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Professors Andrew Delbanco and Frank A. Guridy are winners of the Lionel Trilling Book Award and Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching
The Academic Awards Committee of Columbia College is pleased to announce that Andrew Delbanco, the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies, has been awarded the 44th annual Lionel Trilling Book Award for his book The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War, and that Frank A. Guridy, associate professor of history and African American studies, has been awarded the 58th annual Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching for his “Humanity, Devotion to Truth and Inspiring Leadership.”
Nkima Stephenson CC’21 awarded 2019 Critical Language Scholarship
Nkima Stephenson CC’21 has been awarded a prestigious U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Portuguese in Florianopolis, Brazil this summer.
Angelo Hernandez-Sias CC’20 wins prestigious Beinecke Scholarship
Angelo Hernandez-Sias CC’20, a double major in English and comparative literature and creative writing, has won the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship.
Broadway star and award-winning producer Brandon Victor Dixon CC’03 named College Class Day speaker
Columbia College is pleased to announce that actor and producer Brandon Victor Dixon CC’03 will deliver the keynote address for its 2019 Class Day ceremony. The annual event — held this year on the South Lawn on Tuesday, May 21 — honors graduating College seniors.
Sreya Pinnamaneni CC’20 and Myrna Santos CC’20 awarded Humanity in Action Fellowships
Sreya Pinnamaneni CC’20 and Myrna Santos CC’20 have been awarded Humanity in Action fellowships for Summer 2019.
Jorge Antonio Ochoa CC’19 awarded NIH Bioethics Fellowship
Jorge Antonio Ochoa CC’19 has been awarded the highly competitive National Institutes of Health Bioethics Fellowship (2020-22), which provides two years of study and support to develop and implement an independent scholarship agenda.
2019 Presidential Global Fellowship winners announced
Nine first-year students from the College have been awarded the 2019 Presidential Global Fellowships.
Lions crowned National Champions in fencing, claim two individual titles
Columbia Fencing claimed its 16th national championship title and its first since winning back to back titles in 2015 and 2016 Sunday at the NCAA National Fencing Championships at Wolstein Center on the campus of Cleveland State University.
Lauren Q. Nguyen CC’19 awarded prestigious Pearson Fellowship from the Society of Classical Studies
Lauren Q. Nguyen CC’19, a classics major, has been awarded the prestigious Pearson Fellowship from the Society of Classical Studies (SCS), which will sponsor a year of post-graduate study at Oxford.