Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Outgoing School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Zvi Galil said goodbye to Columbia as he presided over his last class day ceremony on Monday.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Admission to an Ivy League University "demand[s] perfection at 17, with no detours, no mistakes, and no time off for good behavior," said Deborah Marshall, GS '79, in her address to graduating students and their families at Monday's Class Day for the School of General Studies.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Surrounded by academic luminaries, actor Matthew Fox, CC '89, gave a charmingly self-deprecating Class Day speech to the graduating class of Columbia College on Tuesday.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Playwright and MacArthur Genius Anna Deavere Smith portrayed several prominent Barnard alumnae during her keynote address to the Barnard College class of 2007 at Commencement ceremonies on Tuesday.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Sixty-eight soccer games, $7,500 in an NCAA scholarship, a 4.1 GPA, and a bachelor's of science later, Greg Cass, SEAS '07, has shattered all of the stereotypes of recruited athletes on campus.
And he's done it without pulling a single all-nighter in four years.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Erison Hurtault, CC '07, has dominated the track since his freshman year, flying to the head of the pack and never looking back.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Like many students attending the School of General Studies, Valerie Taylor, 32, began her secondary education on the traditional path. Then life got in the way.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
In addition to using her time in college to bridge the artistic and digital worlds as a visual arts major with a minor in computer science, Esther White, BC '07, shared her love of hardcore punk rock by hosting a show on WBAR, Barnard's radio station.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
First things first: Julien Dumoulin-Smith, SEAS '07, doesn't go by Julien unless he's in trouble. Instead, you can call him "the hunchback of Butler." Or Chopz, the nickname he's had since he was 10 years old.
Wed, May 16, 2007, 12:00am
Ben Siegelman, CC '07, has many accomplishments under his belt from his time at Columbia. He has managed the University radio station WKCR, played guitar with the Columbia Jazz Ensemble for three years, and interviewed some of Duke Ellington's old managers and sidemen on air.
