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Assistant Professor Adama Delphine Fawundu ’18 has been named the first-ever artist in residence of the Prospect Park Alliance, a non-profit organization that collaborates with the city to manage the borough's second-largest green space. 

The results are in and two Columbia-affiliated projects were announced as winners at this year’s SXSW Film Festival.

Theatre alum Ryan Bogner ’15 will co-produce the first Broadway production and newest iteration of satirical musical revue, Forbidden Broadway, opening at the Hayes Theater this summer.

Second-year writing student Ashley D. Escobar was selected by Eileen Myles as the 2024 Changes Book Prize winner for her poetry collection, Glib

The NBC TV Writers Program has announced its newest cohort of eight writers, which includes Film alum Neda Jebelli '21 and Theatre alum Bixby Elliot '05.

Leila Philip ’91, a writer, journalist, and poet, spent six years researching an underappreciated animal for her book Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America.

Theatre Professor and Head of the Directing Concentration Anne Bogart will receive the 2023 Gordon Davidson Award, presented by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.

Claudia Rankine '93 discussed her work, the importance of dialogue with others, and the essentiality of the arts in a new speaker series.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre Vinson Cunningham has published his debut novel, Great Expectations. Published by Hogarth Books, the novel follows a historic presidential campaign which changes the trajectory of the life of a young Black man. 

Moving Pictures, a solo show by Visual Arts alumna Nora Griffin '11, is currently on view at FIERMAN Gallery on the Lower East Side.

Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm (Knopf, 2024), a debut essay collection by Writing alumna Emmeline Clein ’22, begins by asking the reader: “Have you ever seen a girl and wanted to possess her?”

In Splinters, her first memoir, Leslie Jamison explores her divorce and the birth of her daughter.

Winners of the 96th Academy Awards were announced last night, and projects by Columbia filmmakers took home awards. 

Professor Lance Weiler shares his thoughts about the potential and challenges of generative AI, the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, and how discovering our own voice can lead to a more effective use of technology.

Visual Arts alumna Anna Ting Möller ’23 is currently showcasing her solo exhibition, grafting, for that which grows and that which bars, at Tutu Gallery.