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Hands-on Clinical Training Turns Students into Professional Psychologists

Professional Psychology graduate students gain invaluable hands-on experience treating patients at the program’s Center Clinic.

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Turning a Career Into Art

Earlier this semester, Art History Professor Lilien Robinson, BA ’62, MA ’65, showed her undergraduate class on 19th Century European Art a famous 1814 oil painting by the French...

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Japanese Language Competition Sharpens Students’ Speech

Born in China, Yi Zhao considers himself just a mediocre Japanese speaker. His pronunciation isn’t perfect and he reads the language—among the five he’s studied—more fluidly than...

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Coaching Wounded Warriors Across the Finish Line

At the Toronto opening ceremonies of the 2017 Invictus Games, with dignitaries like Britain's Prince Harry and former president Barack Obama looking on, USA Head Coach and Columbian College...

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Astrophysicists Identify ‘Monumental’ Kilonova Blast

Four Columbian College astrophysicists are part of a global group of scientists who collaborated to identify and study the first confirmed observation of two merging neutron stars, a so-called...

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History Student Reigns as Miss Black America

History PhD student and reigning Miss Black America Brittany Lewis has a message for anyone who believes the stereotype that pageant contestants are all-beauty and no-brains. “...

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Are Autism and Overeating Linked?

Children with autism are more likely to be “picky” eaters than their same-age peers, which is usually associated with being underweight. But they are also, paradoxically, more likely to be obese.

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Corcoran, Smithsonian Put Art in Students’ Hands

Jennifer Hackney was a set decoration buyer for big budget movies like Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks. But as she logged...

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New Faculty Bolster College Ranks

Columbian College welcomed 27 new full-time faculty members this year, bringing the total number of full-time scholars to 497. Each of these academics adds skills and expertise that enhance the...

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Solving the Proton Puzzle

There’s big news in the tiny world of the proton—a mystery so scandalous that it has divided the scientific community and threatened to upend everything we know about physics. “To call it a giant...