As announced last month in a press release, the J-School has been undergoing a little nip/tuck to bear a famous name. While the official reveal is slated for 4/20, we snuck an early peek:

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced that eight Columbia academics are recipients of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship. Awards are given to those, “who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.” Acceptance not only signifies extraordinary academic achievement, but also comes with cash. Timothy Donnelly – Associate Professor […]

Symposium: Columbia Being Happy continues onwards today with another dose of Live at Lerner. Today’s production includes performance by Beast Make Bomb, a Brooklyn-based garage rock band with influence from the likes of the Pixies, the Velvet Underground, and Blink 182. Food for today is a Texan-inspired full meal including: Chicken or veggie quesadillas Nachos with […]

Every Thursday and Sunday from 114th to 116th on Broadway, the Columbia greenmarket comes ’round to provide a bit of stability to your hectic city life.  Likewise, every Thursday we’re here to give you the highlights: Today Lani’s Farm will have bunches of asparagus.  Get to the market early for this first spring treat! This […]

While Charles Manson was denied parole, George Zimmerman was charged for second-degree murder.  (Los Angeles Times, New York Times) Not one but two Columbia University affiliates were published in HuffPost – Ravita Segal, Barnard research assistant and TA, and Rosario Quiroz, CC’11 (Huffington Post) In another instance of California natural ailments striking the east coast, […]

A tipster overheard the following at the Amsterdam gates: Days on Campus Host student: “The kid’s gotta know what college is really like! Which is me, drunk, all weekend!” Which reminds us, Days on Campus begins this weekend, raising many questions. What will you do with them? What will they do with you? And most importantly, […]

As they do every couple of weeks, our friends at the TIC box are here to let you know about upcoming arts events on- and off-campus, as well as some best-sellers of yesteryear. All shows can be accessed on the CUARTS website.  Past weeks’ best-sellers:  ONYX Hip-Hop Dance Troupe presents Madhatters Put Ya Stunna’ Shades On! Fruit […]

In last night’s town hall, the ABC groups elected new representatives for the Activities Board, which recognizes and funds student groups on campus. Congratulations to the new representatives! Andrew Ren, CC ’15 Ben Xue, CC ’14 ChiChi Udochi, CC ’13 Christine Byun, CC ’14 Elizabeth Angeles, CC ’13 Hamza Khan, CC ’14 Jason Tejada, CC […]

Today, we begin a series of athlete interviews to reveal the personality behind the pads, and help you get to know your Lions in light blue. First up is Kyle Merber CC ’12, a middle distance runner for the Men’s Track & Field team hailing from Dix Hills, NY. Among his many accolades, Kyle is […]

Our LiveBwogging may be over ’til next year, but we’re not quite ready to let 2012 Suite Selection go. After a short and ill-defined consolation period, we accosted the absolute last two people to choose a suite for the 2012-2013 school year to find out more about their time spent in The Cage. Here’s what […]

In case you haven’t noticed, Where Art Thou has been a little MIA lately. Well, the wait is over; Bwog has a new arts editor, Alexander Katz, and in addition to providing you with information on the best of Columbia’s art scene every Wednesday, Alex is pushing for Bwog to get real and preface every […]

If college is supposed to be a time to excel at new things, Trey Johnson and Sean Von Ohlen, CC’14, are doing it right. As self-taught DJs under the stage names Vidda and Vonzie, respectively, you may have found true love dancing to their beats at a frat or bar. Moombah mastah Alexandra Svokos watched them create […]

Before heading downtown to tell FoxNews that Columbia loves Hannity, Herman Cain spoke in Low last night at the invitation of the College Republicans. He gave what seemed to be his standard hour-long speech outlining what he perceives to be a time of crises in America, including an “economic crisis,” an “illegal immigration crisis,” a […]

Today is Wednesday, but Live at Lerner isn’t just for Wednesdays this week. Continuing their week-long music/food/happiness fest, Bacchanal, Postcrypt, and L@L will host the third day of Symposium, your get-fed and get-cultured pre-Bacchanal special. On the aural menu today is Tall, Tall Trees, a Brooklyn band that self-describes as having “evolved from a quirky bluegrass […]

Heroin in a five-year-old’s pockets. (NY Daily News) A Big Mac in a diabetic ward. (USA Today) Fuel in North Korean rockets. (Reuters) A bullet in store-bought cleats. (HuffPo) A transgender competitor in Miss Universe. (Daily Mail) Ikea in a London city planning initiative. (HuffPo) NYU in Greenwich Village. (NY1) Unlikely places to dune-buggy via Wikimedia Commons