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Playwriting professor David Henry Hwang’s Obie-award-winning play, Yellow Face, is headed to Broadway—marking Hwang’s ninth Broadway show. 

Sound Art alum Char Jeré '23 has unveiled their debut New York City solo exhibition at Artists Space, Zoo or an Orchestra, an exploration of the nonlinear temporality within the African diaspora through various art forms.

Roxy and Coco, a novel by Writing alumna Terese Svoboda ’78, is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press in February 2024. 

School of the Arts Professor David Antonio Cruz has recently been teaching and exhibiting his work in multiple museum exhibitions.

A message from President Minouche Shafik.

The 75th Emmy Awards took place last night in Los Angeles, California, and several projects with Columbia ties took home wins, with three of the projects topping the list for most awards.

Writing alum Nathan Xavier Osorio '16 has been named the winner of the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for his collection Querida. This collection, which will be Osorio’s debut, will be published by The University of Pittsburgh Press as part of the acclaimed Pitt Poetry Series on September 10, 2024.

With The Vulnerables, a seemingly random, often discursive, thoroughly wonderful new book, Sigrid Nunez ’75 (BC '72) has written not so much a novel as another of her virtuoso mash-ups of fiction, memoir, and intellectual rumination. Read more in Columbia Magazine. 

Visual Arts students Laurena Finéus and Annika Tucksmith, together with alum Kelsey Shwetz ’22, have been named Autumn 2023 recipients of Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants.

Several works involving Columbia alumni took home major prizes at last night's 81st Golden Globe Awards.

When he was a child, Shane McRae’s grandparents abducted him, as he recounts in his memoir.

Theatre alum James Dacre ’10 has launched Living Productions, a company focused on developing and producing a diverse range of creative works in the United Kingdom.

Writing student Asha Lemmie has recently published her second novel, The Wildest Sun. This eagerly anticipated release follows her successful New York Times bestselling debut, Fifty Words for Rain. 

On ​​November 12, 2023 during the Visual Arts and Sound Art Class of 2024 Open Studios, 30 student artists welcomed members of the public to engage with their work and learn more about their materials, techniques, and influences.

Alumna Terese Svoboda '78 discusses her journey as an artist and creator.