Thanks again to all the students who came out for the Butler Study Break last night! Our coffee and bagels for 300 didn’t last long at all. The Librarians at Columbia wish you all the best of luck with finals this year. Find pictures from the study break on on the Libraries Facebook page, and […]
Category: Events and Exhibits
Butler Study Break, Tonight 10PM – Midnight
Study Days are here! Need a break? Stop by the Butler Cafe Lounge tonight (May 5) from 10PM to midnight to grab a bagel, coffee, and enjoy some study-break activities. (Don’t be late, supplies are limited!) Here are some tips to help you make the most of your study breaks this week. Have a snack […]
An Exhibit and Evening with Ed Koren, Cartoonist for The New Yorker Magazine
The Wallach Art Gallery is currently exhibiting Edward Koren: The Capricious Line, a major survey of the work of the artist best known for his cartoons and cover illustrations for The New Yorker magazine. This exhibition will be on view through June 12, 2010. On Wednesday, May 26th at 6:30 p.m at the Wallach Art […]
Poetry Reading at the Burke Theological Library with Eleanor Johnson
The Burke Theological Library will host poet and Columbia professor Eleanor Johnson, reading from her new book of poetry, Her Many Feathered Bones. Her Many Feathered Bones is a collaborative experiment in slow dialogue. Wishing to integrate visual and verbal art in a way that would privilege neither form over the other, Dr. Johnson began […]
“Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities” Lecture
The Friends of the Columbia Libraries are pleased to sponsor a lecture by Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, and Harriet Zuckerman, senior vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and professor emerita of […]
“Joseph Pulitzer and The World” Lecture with James McGrath Morris
Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library will host a talk by author James McGrath Morris on the life of Joseph Pulitzer. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 7 at 6:00 pm in the Lecture Hall of Columbia’s Journalism Building, 2950 Broadway. This event is free and open to the public. The lecture […]
“Hidden Collections” Exhibition at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
A new exhibition, "Working Close to the Source: Graduate Interns Uncover Collections in History, Humanities, Architecture and Religion" opened at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML). The exhibition highlights the archival collections processed by Columbia University graduate students, and will be on display in the Chang Octagon Exhibition Room on the 6th Floor […]
Research without Borders Speaker Series: “Communicating Climate Change Science”
Communicating Climate Change Science Tuesday, April 6, 2010 12:30 pm Alfred Lerner Hall Room 555, Columbia University, Morningside Campus Researchers often come up against the challenge of effectively communicating complex data to an audience beyond academia. In the case of climate-change science, this challenge is a special one. Now a highly politicized issue, climate change […]
Free Laptop Engraving at Butler Library
Stop by Butler Library lobby on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 11am to 2pm, for free laptop and property engraving from CU Public Safety. This is a great way to keep your valuables safe at the library and around campus! More details from CU Public Safety: Dear Public Safety Friends, CU Public Safety will be engraving […]
New Online Exhibit: Korean Independence Outbreak Movement
The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the launch of the new online exhibition Korean Independence Outbreak Movement. The exhibition documents The Records of the Korean Independence Outbreak, a collection in the Mission Research Library archives at The Burke Library. The Records were sent from Shanghai to Charles Fahs, the librarian […]