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Are Female Candidates Still Running Against Gender Bias?
By John DiConsiglio
Hillary Clinton’s hairstyle. Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. When female candidates run for office, the electoral focus invariably seems to fall on their appearance rather than...
By John DiConsiglio
No one has ever confused the Anacostia River with the mighty sweep of the Nile. But to archaeologist Kate Birmingham, MA ’10, a cultural resources...
By John DiConsiglio
On Day One of her new course on Sexual Communications, Katrina Pariera, assistant professor of communication, opened with an icebreaker. With students...
Can Stephanie Travis Save Sketching?
By John DiConsiglio
It’s the dirty secret of design in the digital age: Today’s architects spend many more hours laboring over computer screens than sketchbooks. Hand-drawings, the...
By John DiConsiglio
For many people suffering with schizophrenia, the most terrifying aspect of their condition is the voices—the phantom sounds that echo menacingly through their brains....
From Cross-Disciplinary Study to the Slums of India, Students’ Business Plan is Changing Lives
By John DiConsiglio
Columbian College junior Maz Obuz and his friend Elliot School student Evan Young were just looking for a good grade in an engineering...
A grant from The Morningstar Foundation, the family foundation of Susie and Michael Gelman, will help develop an Israel Studies component of Columbian College's Judaic Studies Program. The grant...
Columbian College welcomed 12 new full-time faculty members this year, bringing the total number of full-time scholars to 494. Each of these academics adds skills and expertise that enhance the...
For Human Ancestors, Bigger Wasn’t Better
Nearly 3 million years ago, the earliest members of the Homo genus—which includes our species Homo sapiens, or modern humans—emerged as the bully on the evolutionary block. They...