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Alumna Julie Haas Brophy ’04 and her website, The S**t My Kids Ruined, was recently featured in the New York Times.
The Columbia University School of General Studies Class Day ceremony and reception will be held on Sunday, May 16 at 9 a.m., and will include among its speakers world-renowned chef Jacques Pépin '70.
The GS Alumni Relations Office hosted a series of career discussion panels for students to meet and network with alumni in specific professions.
The School of General Studies celebrated Women's History Month at the Columbia Club of New York with a panel discussion of the rewards and challenges of being a woman working in a scientific field. The panel featured a number of renowned alumnae and was moderated by Liz Miller, a professor in Columbia's Department of Biological Sciences.
Arash Yomtobian '06 tells his post-Columbia story to the New York Times, from a rosy future at Lehman Brothers in August 2007 to purchasing his first apartment and working on a novel loosely based on his parents' lives.
There was a great turnout of recent alumni at Taj on the evening of Tuesday, February 16, giving GSers an opportunity to reconnect with their friends as well as make new ones. Dean Peter J. Awn spoke to the room, saying the School is currently in great shape, with enrollment at an all time high.
In 1967 Brian Leary, editor of The Owl (then a student newspaper), wrote a column informing the public about the methods his colleagues used “to get the most money with the least effort in the most devious way.” Leary was not exposing a web of corruption or revealing the professional secrets of con artists; he was a New York City cabdriver.
Over the past month, Peter J. Awn, Dean of the School of General Studies and Director of the Middle East Institute, has traveled throughout the country, speaking about the potential outcomes of President Obama's Middle East policies.
The Columbia University School of General Studies celebrated the 90th anniversary of the New York City Veterans Day Parade with a float that carried student veterans, alumni, and administrators.
Jacqueline Wayans '08 was recently named a grand prize winner in the "Colorful Life" contest sponsored by Maybelline New York in partnership with Meredith 360° and bestselling author Candace Bushnell. The contest celebrates women who exude confidence, optimism, compassion, style, and personality.
GS alumna Nancy Lynn '96 was recently named the executive vice president of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation. Lynn formerly served as the American Museum of Natural History’s senior director for corporate relations and the director for global business development.
The Columbia Alumni Center is preparing to celebrate its official launch this fall. While alumni are always welcome, an "Especially Open House" featuring refreshments and giveaways has been scheduled for October 15-16. All alumni are invited to come, get help with benefits, look around the library lounge and courtesy office, and enter a lottery for a Columbia University Club membership and other prizes.
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program student Benjamin Robison, along with his collaborators Josephine Dorado and Hugo Berkeley, was granted a $72,000 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Knowledge Networking Award in March 2008. Robison is using the grant, awarded as a part of the first-ever Digital Media and Learning Competition, to develop a web application that matches news stories with opportunities for social activism and community service
More than 200 guests joined the United States Military Veterans of Columbia University to celebrate the inauguration of the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) had its annual U.S. Open event on Wednesday, September 2 and, as with the CAA Picnic last July, GS alumni played a vital role in the day’s programming, with their own reserved table where they congregated before the matches.