Date: 11/2/2009 to 11/9/2009 Nami Mun, assistant professor of Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago, has been awarded the prestigious Whiting Writers? Award for her 2009 novel Miles from Nowhere....
Date: 11/6/2009 to 11/16/2009 Columbia College Chicago is among a dozen recipients to share $500,000 that the Chicago Community Trust has pledged to support the development of emerging local news sources....
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What if I Bomb in Front of My Mom?
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Can you teach someone to be funny? It depends on who you ask.
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No Regrets: A Q & A with Sheldon Patinkin
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Robert K. Elder interviews Sheldon Patinkin, who steps down after 29 years as chair of Columbia's Theater department.
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Mixing It Up
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Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, and the Cool Kids are the next wave of Chicago hip-hop artists aiming to break big. -
Porfolio: Fashion Design
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Slide shows of current lines from three successful graduates of Columbia's Fashion Design program, plus new looks from some of our students poised to enter the field.
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Spot On: Stephanie Kuehnert ('03/'06)
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“I had to go to dark places … I just felt so close to these characters. I wanted to do them justice. The story worked so well in my head, and I wanted it to do the same on paper.”
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Spot On: Jorge Ortega ('94)
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Entrepreneur, community organizer, instigator—call him what you will; Jorge Ortega knows how to get things going.
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Spot On: Sarah Opila ('89)
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"When kids were taking out coloring books, I was already drawing lines and planning space."
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Spot On: Dan Asma ('92)
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Dan Asma remembered the blood—gallons and gallons of blood cascading over the elevator doors, splashing down the hallway, engulfing everything.



