Read more about our Reunion 2018 Mini-Core Classes, Talks and Tours below.
Saturday, June 2 | Morning Keynote and Tours
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Reunion Keynote: A Reading by Paul Auster CC'69, GSAS'70
Paul Auster CC’69, GSAS’70, a bestselling author, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, will read autobiographical and Columbia-inspired excerpts from his acclaimed novel 4321.
Tours (choice of)
“1968: The Global Revolution”, Special Exhibition
Relive history with a guided tour of this exhibition by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that follows pivotal events 50 years ago, from Morningside Heights to Mexico City, Paris to Prague and South Vietnam to West Berlin.Student Experience & Neighborhood Tour
Reminisce about your days at Columbia by exploring campus and the surrounding neighborhood on this walking tour. See how much (or how little) has changed.Manhattanville Tour
The first new buildings on Columbia’s Manhattanville campus have come to life—the first stage of a sustainable urban design that will unfold over decades. Tour two of the completed buildings on the new campus: the Lenfest Center for the Arts and the Jerome L. Greene Science Center. The tour will include performance art spaces and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Meet in the lobby of Lenfest Center for the Arts. Directions: Take the 1 train to 125th Street, or walk or take the M104 bus to West 129th Street.MakerSpace & New Electrical Engineering Teaching Labs Tour + Talk with John Kymissis
Come visit and learn about the Columbia MakerSpace (CMS), a Columbia University affiliated and student-run workshop that provides a variety of tools and space for students, artists, makers, creatives, programmers, scientists and engineers to collaborate. We will also visit the Electrical Engineering Department's recently remodeled project and teaching laboratory space, which boasts unparalleled views of the Hudson River, Grant's Tomb, Riverside Church, Columbia's campus and the George Washington Bridge.
Saturday, June 2 | Afternoon Classes, Talks and Tours
2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Mini-Core Classes (choice of)
Literature Humanities
Deborah Martinsen SIPA'82, GSAS'90, Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian Literature
Getting Away with Murder
By the end of Part One, the protagonist of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment has committed a double murder, yet many readers want him to get away with it. Explore how Dostoevsky plunges readers into Raskolnikov’s fevered brain, makes us complicit in his escape and then converts protagonist and readers alike into ex-utilitarian nihilists.Contemporary Civilization
Richard John, Professor of History and Communications
Social Media and Contemporary Civilization from Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Political theorists from Plato to John Stuart Mill have warned us about the perils of public opinion. Does social media prove them right? Whither Contemporary Civilization in the age of Facebook and Google?Frontiers of Science
David J. Helfand, Professor of Astronomy
The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom
By using the building blocks of matter as little clocks, we are now able to reconstruct in quantitative detail a remarkable history of human and natural events. From a detailed understanding of the human diet to the events surrounding the origin of the Solar System, these universal timekeepers provide us with a precise chronology from the beginning of time to the moment humans emerge. We’ll explore this profound history lesson together.
Alumni Featured Talk
CCYA Presents: Lessons from Startupland
Enjoy a panel discussion and Q&A with Columbia College alumni entrepreneurs: Anastasia Alt ’10, Pathspark; Tze Chun ’06, Uprise Art; Robert Reffkin ’00, Compass; and Carter Reum ’03, M13. Moderated by Adam Kuerbitz '12, Columbia College Young Alumni Executive Board member.
Tours (choice of)
Student Experience & Neighborhood Tour
Reminisce about your days at Columbia by exploring campus and the surrounding neighborhood on this walking tour. See how much (or how little) has changed.Manhattanville Tour
The first new buildings on Columbia’s Manhattanville campus have come to life—the first stage of a sustainable urban design that will unfold over decades. Tour two of the completed buildings on the new campus: the Lenfest Center for the Arts and the Jerome L. Greene Science Center. The tour will include performance art spaces and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Meet in the lobby of Lenfest Center for the Arts. Directions: Take the 1 train to 125th Street, or walk or take the M104 bus to West 129th Street.
