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Columbia’s Afro-Surreal Life
Senah Yeboah-Sampong
Within the first 30 minutes, dozens of people gathered to observe “Marvelous Freedom/Vigilance of Desire, Revisited,” an Afro-Surreal group exhibition that opened Jan. 31 in the Arcade Gallery in the 618 S. ...
Columbia helps Bob’s move trees
The bicycles and garden boxes that sit in the Columbia-owned lot at the corner of South Wabash Avenue and East Eighth Street have a new roommate, and his name is Bob.
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Alumnus breathes easy with first feature
Many artists draw inspiration from life experiences, but few find heroes living next door. This experience so moved one Columbia alumnus that it became the subject of his first feature-length documentary.
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Featured artist leads MoCP retrospective
Sifting through thousands of works of art might sound like an impossible task, but not for local contemporary artist Jan Tichy, who curated the latest exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography ...
Growing sustainable design
Alyson Beaton, assistant professor in the Art & Design Department, has a growing repertoire of eco-conscious talents. In addition to being an illustrator, letterpress printer and production designer for her own letterpress ...
Battle of Versailles recounted in new documentary
What began as an international exhibition in 1973 quickly became a historic fashion design contest that changed the trajectory of
runway style while putting African-American models on the map.
The story of the Grand ...
Glitches draw interactive artists
Glitches, whether in video games or a computer application, are often thought of as the pests of technology. However, a group of artists have found a creative way to use them in ...
Personal becomes political at Creative Nonfiction Week
Ivana Hester
Columbia’s annual Creative Nonfiction Week, which had a political theme inspired by the Nov. 6 presidential election, took place Nov. 5–8 in the 33 E. Congress Parkway Building.
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Election night party at Conaway Center
The music began blasting through the Conaway Center's doors the minute they opened. Students were treated to a pizza dinner prior to a performance of "The Star-spangled Banner," and SGA President Cassandra ...
Science Institute receives grant, faculty recognition
Library announces new dean
Columbia’s Library has undergone its second change in two months.
Jan Chindlund has been promoted from Columbia’s library director to dean of the library amid plans to move the facility to the former ...
From reel to real
Jewelry project benefits Ugandan sex trade survivors
Why not comics?
I used to catch all kinds of grief for my love of reading, especially when it came to comic books, which were associated with the once-shameful state of nerd-dom that my bookishness ...
Peace movement goes global
Honors Program potentially linked to retention
Columbia’s honors program rankings have grown exponentially as of fall 2012, according to a report from the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Data from the Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning suggest course ...
