ’21, an accomplished violinist now graduating from the Columbia-Juilliard Program, joins our Zoom call...

Khadija Hussain, BC '21, wants students to think critically.

By Samantha Sacks I remember seeing Alexandra Waterbury, G.S. ’21, for the first time at the water fountain outside studio 1 in Barnard...

Three graduating B&W’ers find unlikely love in a hopeless place.

By Claire Shang

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By Annelie Hyatt. In four years, alpine racing at Columbia has transformed from a casual, loosely organized niche in the Ski and...

By Chase Cutarelli Hailing from a suburb of Los Angeles, Arianna Menzelos, CC ’21, is an ardent advocate for sustainability and...

By Benjamine Mo Ours is a community of change. As our institution contends with the existential threats of disease and dispersal, student...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider Uwade Akhere, CC ‘21, launched her singing career at a ’70s themed fifth-grade talent show. She’d grown up in...

Oscar yi Hou, CC ‘20, paints people—not just as bodies, nor as the reduced, essentialized products of liberal identity politics, but people

“When I was 9, I had two pet ducks that I carried under my arms.”

In April, Sophia Houdaigui, BC ‘21, implemented the online ordering system for her family’s bakery in Arlington, Virginia.

By Gaby Edwards When I FaceTime Ornella Pedrozo, BC ‘21, she’s breaking for lunch. She’s making something delicious in her Upper West...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider During her first-year Accelerated Physics course, Anjali Verma’s professor, Brian Cole, told her to check out...

By Raquel Turner In early March, I met Yasmeen Asali, CC ’20, in the Astronomy Department’s hub in Pupin. When I arrived at the door, she...

By Elizabeth Jackson I began interviewing Aanand Shah, CC ‘20, with what I thought was an easy question: “Where are you from originally?”...