• Been There, Done That (but where? when? and with whom?) Columbia College has a longer history than many people think. Visit the college archives to see it for yourself. more...
• How to Succeed in Advertising When All You Have is Talent By Laurence Minsky. Reviewed by Matthew Green. more...
• From Rio to the Red Carpet Miguel Silveira (B.A. '05) has taken his films Carnaval Blues and Namibia, Brasil from the streets of his native Rio de Janeiro to the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. more...
• The Blade Itself By Marcus Sakey (’06). Reviewed by Rebecca Mielcarski (B.A. ’05). more...
• Price Family Presents Scholarship to Fashion Student This year’s Vivian Price Fashion Design Award was given to graduating senior Erin Kaye Sanders. One of the few scholarships available for fashion design students, this award gives students $500 for fabrics and supplies to help complete their senior thesis. more...
• Big City, Bad Blood By Sean Chercover. Reviewed by Ann Wiens. more...
• Take this Job and Love It Tracking down video for Stephen Colbert. Making sure Superman's cape looks just right. It's all in a day's work for five Columbia interns. more...
• 20 Times a Lady By Karyn Bosnak (B.A. ’96). Reviewed by Elizabeth Burke-Dain. more...
• Wind Power to Provide 30 Percent of Columbia’s Energy The college has entered into a two-year agreement with Community Energy, Inc. to purchase 4,410 megawatt hours of electricity, approximately 30 percent of its annual usage, as Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) in wind power. Community Energy, Inc. is a nonprofit wind turbine farm developer. more...
• Studio Gang to Design Media Production Center Twenty-nine architectural firms from throughout North America competed recently for the opportunity to design Columbia’s Media Production Center, which will be the college’s first original-construction building. After reviewing multiple proposals, the college’s architectural selection committee chose a local firm—Jeanne Gang & Studio Gang Architects—to head the development. more...
• DEMO Receives CASE Award DEMO magazine, after publishing just four issues, has received a 2007 silver medal in the College and University General Interest Magazines category from CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. more...
• Critical Encounters to Address Poverty and Privilege Last year the college launched its Critical Encounters initiative with a focus on HIV and AIDS, which aimed to raise awareness of the disease among both students and the community. In the coming year, the initiative explores a new topic: Poverty and Privilege. more...
• Honorary Degrees for 2007 Awarded A record-setting 2,500 students gathered at Navy Pier and received their degrees at Columbia’s 2007 commencement in May. But for three others receiving degrees that day, the experience was a little different. more...
• College Launches Public Television Series Students from the television department received hands-on experience last spring, as the college launched “MusiciansStudio,” a series of hour-long interviews with musicians and music-industry insiders. more...
• Columbia Gets a Second Life Joining a list of other higher education institutions, including Stanford and Harvard, Columbia purchased a virtual island in Second Life, a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) populated by over five million registered users. more...
• New Trustees Join Columbia’s Board This past year, the college welcomed five new members to its growing board of trustees. The members, each with distinctly different backgrounds, are Loranne Zeman Ehlenbach, Brent Felitto, Daniel McLean, Susan Downing, and Barry Sabloff. more...
• BYOB Chicago (2nd Edition) By Jean Iversen. Reviewed by Ann Wiens. more...
• Critical Regionalism: Connecting Politics and Culture in the American Landscape By Douglas Reichert Powell. Reviewed by Con Buckley. more...
• College Names Two New Deans This fall, Columbia welcomes Dr. Eliza Nichols as dean of fine and performing arts and Dr. Deborah Holdstein as dean of liberal arts and sciences. more...
• Dear Friends, Letter from Warrick L. Carter, Ph.D., President, Columbia College Chicago more...
• Dear Readers, Letter from Ann Wiens, Editor of Demo. more...
• Dear Alumni, Letter from Josh Culley-Foster, National Director of Alumni Relations. more...
• Upward Mobility Mark Kinsley's (B.A. '05) innovative laptop mobility cart caught the eye of Apple and took one of the product design industry's top awards. more...
• Sons of the Rapture By Todd Dills. Reviewed by Kristin Scott. more...
• Funny Business Web designer by day, superstar cartoonist by night: the double life of Ivan Brunetti more...