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Alumna Tamera Tomakili ’19 stars in the new sports drama Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty currently streaming on HBO Max.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the recipients of its highest honors for excellence in the arts, and Professor Phillip Lopate ’64 (CC) is among the honorees.
The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) recently announced the 2022 nominations for the National Magazine Awards. Alumna Lacy Warner '16 reported and interviewed for a 2021 issue of New York Magazine that was nominated for an award. The issue, Remember the Office?, is available to read online and in print from New York Magazine.
Penguin Random House recently published the memoir Constructing a Nervous System by Professor and School of Journalism alumna Margo Jefferson '71. The book is now available for pre-order.
WarnerMedia Access unveiled its new Showrunner Program, and alumnus Kevin Lau ’13 is among the members of the inaugural cohort.
Film Program alumnus James Mangold ’99 is set to direct and produce a new Buster Keaton biopic for 20th Century Studios.
Lambda Literary recently announced the 2022 finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards. Assistant Professor Hasanthika Sirisena was named a finalist in the category Bisexual Nonfiction for Dark Tourist (Mad Creek Books, 2021). Assistant Professor and alumna Gila Ashtor '20 was named a finalist in the category LGBTQ Studies for Homo Psyche (Fordham University Press, 2021).
Eulalia Books recently published the long-awaited poetry debut, Cold, by Meg Matich '15. The collection is available for purchase at Eulalia Books.
Alumna Victoria-Idongesit Udondian ‘16 is featured in her first New York City solo show, How Can I Be Nobody, at Smack-Mellon. This show will remain on view until April 10, 2022.
Alumnus Josh Tonsfeldt ‘07 was featured in a solo exhibition at Broadway Gallery.
New work by alumnae Zizi Majid ’20, Daaimah Mubashshir ’15, Katherine Wilkinson ’19, and Gethsemane Herron-Coward ’19 join the billing for the 2022 Pipeline Festival.
A new sculpture by Professor Sarah Sze is on permanent display in the Arrivals and Departures hall at LaGuardia Airport. This work was commissioned alongside work by other notable New York artists for LaGuardia Airport’s renovation.
You might say that the show really begins with the ushers encouraging people to go to the bathroom and get water because the only intermission is around hour seven. Audiences are handed programs which indicate that the performance they’re about to see is Richard Wagner’s entire fifteen-hour, four-opera Ring Cycle.
Action Books recently published My Jewel Box, a collection of poems by Ursula Andkjær Olsen translated from the Danish by Adjunct Assistant Professor Katrine Øgaard Jensen '17. The book is now available for purchase.
Several Columbia University alumni have been nominated for the Writers Guild of America’s 2022 WGA Awards in the categories of television, new media, news, and radio/audio. They are: Jacey Heldrich ’13, Eric Tuchman ’87, Brysen Boyd '20, Ashley Lyle ’07 (CC ’02), Lucia Aniello (CC '04), and Sasha Stewart (CC '09).