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The Core at 100
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Series Spotlight
Core to Commencement: The Core Curriculum
Animate the Core for Another Hundred Years
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Core Intellectuals
Cultivate inspiration, excellence and camaraderie in the intellectual teaching community that has sustained the Core over decades.
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Enriching Experiences
Extend the seminar experience into city outings and across Core subjects to create an immersive and open-ended journey of critical dialogue and observation.
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Championing the Liberal Arts Mindset
Position the Core as a beacon for humanities in America, through public lectures, engagement with society and integration with technology.
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"There is no field or discipline, or area of life, that does not call upon the intellectual character nurtured in the Core environment."
lee c. bollinger, columbia university president