John Tauranac ’63 has redesigned the NYC subway map, adding new symbols, a new typeface, and the planned extensions of the 2nd Avenue subway and the 7th Avenue line. The map will have a better geographic perspective and better descriptions of where the station entrances are located.
GS student-veteran Bill Roberts was selected as a 2013 Tillman Scholar by the Pat Tillman Foundation, which awards $10,000 annually to students in pursuit of completing an undergraduate or graduate degree. He is one of four 2013 Columbia University Tillman Scholars, and the second from the School of General Studies.
Gs alumnus Menachem Kaiser '09 spent the past year and a half developing reVilna, an interactive map modeled after the Vilnius Ghetto of Lithuania during the Nazi occupation of World War II.
From May 31 to June 2, more than 140 GS alumni and guests gathered on campus alongside alumni from Columbia College, the Fu Foundation for Engineering and Applied Science, and Barnard College to celebrate Alumni Reunion Weekend and Dean’s Day.
Diane Falk graduated from GS in 1973 and took a special message from her graduation’s occurrence on Valentine’s Day: the importance of keeping her head and heart together.
The School of General Studies celebrated the Class of 2013 at the GS Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 20. More than 1,500 guests joined faculty and administrators in recognizing the accomplishments of the 444 members of the graduating class, 63 of whom are U.S. military veterans, the most of any Ivy League university.
Graduates celebrated the completion of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Class Day on May 17 in the Low Memorial Library Rotunda. They were joined by members of the Columbia University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, administrators from the School of General Studies, family, friends, and fellow classmates.
At 21, Nur Arafeh is on the path to becoming a future world leader. Born in Manchester, England, and raised in East Jerusalem, Arafeh speaks Arabic, French, and English, has been educated in three countries, and is on her way to becoming an expert in Middle Eastern economics.
GS alumna Stefanie Weisman '11 has recently published her first book, The Secrets of Top Students.
Columbia University Postbac Premed Program students will soon have greater access to the New York University School of Medicine through a new linkage program agreement, which will provide top students with the ability to expedite their application.
Military veteran, rock guitarist and monk, Jason Everman raises the bar for the modern Renaissance man. In 1987, Everman—a commercial fisherman off the coast of Alaska—quit his job and moved to Seattle where he became the second guitarist touring worldwide and recording with Nirvana to promote their “Bleach” album and a bassist with Soundgarden on their “Louder than Love” tour.
GS student and New York Post staff writer Pedro Oliveira Jr. was recently awarded the highly-selective Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, which is given to only ten American and ten German journalists each year and places fellows in part-time positions for two months at host newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations abroad.