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GS student-veteran Elegance Giiavoni left his home at age 16 and spent 10 years in homelessness before joining the Marines. His struggle as a black, gay homeless youth is featured in his upcoming documentary film Pier Kids: The Life.
Triptyq, an up-and-coming urban-classical trio led by Antoniette Costa '12, is enjoying success with its recent single “Mr. Right,” which entered the iTunes classical chart at number two and gained over 44,000 YouTube views in less than a day.
On January 13, the School of General Studies (GS) of Columbia University welcomed more than 160 new students at New Student Orientation.
More than $118,000 was raised in support of veterans’ education through contributions by Columbia University School of General Studies alumni and friends, and the funds raised include a challenge match of $50,000.
On Wednesday, December 11, students, alumni, and administrators held a ceremony to dedicate and raise the official flag of the School of General Studies on the northeast corner of Lewisohn Lawn.
Two of Braham's poems were published by Silver Boomer Books in 2012 in the anthology titled On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties, and three will be published by Kent State University Press in the forthcoming collection titled The Widows’ Handbook, which includes a foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The New York Times recently published two pieces singing the benefits of music education, and guitarist and composer Sebastian Clegg ’13 can attest to its power first hand.
Today, Dr. Jill Biden met with student military veterans at Columbia University in New York City to learn more about the University's programs that serve veterans and military families. Along with nine students from the Columbia University School of General Studies (GS), Dr. Biden met with Professor Peter J. Awn, Dean of GS, Curtis Rodgers, Vice Dean of GS, and David Madigan, Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Beginning this spring, School of General Studies and Postbac Premed students will have the opportunity to enrich and diversify their educations through collaboration with the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
GS students Mahunan Agblonon and Yong Choi spent six weeks over the summer in Beijing, China and Santiago, Chile as part of the 2013 Global Scholars Program.
Adam Weinstein ’02, '08JRN has been hired as a staff writer for Gawker Media. He is an investigative reporter who currently lives in Tallahassee, FL.
INSECURITY, a short film written and directed by Robert Brink ’08, premiered in Detroit, MI at the opening night ceremony of the Trinity International Film Festival, where it was awarded "Best Short Film."
Congratulations to Christine McHone ’11, who was recently awarded a Graduate Scholarship by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for her studies in anthropology at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University.
Postbac Premed student Stephen Petro '14 is a born philosopher, and at only 24 years of age is publishing his first book, Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation: A Post Dialectical Theory of Value, which sets out to challenge and reorient the philosophical debate surrounding the theories of Gewirth, Habermas, and others.
Over the summer, students at Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA were required to read Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder. The book tells the story of Deogratias "Deo" Niyizonkiza ’01 who escaped from Burundi to the United States.