By Candace Taylor

Don’t be surprised to see an apple core whizzingthrough the air during commencement ceremonies. It’sno sign of disrespect or of boredom. Indeed, it’s a long-standing Columbia ritual.

At the University’s 253rd commencement on May16, each school’s blue-robed graduates will liven up thetwo-hour-long proceedings with fervent shaking andtossing of objects representing their respective aca-demic programs. The applecores, hurled by ColumbiaCollege graduates who havechomped through theapples they bring to the cer-emony, represent the CoreCurriculum, which requires all of the college’s studentsto take a battery of courses in art, literature, philosophy,history, music and science.

Such graduation-day hijinks are “definitely aColumbia tradition,” said Karma Lowe, assistant direc-tor of student services at the School of Social Work anda Columbia College graduate.

This year, nursing students will shake Columbia blue-and-white pompoms, confetti and gold stars. Soon-to-bedoctors will let surgical gloves fly. Students from theSchool of International and Public Affairs will wave

miniature flags representing graduates’ nationalities, andthe architecture school will measure up with plastic pro-tractors. Future lawyers will brandish rubber gavels. “Thelaw school doesn’t throw things—that might hit some-one and be a liability,” said a school spokeswoman.

The College of Dental Medicine will likely elicit thebiggest smiles as graduates carry five-foot-tall plastictoothbrushes in the commencement procession. Whenit comes time to throw, however, they will hurl regular-sized toothbrushes and floss “since we’re all about pre-

vention of disease,” said Dr.Martin Davis, associate deanfor student and alumniaffairs at the dental school.

At Columbia BusinessSchool, M.B.A. students typi-

cally wave Monopoly money or fistfuls of cash. Thatdidn’t go over well last year, as the crowd unleashed achorus of boos, said Rob Torti, president of theGraduate Business Association. This year, B-schoolershatched a plan to use copies of The Wall Street Journal,but Journalism School class officers quickly emailed tolet the business students know they’d be infringing onthat school’s longstanding tradition of lobbing shred-ded newspapers. It will most likely come down to cold,hard cash. “There was nothing we could point to thatrepresented commerce more than money,” Torti said.

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This year’s Columbia com-mencement ceremonywill confer degrees onnearly 12,000 students,

making this the largest group ofstudents to graduate from theUniversity’s 18 schools in its 253-year history.

Over the past weeks, the centerof Columbia’s campus has beenturned into an arena that will seata total of 40,000 graduates, theirfamilies and guests. Students from200 countries will receive degreesin disciplines ranging from appliedmathematics to Yiddish studies.

In addition to celebrating theaccomplishments and promise ofthis year’s graduates, the Universityalso will honor distinguishedleaders who have shaped theworld, expanded the frontiers ofresearch and teaching, andsupported the University’s growthand development.

Following Columbia tradition,President Lee C. Bollinger willdeliver the commencementaddress and bestow honorary

degrees on eight recipients,referred to as ‘honorands’ atColumbia and some other schools.They include the former presidentof the Israeli Supreme Court, apediatric neurosurgeon, a fellowuniversity president, as well as his-torians, scientists, and profession-als who stand out in their fields.Five faculty members will be rec-ognized for excellence in teachingand 10 alumni medals will bebestowed on graduates who haveworked hard on behalf of theirrespective schools. (A complete listof honorands and honorees are onpages six and seven.)

Of this year’s graduating class,1,227 come from outside theUnited States. China has the mostof any foreign nation with 110,and South Korea isn’t far behindwith 104. Albania, Bangladesh,Bosnia, Cyprus, Ecuador, the IvoryCoast, Jamaica, Jordan, Norway,Rwanda, and the Ukraine each canclaim at least one 2007 graduate.

Giant television screens broad-casting the procession, the speech-es and everything in between willtower over the guests. For thosewho can’t be there, the ceremonywill be streamed live on the uni-versity’s Web site.

Many graduate studentsknow what it feels liketo be ABD—all-but-dissertation. Few know

the feeling as well as Max Horlick.Horlick, 89, will receive his doc-

torate in French literature thisspring, more than a half centuryafter defending his dissertation.

Horlick’s academic career wasinterrupted several times, firstwhen he was drafted into theArmy during World War II. Later,after his wife became ill and withchildren to support, he abandonedhis quest for a doctorate. Last year,hoping to get him an honoraryPh.D., his children appealed to theUniversity to accept the disserta-tion, “The Literary Judgment ofMichel de Montaigne.”

Instead, University officialsasked to see the original work toassess whether to grant the actualdegree. Horlick, who hadn’tknown about his children’s plan,was “astounded,” he said. “I wishedthem luck, but actually I was notsanguine about it.”

In March, Pierre Force, chair ofthe Department of French, emailedthe good news to Horlick’s chil-dren and the dean of the GraduateSchool of Arts and Sciences. “It’s afine piece of work on an interest-

ing topic,” wrote Force, who wason the committee that readHorlick’s 180-page paper. “Our rec-ommendation to Dean Pinkham isthat Max Horlick be retroactivelygranted a 1954 Ph.D.”

When Columbia grants 11,706degrees at this year’s commence-ment, Horlick, class of 1954, willcertainly be the oldest. The regis-trar’s office wasn’t certain if he isColumbia’s oldest graduate ever.

Growing up in a tiny New Jerseyfarming community of immigrants,Horlick quickly discovered an earfor languages—he eventuallylearned 10 of them. After getting adegree in French from Rutgers, hemarried and started graduate workat Columbia, only to be drafted. Hislanguage skills got him into mili-tary intelligence, and he served inthe Battle of the Bulge, questioningcaptured German officers.

After the war, Horlick taught atSt. Lawrence University, spendingsummers working on his doctor-ate. He wrote his dissertation and

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SCRAPBOOKA year of luminaries

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RECORD-BREAKINGGRADUATIONBy Dan Rivero

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International Affairsgraduates wave flags at

Commencement 2006

12,000 Graduates,Eight HonoraryDegrees, One Speech.

It took 50 years,but Max Horlick,89, gets his Ph.D.

Erison Hurtault (CC’07)captured record title atIvy League Heptagonals.

By Dan Rivero

In the sea of proud parents and grandparents attendingcommencement this spring, surely Magda Hanus will stand out.

The 83-year-old Holocaust survivor has four grandchildrengraduating from Columbia this year, three of them this month.

Hanus, a mother of four, grandmother of 13 and great-grandmother of two, plans to attend the May 16 commence-ment ceremonies. She will travel from Skokie, Ill., where shestill runs the clothing store Rich’s Britches, which she startedwith her late husband.

“I am very proud of my grandchildren,” Hanus said. “They arevery smart and ambitious and have received a wonderful educa-tion at Columbia. They have made brilliant accomplishments.”

Talk to her grandchildren and they will tell you she is themost important influence in their lives. They credit her withteaching them by her example to respect life, value educationand give back to society.

Hanus had just completed her high school education whenher life took a grim turn. It was 1941 and Hitler’s storm troop-ers had marched into Batyu, Hungary. Sent to the Auschwitzconcentration camp, Hanus came face to face with the horrorof the Holocaust: her parents, grandparents and three broth-ers were all killed.

After the war, Hanus and her youngest sister, Erica—the onlyother surviving member of the family—moved to Humene,Slovakia, where an aunt took care of them. She met her hus-band, John, another Auschwitz survivor, in late 1945, and theymarried after a three-month courtship. They moved to Pragueand in 1951 found their way to Skokie to start life anew.

Hanus’ oldest granddaughter, Edythe Hanus (BC’00,SIPA’02) will receive her doctorate from the School of PublicHealth and will serve as class speaker; younger sister RebeccaHanus will get her Master of Science from the School of SocialWork. Julie Hanus, the youngest of the sisters, will be graduat-ing from Barnard. A fourth grandchild, Jonathan, is scheduledto receive his Master of Science in real estate developmentfrom the School of Architecture in October. Together withEdythe’s husband, Jacob Kupietzky (CC’99, SIPA ’00), the fam-ily will hold eight degrees from Columbia.

Edythe has made Columbia something of a second home,spending the last 12 years at the Morningside and medicalschool campuses, studying urban affairs and public health.Her enthusiasm drew her siblings to Columbia—Rebecca didnot apply anywhere else when she decided to get a master’s

degree in social work. Edythe says her siblings’ accomplish-ments belong to their grandmother as well.

Rebecca thanks Edythe and Magda for inspiring her andcalls Magda the rock that holds the family together. “She makespeople want to become better just by knowing her,” she said.

Dear Alma’s Owl,I’ve been watching Low Plaza and South

Lawn get set up for commencement, and Imarvel at the number of seats. Has the cere-mony always been held there?

— Curious About Commencement

Dear Graduation Groupie,I love commencement; after all, I have

one of the best views—at least when the cer-emony is held on South Lawn. The gor-geously landscaped Morningside campus

lays out a welcome mat of spring blooms todazzle thousands of attendees—I counted40,000 of them last year. However, com-mencement hasn’t always been such a bigproduction.

In its first commencement ceremony onJune 21, 1758, King’s College granted justseven students bachelor’s degrees and

awarded four honorary degrees in St.George’s Chapel on Beekman Place. Therehave even been years in which there was nocommencement at all.

The class of 1759 had only one graduate;he didn’t get a ceremony. Since classes weresuspended during the Revolutionary War,there were no commencements from 1775to 1785. And the War of 1812 was the reasonfor the lack of ceremony that year. Diseasetook its toll too—the cholera epidemic in1832 required another cancellation.

There have been several changes in venueover Columbia’s history. Before the campusmoved to 49th Street, commencement wasusually held in chapels or on one of theproperties of Trinity Church. But the 49thStreet campus was also without facilitiesappropriate for commencement, so venuessuch as the old Metropolitan Opera House

and Carnegie Music Hall found themselveshost to Columbia’s graduation exercises,including Class Day.

Some people confuse Class Day and com-mencement. It’s an understandable mistake.Once the College became the University,there was a need for each school to recog-nize its own students, so Class Day was cre-ated. Tradition dictates that on Class Day,each graduating senior walk across the stageto receive an empty envelope. Each of the 16schools calls the names of its degree candi-dates on Class Day, but diplomas are onlyhanded out after commencement. This yearmarks the first time that the School ofGeneral Studies will hold its Class Day onSouth Lawn along with Columbia Collegeand the Fu Foundation School ofEngineering and Applied Sciences.

Here on the Morningside campus, com-mencement was originally held in the gym-nasium. In the past few decades, however,that location has proven too small. Thisyear’s 11,706 degree candidates, along withan estimated 28,000 guests, will take part incommencement festivities on Low Plaza andthe South Lawn come rain or shine, undermy watchful gaze.

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Pomp and Circumstance on Low Plaza

Dr. Butler’s Last Commencement, by Professor Frank Calcott, professor of Spanish, June 5, 1945.

Standing: Jonathan Hanus, Rebecca Hanus, Magda Hanus, Barbara Hanus (Mother) and George Hanus (Father) Sitting: Julie Hanus, Edy Hanus Kupietzky

and Jacob Kupietzky holding their 2 year old children, Joshua and Kayla.

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Two Nobel prizes. Life-saving scientific

discoveries. Athletic records set, artistic

breakthroughs, scholarly advances,

groundbreaking research and munifi-

cent donations.

In short, it was a year like any other at

Columbia, yet utterly unique. Here is a summary

of some of the most notable events at the

University in its 2006–2007 academic year.

TWO NOBELSTwo members of Columbia’s faculty receivedNobel Prizes in Stockholm last year, bringingto 75 the number of Columbia alumni and fac-ulty who have won the world’s most prestigiousaward. Professor Edmund Phelps, McVickarProfessor of Political Economy and director ofthe Center on Capitalism and Society at theEarth Institute, won in economics. Phelps firstjoined Columbia in 1971 and is best knownfor his research exploring the relationshipbetween inflation and unemployment. Phelpschallenged what had long been the conven-tional wisdom in economics—that inflationwould always follow a dip in unemployment—and argued for a more complex view. Phelps“recognized that inflation does not onlydepend on unemployment, but also on theexpectations of firms and employees aboutprice and wage increases,” the SwedishAcademy stated in announcing the award.“[Phelps] has deepened our understanding ofthe relation between short-run and long-runeffects of economic policy.” The academy wenton to say that he has had a decisive “impacton economic research as well as policy.”Orhan Pamuk, the acclaimed Turkish novelist,won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Istanbulnative was a fellow with Columbia’s Committeeon Global Thought and currently holds a jointfaculty appointment in the writing division ofthe School of the Arts and the Department ofMiddle East and Asian Languages andCultures. Pamuk, who has been publishingsince 1972, “has discovered new symbols forthe clash and interlacing of cultures,” theSwedish Academy said. His novels include TheBlack Book, The White Castle, My Name is Redand Snow, among others, and have beentranslated into more than 40 languages.

CITIZENARTIST

Columbia’s 21st century undergrads weretoddlers when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989,ushering in the end of the Cold War. But afterspending seven weeks on campus with for-mer Czech president and renowned play-wright Václav Havel, they won’t wonder whohe is again. Born in Prague in 1936, Havelbegan his career as a writer and dramatist,emerging as a leading voice of opposition tothe communist regime. He helped master-mind the bloodless overthrow of the govern-ment known as the Velvet Revolution, servingas the last president of Czechoslovakia andthe first of the Czech Republic. As another,more familiar former president, Bill Clinton,said when he shared the stage with his long-time friend last November, Havel’s legacy ofpeaceful democratic regime change ismatched by only two others in recent memo-ry: those of Mahatma Gandhi and NelsonMandela. The theme of Havel’s residency,sponsored by the Columbia University ArtsInitiative, was citizenship and the arts.Students read his play “The Garden Party”and were treated to a reading by surpriseguest Dustin Hoffman. Havel delivered a lec-ture for students who read his seminal essay“The Power of the Powerless,” and a host ofpanels, concerts and screenings on campusand throughout the city honored his legacyas an artist-citizen.

GIFT OF ALIFETIME

John W. Kluge knows the value of financialaid. In 1933, he got it from Columbia—with-out it, he says, he never would have gone tocollege. In April, the man whom the Forbes400 listed last year as the 25th wealthiestAmerican wanted to return the favor. Kluge(CC’37) pledged $400 million to Columbia,with all funds designated for financial aid toundergraduate and graduate students. It wasthe largest gift ever devoted exclusively tostudent aid, and the fourth largest to any sin-gle institution of higher education, accordingto The Chronicle of Higher Education. Kluge’sgift brings the University one step closer tomeeting its fundraising goal. The Universityhas raised over $2.25 billion so far toward anoverall goal of $4 billion for the ColumbiaCampaign, which launched publicly on Sept.29, 2006. At the time of the announcement,it was the largest fundraising campaign inthe history of higher education. (Stanfordunveiled a $4.3 billion campaign 12 dayslater.) The campaign seeks to add $1.6 bil-lion to Columbia’s endowment, with specialemphasis on financial aid and faculty sup-port. Also sought is $1 billion for new andrenovated facilities and $1.4 billion for aca-demic programs throughout the University.

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AIR FRESHENERWhen Dr. Klaus Lackner decided to dosomething about global warming, he wasinspired by the one thing in nature thatcan suck carbon dioxide out of theatmosphere—a tree. Lackner, the EwingWorzel Professor of Geophysics at theEarth Institute and the School ofEngineering and Applied Sciences,worked on the prototype for what he callsa synthetic tree with Arizona-basedGlobal Research Technologies, LLC. Theprototype was unveiled this year. Thedevice, which looks something like afootball goal post, soaks up CO2 mole-cules from the air and funnels them intounderground chambers. High levels ofthe greenhouse gas have been linked toglobal warming. Some CO2 scrubbingtechnology already exists—bulky filteringdevices capture and store the CO2 emit-ted at power plants, for instance. Butsuch devices are too large to use onmotor vehicles, which cause one fifth ofglobal CO2 emissions. Lackner’s devicescould be set up in a field anywhere in theworld—somewhat like a windmill farm—capture CO2 regardless of its point of ori-gin. One “tree” could vacuum up theannual emissions equivalent of 15,000cars. Lackner estimates that it wouldcost about $10 million to produce one ofthe devices commercially.

ALZHEIMER’SEarly this year, a team of CUMC scientistshelped discover the first new gene linkedto Alzheimer’s Disease in more than 14years, a finding that could eventually leadto improved methods for early diagnosis

and better treatments in the future.Columbia’s Dr. Richard Mayeux, led thestudy along with researchers from theUniversity of Toronto and BostonUniversity. Examining DNA fromAlzheimer’s patients and a control groupin the Dominican Republic, Mayeux andhis team discovered a new gene theydubbed “SORL1.” They then replicatedtheir findings in groups of whiteAmericans, African Americans and IsraeliArabs, testing about 6,000 subjects over-all in the study. Researchers believe thatAlzheimer’s is caused by the buildup of atoxic substance in the brain called amy-loid beta peptides, which are producedwhen enzymes cut up a protein called APP.SORL1 helps to shield APP from theattacking enzymes by transporting theminto “safe” compartments within a cell.Mayeux’s team found that Alzheimer’spatients more often had a genetic varia-tion causing them to produce less SORL1than normal. That left more APP unpro-tected against the destructive enzymesand led to a build-up of more amyloidbeta peptides, and an increased risk ofAlzheimer’s. “Identifying genes that raisethe risk of Alzheimer’s helps us diversifyour portfolio for ways to treat the disease,”Mayeux explained this year. “We can’t pre-dict if this one will lead to a treatment, butit is best to identify as many pathogenicpathways as possible to generate as manyideas for treatment as possible.”

DISEASE FIGHTERIn December, researchers from theMailman School’s Jerome L. and DawnGreene Infectious Disease Laboratory andtheir colleagues in the WHO GlobalLaboratory Network unveiled the

GreeneChip, a new medical tool that willallow quick diagnosis of disease out-breaks in the developing world, empower-ing aid workers to stop epidemics in theirtracks. The GreeneChip is a lab diagnostictool that tests for thousands of possibledisease agents simultaneously, instead ofone at a time or in small groups. The chipconsists of a glass slide with more than30,000 miniscule DNA and RNA samplesof known viruses, bacteria, fungi and par-asites aligned in neat rows on its surface.When a technician applies tissue, blood,urine or stool to the slide, probes fromany closely related genetic material stickto the sample—allowing a fast and accu-rate diagnosis of any number of diseaseswith a single test. The GreeneChip isexpected to have a major impact on pub-lic health efforts around the globe.Researchers cited a 2004 Marburg out-break in Angola that caused 252 cases ofhemorrhagic fever, 90 percent of themfatal. A GreeneChip later identified tracesof malaria in the blood of one healthcareworker who died, suggesting he couldhave been saved had a correct diagnosisbeen available earlier.

ALL THAT JAZZThe first official jazz collaborationbetween Columbia and Harlem kicked offin January with a concert by renownedsinger Paula West and her quartet atColumbia’s Miller Theater. The Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project, which has since heldconcerts by latin band leader EddiePalmieri and blues artist Olu Dara, is atwo-year collaboration between theUniversity’s Center for Jazz Studies, NewHeritage Theatre Group in Harlem, andCommunity Works, a Manhattan-based

nonprofit arts organization. Over thecourse of two years, the Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project will hold a total of 14jazz events and post-performance talksat the Schomburg Center for Research inBlack Culture, the Studio Museum inHarlem, Minton’s Playhouse and venueson campus, all thanks to a $300,000grant from the New York State MusicFund. “I think it’s important to remindourselves that we are ’ColumbiaUniversity in the City of New York’—in thevillage of Harlem,” said Robert O’Meally,director of the Center of Jazz Studies andthe Zora Neale Hurston professor ofEnglish and comparative literature. “I liketo add that part because once a group ofus decided to form a center for jazz stud-ies, it was very important that we not wallourselves in as an ivory tower entity, butthat we take advantage of this rich histo-ry that we share with our neighbors.”

LIGHTS, CAMERAThe parka-clad audiences at January’sSundance Film Festival were treated tono fewer than 20 films made byColumbia students and alumni. In April, arecord 10 Columbia-affiliated filmsscreened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Addthese impressive numbers to seven goldmedals in the Student Academy Awardsin the past 10 years, and it’s clear thatthe movie industry is waking up to whatthe School of the Arts film division doesbest: nurture thoughtful, original, power-ful filmmakers poised to make their markin both Hollywood and independent cin-ema. This year at Sundance, four topprizes went to Columbia filmmakers and10 percent of all short films in the com-petition came from the School of the

Arts. Most of these shorts premiered atthe 2006 Columbia University FilmFestival, the year-end showcase for grad-uating M.F.A. students. The 2007 CU FilmFestival wrapped on May 10—and thisyear’s films are stronger than ever. Can“Sundance: the Sequel” be far behind?

CAFE SCIENCEChemistry and mixology are similar con-cepts that rarely go together, but that’swhat is happening at Café Science, a newquasi-academic program started last yearwhose popularity has taken off by bring-ing together Columbia professors and thegeneral public in a casual, salon-likeatmosphere where they can discuss sci-entific topics. For $10 a head, attendeesget one drink and the chance to hearworld-class, acknowledged experts intheir field. Subjects have included“Intelligent Life in the Universe,” byastronomer David Helfand; “How YourBrain Works…Or Not,” by biologist DarcyB. Kelly; and, on June 11th,“Singing in theBrain: What Songbirds Teach Us About theBrain and Communication,” with behav-ioral neuroscientist Sarah Woolley.

GOING GREENColumbia’s buildings, grounds, activi-ties—and, most vitally, its people—arevivid testimony to the University’s manynew efforts on behalf of the Earth. Lastfall, the Department of EnvironmentalStewardship was created as the localfocal point for sustainability efforts. Twonew buildings are Columbia’s first to beregistered for a Leadership in Energy and

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Environmental Design (LEED) rating,meeting the country’s highest environ-mental construction standards. Metersthroughout the University now will meas-ure energy use, leading to further reduc-tion of greenhouse gas emissions.Students, staff, faculty and administra-tors continue to produce a stream of cre-ative, everyday sustainability efforts, suchas serving locally roasted, organic, fairtrade coffee. And for the undergraduateEcoReps organization, it means collect-ing what would otherwise be thrown awayat semester’s end and donating it tolocal charities through their Give + GoGreen project.

WINNERSChampions are wearing light blue again.By the end of the academic year,Columbia had established a record forIvy League team championships in a sin-gle year, taking home five titles—women’ssoccer, women’s golf, men’s tennis,women’s fencing and men’s fencing. Thewomen’s soccer and women’s golf teamswon their first titles, and men’s tenniswon its first Ivy League title since 2001.Success began in the fall when, underthe leadership of first-year head coachNorries Wilson, the football team postedits best season since 1996 with a 5-5record. Men’s basketball followed in thewinter with its best record since1992–93 at 16-12. Several individualsalso had banner years. Runner ErisonHurtault became the first-ever Ivy Leaguemale student-athlete to win the champi-onship at the Ivy League Heptagonalseight times in a career. On the women’sside, Osamuede Iyoha won the 400-meter hurdles in 1.71 minutes. Iyoha

also took second in the 100-meter hur-dles, finishing in 14.12 seconds for aschool record. A few days earlier at thestoried Penn Relays, the Lions won the4x800-meter relay with Hurtault runningthe third leg. It was Columbia’s first vic-tory in a Championship of America heatat the Penn Relays since 1938, and thefirst triumph for an Ivy League schoolsince 1974. In other highlights, MattPalmer (CC’07) became the first wrestlerin more than 100 years of Columbianwrestling to earn All-American a secondtime from the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation. In fencing, Daria Schneider(CC’09) won an NCAA title in women’ssabre; in women’s soccer, ShannonMunoz (CC ’07) was named Ivy LeaguePlayer of the Year. Darren Schmidt(CC’07) won an Athletics DirectorsAssociation Scholarship in Division I-AAfootball. The NCAA awarded a postgradu-ate scholarship to Greg Cass (CC’07) ofthe men’s soccer team.

LIBRARIESColumbia’s libraries are bursting at theseams. Recent acquisitions include thedigital archives of the now defunct left-wing progressive magazine The NewLeader; materials chronicling the historyof Japanese and East Asian film fromdocumentary filmmaker MamoruMakino; and the archive of RobertCollege of Istanbul, the oldest Americanschool outside the United States. Thisyear also saw the creation of the Centerfor Digital Research and Scholarship,which uses new media and digital tech-nology for research and other scholarlypurposes. In April, librarian David Magierwas appointed director of the Center for

Human Rights Documentation andResearch, an international center thatpreserves materials from the globalhuman rights movement. It is the officialrepository for the newly acquired AmnestyInternational USA archive of country andmission reports, case files and oral histo-ries, among other materials. Magier, thelibrarian for the South & Southeast AsianStudies concentration, also serves as thedirector of area studies at the UniversityLibraries. The next big project will be thelibrary in the Northwest Science Building,which broke ground in May, and whichwill house the University’s first interdisci-plinary library devoted solely to science,containing material from the astronomy,chemistry, physics and biology depart-ments. Columbia currently ranks as thesixth-largest academic library in NorthAmerica, having added an average of150,000 volumes each year.

ROBERT MOSES It’s an academic’s dream to see years ofresearch and scholarship reach thewidest possible audience, even changethe course of public discourse. That hap-pened for art history professor and direc-tor of art humanities Hilary Ballon thisspring. Three related exhibitions shecurated on the legacy of long-time NewYork City builder Robert Moses sparkedheadlines and were recognized as majorcontributions to the understanding ofNew York City’s recent past; they alsostirred passionate debate about itsfuture. Ballon picked a rich topic. From1924 to 1968, Moses oversaw the con-struction of bridges, tunnels, highways,parks, housing, beaches and morethroughout New York City and state—all

without ever holding an elected office(although he held as many as 12 appoint-ed offices simultaneously). Ballon’sdetailed re-examination of Moses’ impacton New York—along with a companionbook of essays, Robert Moses and theModern City: The Transformation of NewYork (co-edited by Ballon and KennethJackson, Columbia’s Jacques BarzunProfessor of History and the SocialSciences)—continues to make nationalheadlines months after the exhibitionsopened. Her work undoubtedly will influ-ence urban planning scholars and NewYork City historians for years to come.

SHADOW COUNTNew York City has been battling chronichomelessness for decades. But how manyhomeless people live in the city? That wasthe focus of a study this year by ProfessorJulien Teitler of the School of Social Work.On the night of January 29, more than 200volunteers—including Columbia stu-dents—fanned out across the city as decoyhomeless people in a project aimed atimproving the accuracy of the city’s home-less count. Dubbed Operation ShadowCount, the study helped to statisticallyadjust the figures of the unshelteredhomeless for the 2007 HomelessOutreach Population Estimate (HOPE) sur-vey, an annual count done in conjunctionwith the city’s Department of HomelessServices (DHS). The survey isn’t just aca-demic; an accurate count means that pro-grams and initiatives for the homeless canbe focused better on those who needthem. An estimated 4,039 visible unshel-tered homeless people were tallied thatnight, Teitler said, almost identical to ayear ago.The total is based on the number

of homeless people counted by DHS vol-unteers, adjusted by the proportion of thedecoys who were missed by the counters.Still, all parties agree that the total num-ber of unsheltered homeless in the city islikely much larger.

CLEAN WATERColumbia Law School scored a big win inJanuary when a federal appeals court,ruling in favor of environmentalists,declared that the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) must change theway it interprets the Clean Water Act. Thethree-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals also found that the EPAviolated the law by placing the profits ofpower companies ahead of the protec-tion of the nation’s fisheries. The lawsuitwas filed by Columbia Law School’sEnvironmental Law Clinic, acting probono on behalf of a coalition of morethan a dozen environmental organiza-tions, including Riverkeeper, the NaturalResources Defense Council and theConservation Law Foundation. Ten lawstudents worked with clinic directorEdward Lloyd and Reed Super, the clinic’ssenior staff attorney, on the case. Super,who is also a lecturer at the Law School,argued the case last June. The plaintiffsclaimed that the EPA was allowing thekilling of trillions of fish per year becausepower plants were improperly using river,lake and coastal water to cool powerplant machinery. The court found thatregulations issued by the EPA in 2004improperly rejected a technology called“closed cycle cooling,” which would haveminimized the danger to fish.

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AHARON BARAK DOCTOR OF LAWS

Aharon Barak is the former president ofthe Supreme Court of Israel and a legalscholar. He has written extensively onjudicial philosophy and the role of ajudge, which also is the topic of his 2006book, The Judge in a Democracy. Barak’slegal career, shaped by his survival of theHolocaust, has been marked by a questto safeguard human dignity. His awardsinclude the International Justice of theWorld prize, granted by the InternationalAssociation of Judges, and numeroushonorary degrees.

FELIX G. ROHATYN DOCTOR OF LAWS

Felix Rohatyn, a businessman and invest-ment banker, served as the U.S.Ambassador to France from 1997 to2000. He is currently a senior advisor atLehman Brothers, where he is also thechair of the firm’s International AdvisoryCouncil. From 1975 to 1993, he waschair of the Municipal Assistance Corp. ofthe State of New York, where he managedthe negotiations that enabled New YorkCity to resolve its fiscal crisis in the late1970s. In 1990, he received the HundredYear Association of New York’s GoldMedal Award in “recognition of outstand-ing contributions to the City of New York.”

JONATHAN SPENCE DOCTOR OF LAWS

Jonathan Spence is the Sterling Professorof History at Yale University and one ofthe foremost scholars of Chinese civiliza-tion from the sixteenth century to thepresent. His books, including The Searchfor Modern China, have become leadingtexts in the field. Spence was president ofthe American Historical Association from2004 to 2005, and has received numer-ous fellowships and awards, includingbeing named a Companion of theDistinguished Order of St. Michael andSt. George in 2001, an honor given by theQueen of England for outstandingachievement.

STEPHEN JOELTRACHTENBERG DOCTOR OF LAWS

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has been pres-ident of George Washington University for19 years. Prior to that, he served as thepresident of the University of Hartford,and dean of arts and sciences and vicepresident of Boston University. He is theauthor of four books and numerous arti-cles on higher education. In 1997, hereceived the U.S. State Department’sDistinguished Public Service Award.Trachtenberg is a 1959 graduate ofColumbia College.

SUZANNE MALVEAUX MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE

An Emmy award-winning journalist,Suzanne Malveaux is the White Housecorrespondent for CNN. She has coveredand interviewed President George W.Bush, former Presidents George H.W.Bush and Bill Clinton, and First LadyLaura Bush. She was named one ofAmerica’s Most Powerful Players Under40 by Black Enterprise magazine, one ofEbony’s Outstanding Women in Marketingand Communications, and the NationalBlack MBA 2004 Communicator of theYear. She earned a master’s degree in1991 from Columbia University GraduateSchool of Journalism.

SANTIAGO CALATRAVADOCTOR OF LETTERS

Santiago Calatrava is an architect, artist,and engineer best known for his bridgesand transportation projects. His recentwork includes the Athens Olympic SportsComplex and the City of Arts andSciences in Valencia, Spain. He currentlyis designing the World Trade CenterTransportation Hub in New York. His hon-ors include the 2005 Gold Medal of theAmerican Institute of Architects; the GoldMedal of the Institute of StructuralEngineers, London; and the Gold Medalfor Merit in the Fine Arts, Ministry ofCulture, Spain.

BENJAMIN S. CARSON DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

Benjamin Carson is director of pediatricneurosurgery—a position he has heldsince 1984, when he was 33 years old—and a professor of neurosurgery, oncolo-gy, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at theJohns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He isalso the president and co-founder of theCarson Scholars Fund, which providesscholarships to young people of all back-grounds for exceptional academic andhumanitarian accomplishments. He hasbeen selected by the Library of Congressas one of 89 Living Legends.

SUSAN LINDQUIST DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

Susan Lindquist, a microbiologist, is amember and former director of theWhitehead Institute, a professor of biolo-gy at Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, and an investigator with theHoward Hughes Medical Institute. Herresearch includes evolution, neurologicaldiseases, cancer, and nanotechnology.She is listed in Discover magazine’s2002 list of the top 50 women scientistsand the Scientific American SA50 list oftop leaders in business, policy, andresearch for 2006.

BARBARA NOVAK DOCTOR OF LETTERS

Barbara Novak is the Helen GoodhartAltschul Emerita Professor of Art Historyat Barnard College, where she served onthe faculty for more than forty years,twelve of them as chair of theDepartment of Art History. She is anexpert and leading figure in the field ofAmerican art history, and has authoredthree books: American Paintings of theNineteenth Century, National Culture,and Voyages of the Self: Pairs, Parallelsand Patterns in American Art andLiterature, as well as scores of articlesand publications, a novel and a theaterpiece. In 1998, the College ArtAssociation recognized her with its awardfor distinguished teaching in art history.

PRESIDENTIALAWARDS FOROUTSTANDINGTEACHINGJOYCE K. ANASTASI is a professor ofclinical nursing. She has been on thefaculty of the School of Nursing since1992, pioneering two subspecialty pro-grams in HIV/AIDS and IntegrativeTherapies in Primary Care. In addition,she conducts research on the symptommanagement of HIV/AIDS and chronicillnesses.

PATRICIA J. CULLIGAN is a professor ofcivil engineering and engineeringmechanics. Her principal fields of inter-est include geo-environmental engineer-ing, geotechnical centrifuge modeling,and porous media flow and transport.

DONALD C. HOOD is the James F. BenderProfessor in Psychology and professor ofophthalmic science. His primaryresearch focuses on physiological andpsychophysical studies of human visualperception.

LIZA KNAPP is an associate professor ofSlavic languages and the director ofgraduate studies for Slavic languages.Her primary research focuses on 19th-century Russian literature and the novelin Russia and the West.

SUSAN P. STURM is the George M. JaffinProfessor of Law and SocialResponsibility. She has been a memberof the Columbia faculty since 2000, andher primary teaching and scholarly inter-ests include employment discrimination,new forms of public problem solving,conflict resolution, race and gender,public law remedies,and civil procedure.

2007 GSAS TEACHING AWARDSThe Graduate School of Arts andSciences recognized Corbett D. Bazler,Department of Music; Denise Milstein,Department of Sociology; and ChristianMurphy, Department of ComputerScience for their achievements in stu-dent teaching.

TheRecord

By Barbara King Lord

Astrand of green will wind its waythrough the sea of Columbia’s blue grad-uation regalia. For the first time, theUniversity will have a “carbon-neutral”

Commencement Day, by purchasing credits thatwill offset the carbon footprint generated by theceremony and its related events.

This means that Columbia will offset the esti-mated 4,649 metric tons of CO2 produced by theair, auto and local travel to and from commence-ment, as well as the energy used throughout thefestivities, by funding projects that save the equiv-alent amount of greenhouse gases from goinginto the atmosphere.

The numbers were derived from data the com-mencement team provided on the number ofgraduates, estimated guests, and states and coun-tries of origin. The team worked with Nilda Mesa,

Columbia’s director of environmental steward-ship, to make the calculations. “The graduates canbe proud of their hard work and accomplish-ments, while knowing that their celebrations

helped support projects that minimize green-house gases for the future,” Mesa said.

The credits will be purchased fromCarbonfund.org, a non-profit organization whosefocus is on reducing carbon emissions. ThroughCarbonfund.org, the emissions credits will beapplied to domestic and international projectsfor reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Solar elec-trification in East Africa, wind energy farms in theUnited States and post-tsunami mangroverestoration in India are on the list.

The reduction of the commencement cele-bration’s carbon footprint is yet another step inColumbia’s increasingly significant commit-ments to sustainability, both on campus andworldwide. These include new building projectsthat follow the USGBC’s green buildingstandards, a “green” residence hall, more refinedmetering to measure energy usage, and thestudent EcoRep program.

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ALEXANDRA E.BARANETSKY, D.D.S.1975 B.S. Fu Foundation School of Engineering

and Applied Science1980 D.D.S. College of Dental Medicine

A general dentist in Union, New Jersey,Alexandra Baranetsky served as vicepresident of her freshman class at theCollege of Dental Medicine. An activeand engaged Engineering School under-graduate, she currently serves on thealumni representative committee, is vicepresident for student relations for theColumbia Engineering School AlumniAssociation and is an officer of the Boardof Directors of the Society of ColumbiaGraduates. She has reinvigorated thefaculty-student luncheons and dinners,increasing overall alumni participation.

MICHAEL H.BARNETT, ESQ.1970 M.S. Mailman School of Public Health1972 J.D. Law School

A founding partner in a midtown lawfirm, Michael Barnett is president of theMailman School’s Alumni ExecutiveBoard. Mr. Barnett was an early andeffective advocate for incorporatingCollege of Pharmacy alumni into thePublic Health Alumni Association. He isthe current representative to theUniversity’s Alumni Trustee NominatingCommittee and is active in the ColumbiaAlumni Association. He has lectured atthe Mailman School and volunteered histime to provide mentoring, career guid-ance and opportunities to both studentsand faculty.

A’LELIA P. BUNDLES1976 M.S. Graduate School of Journalism

A’Lelia Bundles, former director of talentdevelopment for ABC News in Washingtonand New York, received an Emmy and adu Pont Gold Baton during her 30-yearcareer as a producer and executive withABC News and NBC News. She recentlyco-chaired and facilitated the GraduateSchool of Journalism Alumni AssociationTask Force strategic planning meetings tohelp the association examine its missionand engender broader representation ofits alumni. She currently chairs a GSJtransition group convened to implementthe strategic plan.

STEVEN B.EPSTEIN, ESQ.1968 J.D. Law School

Steven B. Epstein is recognized as theleading pioneer in health care law. He isthe founding partner in the law firm ofEpstein, Becker & Green, P.C., a nationallaw firm with 400 attorneys and officesin 11 cities. Mr. Epstein serves as chair-man of the Columbia Law School Boardof Visitors. He has encouraged boardmembers and alumni to actively partici-pate and donate to the Law School tohelp maintain its status as the leadinglaw program in the country. Mr. Epsteinwill teach a course in health law at theLaw School next fall.

PETER JOHN FARRELLY1986 M.F.A. School of the Arts

A filmmaker and author, Peter Farrelly isone of Columbia’s most effective sup-porters and volunteers. In addition totraveling from the west coast to volun-teer and teach master classes at theSchool of the Arts, Mr. Farrelly endowedstudent fellowships in the writing andfilm divisions and uses relationships toraise additional funds for the School. Hecurrently serves on the School of the ArtsDean’s Council, the highest level of par-ticipation for arts alumni.

MARJORIE HARRISONFLEMING1969 B.S. School of Nursing

Better known as Midge, Marjorie Flemingis a member of the School of Nursing’sBoard of Visitors and a founding memberand the first president of the ColumbiaUniversity and Presbyterian HospitalSchool of Nursing Alumni (CAPSONA, nowknown as The Alumni Association). Shecurrently chairs the School’s capital cam-paign. In addition to hosting many alum-ni events in her home and on the road,Ms. Fleming has been a leader in restruc-turing and developing the current Schoolinto a world-class organization.

EDWARD D. HEFFNER1968 B.S. Fu Foundation School of Engineering

and Applied Science

Executive vice president of Empire CityIron Works in Long Island City, Queens,Edward Heffner serves on the Dean’sCouncil of the School of Engineering andApplied Science as well as the Board ofManagers of the SEAS Alumni Associa-tion. In addition to advising Dean ZviGalil, he has helped direct the associa-tion’s many social and academic activi-ties for students and alumni. Since grad-uating, Mr. Heffner has helped promotethe growth of the School through both hisvolunteer activities and his philanthropy.His most recent gift established theHeffner Biomedical Imaging Laboratory.

RALPH O. HELLMOLD1963 International Fellow, School of

International and Public Affairs1964 M.I.A. School of International and

Public Affairs

Currently the chairman of Hellmold & Co.,LLC, a financial advisory firm, RalphHellmold has been a member of SIPA’salumni community for more than 40years. A dedicated advocate of theSchool and the University, he has servedon SIPA’s Advisory Board since 1990, sig-nificantly strengthening developmentand fundraising programs. Mr. Hellmoldhas mentored students and assistedthem with career development andplacement. He has served as both co-chair of the development committee andas chair of SIPA’s Annual Fund.

PATRICIA HARRIGANNADOSY1968 B.A. Barnard College1970 M.B.A. Columbia Business School

Patricia Harrigan Nadosy was a foreignexchange options trader, banker andmoney management consultant at JPMorgan for 15 years before starting herown consulting firm, Optfor, Inc. A Frenchmajor at Barnard, she went on to obtainan M.B.A. from Columbia and years laterearned a Ph.D. in botany from the CityUniversity of New York. Ms. Nadosy is atrustee at Barnard College and spear-headed the creation of its FinancialFluency Program for alumnae. In additionto the Executive Committee, she serves oncommittees devoted to investments; stu-dent life; budget and finance; and build-ings, grounds and environment.

ROBERT R. SIROTY, M.D.1956 B.A. Columbia College

As managing editor of the Columbia DailySpectator, Robert Siroty worked hard tohelp end racial discrimination in the Off-Campus Housing Registry. After graduat-ing, he attended the State University ofNew York College of Medicine at Syracuseand served in the U.S. Public HealthService. A clinical assistant professor ofmedicine at the University of Medicineand Dentistry of New Jersey and author ofseveral medical papers, he practicedinternal medicine and hematology inDover, New Jersey.

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By Candace Taylor

Don’t think of commencement as leaving Columbia.Consider it your entry into a worldwide network of270,000 alumni, many of them eager to help youfind a job, an apartment or just a good party.

“When you graduate, you’re still a part of this community,”said Eric J. Furda, vice president for alumni relations. “You’rejust in a different phase.”

Alumni enjoy lifelong privileges at Columbia’s 25 libraries.They and their families can use the University’s New York fit-ness centers and tennis courts for a low membership fee orpurchase discounted computers through the alumni Web site.They’re invited to audit classes on campus; choose from 150e-seminars taught by Columbia faculty; and go on vacationwith University faculty through alumni travel study programs.

At Columbia College, undergraduates meet alumni evenbefore graduation through a series of workshops on topicssuch as career networking and apartment hunting, said KenCatandella, executive director of the Columbia College Office

of Alumni Affairs and Development. “The school has been your whole life,” Catandella said.

“Suddenly, you’re in a workplace, it’s a huge adjustment.Anything we can do to help facilitate that, and keep people intouch with each other, is important to us.”

For the past five years, Columbia College Young Alumni (CCYA)has thrown a dinner for seniors on the Morningside campus. OnJune 1, the organization will hold a casino dance party at the NokiaTheater in Times Square. Last year, 1,400 young alumni showed up;this year, the group is hoping for 2,000, Catandella said.

CCYA also holds happy hours, networking nights and otherevents in cities across the country to help recent graduatesstay in touch, he said.

Alumni activities aren’t just confined to the United States. Aftercommencement, graduates will find themselves part of a net-work of Columbia alumni in 183 countries, linked through anonline directory on the University’s Web site, Furda said. Besidescareer networking, alumni also can stay connected to the intel-lectual life of the University. The Columbia Alumni Association(CAA), which serves to connect all University alumni, is planning

a European launch this fall in Paris. From September 28 toSeptember 30, CAA Paris 2007 will feature events at Reid hall;receptions for individual schools; a Café Science, and a forum onglobalization, arts, and media, with speakers including PresidentLee C. Bollinger, Nobel laureates Orhan Pamuk and JosephStiglitz, Journalism Dean Nicholas Lemann, Earth InstituteDirector Jeffrey Sachs, and other Columbia faculty.

Alumni also lead regional clubs in cities worldwide. In recentyears, the University has focused on starting new Columbiaclubs overseas, said Karen Sendler, senior associate director forUniversity alumni relations. There are now 38 alumni clubs inthe United States and 36 abroad, with the newest clubs poppingup in Cyprus, Russia, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Columbia clubs in foreign countries have helped alumniabroad, Sendler said. For example, a professor currently work-ing in Paris contacted the Columbia club there when he need-ed a babysitter, she said.

“Whether somebody’s looking for a job or an apartment orany number of things, it’s a group of people who are there tosupport you,” Sendler said.

Once a Columbian, Always a Columbian

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ANSWER TO LAST CHALLENGE: Tightrope Walker by Kees Verkade, a statue on Revson Plaza.

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defended it; two professors on the panel accepted it, athird wanted revisions. “I remember him vividly,”Horlick said. “He didn’t like the style.” Jeff Horlick, 62,remembers his father banging away on a blackportable Royal typewriter, wrestling with differentdrafts. “As a nine-year-old, I was sensing that thingswere going in a frustrating way,” he said.

Then Horlick’s wife contracted tuberculosis and wassent to a sanitarium for two years. (She made a full recov-ery and still works as a fine arts photographer.) With allhis responsibilities, Horlick said, “I just couldn’t do it.”

Horlick went on to work for the government—hischildren say it was the CIA—eventually ending up at theSocial Security Administration. Even after retirement, hecontinued working in the pension industry. The disser-tation stayed in a lockbox until the University asked tosee it. “I didn’t even know we still had it,” Horlick said.

Horlick had to fill out paperwork to get the Ph.D.,which included the question: “What are your job plansfor next year?” Even though he is in his ninth decade,Horlick has a long list.

He still consults for his former employer, has fin-ished a book about the history of the pension systemand is writing a novel about football. He plays golf,belongs to a monthly book group, teaches Spanish andis taking a course in mysticism, myth and the work ofJoseph Campbell.

Call back soon if there were any other questions, hesaid in a recent phone call from his home in SilverSpring, MD; he was about to leave for a tai chi class.

The School of General Studies prides itself on doingsomething different every year. This year, GS studentsplan to wave black-and-white checkered racing flags.“We’re crossing the finish line,” explained senior classpresident Jason Dixon. Last year, the small plasticwhistles they brought failed to blow at the right time.“We decided to go with something that can’t malfunc-tion,” he said.

For the second year in a row, graduates of theSchool of Continuing Education will let fly black fabricdiscs with the school’s logo, said Dean of StudentAffairs Tom Harford. “This is something that peoplecan take home with them and use in the parks,” hesaid, adding that the discs also function as “an ‘under-handed’ advertising campaign” for the University’snewest school, chartered in 2002.

School of the Arts students will carry plastic noise-makers topped with gold stars, according to adminis-trative assistant Toni Scott. “We’re very small,” Scottsaid. “We try to make our presence known.” Studentsat the School of Social Work are blowing bubbles. TheSchool of Engineering and Applied Science grads arewaving clappers.

Seniors at Barnard College debated a number ofthrowing options. Gummy bears were too sticky, andwhile a few students at the women-only school sug-gested bras and panties, “we’re going with a classieroption,” said class president Puja Kapadia. She won’t,however, say what it will be. “There’s supposed to bean element of surprise.”

A Year of Luminarieson Campus

1. U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel talks trade policy at SIPA. 2. Former NYC Mayor and ColumbiaProfessor David Dinkins congratulates Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the HarlemChildren’s Zone, on his keynote address at the Columbia Business School’s Enterprise ProgramAnnual Reception. 3. H.E. Ong Keng Yong, secretary-general of the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations, speaks at a World Leaders Forum. 4. Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers thekeynote address at a conference on global cities. 5. Mary Robinson, former president ofIreland and professor at Columbia, discusses security issues with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, formerminister of foreign affairs and minister of economy in Nigeria, and Sheikha Lubna al Qasimi,minister of economy, United Arab Emirates. 6. Rapper Ice-T discusses the evolution of hip-hopmusic and the promotion of education at Teachers College. 7. Akeel Bilgrami, professor ofphilosophy, delivers the fall 2006 University lecture. 8. Syeda Sughra Imam, member of par-liament in Pakistan, argues that creating jobs is key to state security. 9. Writer GarrisonKeillor presents awards to recipients of the Lukas Prize for exceptional works of non-fiction.10. President Lee C. Bollinger, former Presidents Bill Clinton and Václav Havel onColumbia’s campus.11. Ludacris and actress Emmy Rossum at SIPA to launch the “Kick Me”campaign to prevent HIV/AIDS.12. Jagdish Bhagwati, University professor, speaks with YegorGaidar, former prime minister of Russia. 13. Nancy Birdsall, president of the Center forGlobal Development, joins a discussion on “making globalization work.”14. The creative teambehind The First Emperor, with Columbia professors James Schamus and Lydia Liu, gatherafter a World Leaders Forum on the opera. 15. Bolivian President Evo Morales, the firstindigenous leader in Latin America in over 500 years, speaks at Columbia. 16. George Soros,founder and chair of the Open Society Institute, addresses globalization issues. 17. HankPaulson gives his first policy address after becoming U.S. Treasury Secretary at ColumbiaBusiness School. 18. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, newly appointed University Professor,delivers the spring 2007 University lecture. 19. John Kluge (CC’37) meets two Kluge schol-ars, Denise De Las Nueces (CC’03) and Ronald Townes (CC’08) after pledging $400 millionfor financial aid. 20. Barbara Walters with Joan Marks at the 80th birthday party honoringJoan’s husband and former Columbia professor Paul Marks. 21. Prime Minister Ivo Sanaderof Croatia addresses his country’s integration into the Europe-Atlantic alliance.

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