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The Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) is proud to announce a partnership with Vault and WetFeet to provide more career resource search tools for GS alumni.

Alumni leaders from anniversary classes ending in a one or a six gathered at the Alumni Welcome Center on February 23 to kick off their Reunion year.

In her latest piece for The Huffington Post, alumna Barbara Probst Solomon '60 examines artist Larry Rivers' life and work. The article, titled "Larry Rivers Crossing the Delaware," also touched upon her time at GS in the 1950s.

On Thursday, February 10, Dean Peter J. Awn and co-chairperson of the Recent Alumni Leadership Committee (RALC) Richie Space ’05 hosted a reception for 2001–2010 alumni from the School of General Studies at Brasserie 8½ in Midtown Manhattan.

After the devastating earthquake in Haiti last January, GS alumnus René Aubry ’93 sprang into action to help his home country.

GS alumna Arlene Shuler ’77 is featured in the winter issue of Columbia Magazine for her creation of Fall for Dance, the popular annual dance festival launched in 2004, a year after she was appointed City Center’s president and CEO.

GS alumni Mark Rotella ’92, Donald Unger ’88, and Bonnie Lee Black ’79 each have had books published. Read more about the authors and their works. 

On Monday, December 6, Dean Peter J. Awn hosted the School of General Studies Annual Fund Holiday Party at Landmarc at the Time Warner Center. The party, attended by more than 110 guests, celebrated the leadership of alumni and friends who support the School of General Studies' Annual Fund initiatives.

The Columbia University Postbac Premed Program and the Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons have formed a new partnership through a linkage program agreement. This is the first and only linkage program agreement between the College and Physicians and Surgeons and a postbaccalaureate premedical program.  

School of General Studies Senior Class President Henry Wells and the GSSC hosted a breakfast for about 20 current students while GS alumni enjoyed the barbecue at Baker Field. The student-alumni contingent met at Wien Stadium and watched the Lions face off against Dartmouth.

Alumnus Larry J. Lawrence '69GS, '71BUS was one of ten Columbia University alumni honored at the Alumni Medalists Gala on October 16.

Alumnus Thomas Ikimi’s ’04 latest film, Legacy, will be released in select U.S. cities on October 15. In New York, the film will show at the AMC 25 on 42nd Street. Ikimi majored in literature-writing and wrote and directed Legacy, which was nominated for Best U.K. Feature at the Raindance Film Festival.