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Writing alumnus Francisco González ’19 has been awarded a 2023 Steinbeck Fellowship.
Palm Sunday, a thesis film directed by Wes Andre Goodrich ’23 and produced by Patrick Nichols ’22, was recently named a student film finalist for The Wrap’s 2023 Shortlist Film Festival.
Visual Arts alumna Dineo Seshee Bopape ’10 has launched Projects: Dineo SesheeBopape, her first solo museum exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
Four films by Columbia filmmakers were recently shortlisted for the 2023 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards. They are: Children of Light, The Fuse, Mr. Bold, and So They Say.
Three Columbia artists have been selected to participate in the 2023 Harvestworks New Works Artist Residencies. They are: Sound Arts alumni Kamari Carter ’19 and Julian Day ’20, and Writing Program alumna Mónica de la Torre ’95 (GSAS ’13).
Playwriting student Amalia Oliva Rojas has been awarded an inaugural Hansberry Lilly Playwright Fellowship.
Creative Producing alumna Tara Roy ’17 is publishing The Magnificent Ruins, a debut novel, with Algonquin Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, in 2024.
Adjunct Associate Professor Deborah Brevoort is the recipient of the 2023 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize.
Film alumna Victoria Rivera ’20 is among the filmmakers selected to participate in Film Independent’s second annual Episodic Directing Intensive.
Writing Alumnus Ricardo Alberto Maldonado '08 has recently been appointed as the Executive Director and President of the Academy of American Poets. This marks an unprecedented moment as Maldonado becomes the first Latino leader in the Academy's nearly century-long history.
Associate Professor Leslie Jamison is set to release her next book, Splinters (Little, Brown and Company), in early 2024.
Good Night, Oscar, a new play featuring the work of several Columbia theatre artists, has made its Broadway debut. The play is produced by Theatre alumna Barbara Whitman '05, directed by Adjunct Associate Professor Lisa Peterson, and benefits from the work of Theatre alumnus Blake Bonilla ’23, who served as both Rehearsal Script Assistant and Assistant to the Playwright.
Adjunct Associate Professor Kate Zambreno will release her latest work, The Light Room: On Art and Care (Riverhead Books), on July 4, 2023.
The University has issued a statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases.
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a new play by Jocelyn Bioh ’08, will premiere on Broadway in fall 2023.