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Acting alumna Ito Aghayere ’12 plays Young Guinan in Star Trek: Picard. 

Every corner and crevice of Columbia University’s MFA Thesis show feels lived in, reflecting not just artists’ experience quarantining with their work, but also that of re-entering society.

Eleven stories of life, learning, and personal reinvention. Film student, Kaelo Justin Iyizoba and Theatre student, Danica Selem among them. 

Screenwriting alumnus Bobby Kashif Cox '12 tragically lost his life to colon cancer in 2017 at the age of 33. During his time in the Film MFA program at the School of the Arts, Cox touched many lives. 

Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Korie’s opera Harvey Milk will return to the stage this summer at Opera Theater of Saint Louis.

Alumni Jocelyn Bioh ’08 and Saheem Ali ’07 wrote and will direct, respectively, the new musical Goddess, set to have its world premiere at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre on August 13, 2022.

The Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) is a celebration of the Film Program’s students and alumni, screening shorts from exciting emerging talents, and bringing filmmakers together.

Upcoming graduates of the Visual Arts MFA will exhibit new video, sound, and performance artworks in a one day event at the Jewish Museum entitled In Response: Jonas Mekas. 

The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on May 9, 2022, and three School of the Arts alumni are involved with winning projects in the arts.

The Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) is a celebration of the Film Program’s students and alumni, screening shorts from exciting emerging talents, and bringing filmmakers together. 

Alumnus Nathan Floody '12 has been busy this year as an editor on two successful shows, Hulu’s Life & Beth as well as Peacock’s Girls5eva.

Writing alumna E.J. Koh ’13 has joined the writing team of Apple TV+’s new series Pachinko. 

Playwriting Concentration Head and Associate Professor David Henry Hwang has been named this year’s Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee as part of the Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. 

Flight by Professor and alumna Lynn Steger Strong '14 will be published by HarperCollins this November. The book is now available for pre-order.

Adjunct Assistant Professor Manoel Felciano will join Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen at the Music Box Theatre.