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08/24/2026

🗽 📚 New school year, new friends, New York. Get ready to choose your own adventure with the 2026 Guide to Life on Campus and in New York City: https://news.columbia.edu/content/welcome-columbia-your-2026-guide-life-campus-and-new-york-city

08/24/2026

08/18/2026

"Two Columbia University librarians on the hacks, etiquette, and best spots inside the University’s libraries: Sydni Meyer and Jeffrey Wayno share "everything you need to know (plus some of the secrets you should know) to supercharge your time at any one of Columbia's 18 libraries":

Everything you need to know (plus some of the secrets you should know) to supercharge your time at any one of Columbia's 18 libraries.

08/17/2026

08/11/2026

Under a glass case on the sixth floor of Butler Library was an intimate array of manuscripts, journals, and personal artifacts by short-story writer Lydia Davis, BC ’70. Pages littered with scribbled notes, slashed-out sentences, and question marks suggest that even the renowned translator and awa...

08/11/2026

Born this week in 1897, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart attended Columbia before pursuing her love of flying. On campus, Earhart says her happiest memories were made at the top of Low Library. Learn more: https://blogs.library.columbia.edu/rbml/2011/07/14/amelia-earharts-adventurous-side/

08/11/2026

🦁 This , we celebrate Columbia Lions, including Scholars' Lion sculpted by Greg Wyatt (CC'71, TC'74) and MGM's “Leo the Lion” whose logo was inspired by our mascot and designed by Howard Dietz (CC/JRN 1917). ✨

07/03/2026

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary tomorrow, Columbia University reflects on the story of a University that began before the nation itself. Discover archival treasures in the Libraries that help readers explore the past through rare documents and collections: https://view.m.columbia.edu/?vawpToken=QLE5WCBO6C7UTJD6YZXZSFZTCQ.130019&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20260601_Spotlight_America250_Staff

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07/03/2026

Prior to Independence Day, Professor Ira Katznelson, who chaired the jury for the 2026 Bancroft Prizes in American History & Diplomacy, weighs in on what a clear-eyed understanding of the past means for democratic patriotism today: https://blogs.library.columbia.edu/spotlights/2026/06/23/katznelson-2026-bancroft-prizes/