Collections of materials produced at Columbia, including working papers series, white papers, event videos, podcast archives, and curriculum guides.
Americas Dialogue on Education Policy Book & Paper Talks Series
The Americas Dialogue on Education Policy (ADEP) is a program created in 2018 by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia University, and organized in partnership with the Latinx and Latin American Faculty Working Group at Teachers College, Columbia University. ADEP's main objective is to foster communication between countries of the Americas on Latin American education policy.
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Andrew Sarris Memorial Award for Film Criticism
The Film and Media Studies Program of Columbia University’s School of the Arts presents the Andrew Sarris Memorial Award for Film Criticism annually. This cash prize is in honor of the celebrated film professor and critic who died in 2012. Professors are invited to nominate the best essays written by their undergraduate students. The final selection is made by a committee of faculty members.
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At the Harriman Institute
Meeting report summaries from the Harriman Institute (1987–1992).
CCRC Working Papers
These preliminary full-length research reports from the Community College Research Center at Teachers College are often modified and published afterward as journal articles.
Center on Japanese Economy and Business Occasional Papers
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business Occasional Paper Series features interesting, topical papers not slated for eventual publication.
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Center on Japanese Economy and Business Working Papers
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business Working Paper Series showcases preliminary research results in the field before publication.
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Climate Predictability Tool
Versions of the Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. The CPT is a software package for constructing a seasonal climate forecast model, performing model validation, and producing forecasts given updated data.
Columbia FDI Perspectives
Columbia FDI Perspectives is an occasional series of perspectives on important and topical foreign direct investment issues.
COVID-19 Research Lightning Talks
In collaboration with the Columbia University Libraries, the NSF-funded Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub (NEBDHub) (NSF #1916585) began a project in 2021 to make the resources generated through community programming at the COVID Information Commons (CIC) (NSF# 2139391) accessible to the broader public. The NEBDHub team has created English transcriptions and Spanish, French, and Hindi translations for 140+ COVID-19 Research Lightning Talk presentations hosted by the CIC project team. These presentations were made by NSF-, NIH-, UDSA-, and CDC-funded researchers and considered a range of scientific topics, including COVID’s impact on public policy, social structures, technology, the global economy, and beyond.
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Dante's Divina Commedia: Lectures
Teodolinda Barolini is Lorenzo da Ponte Professor of Italian at Columbia University. This iteration of her year-long Dante course was taught in 2-hour, twice-weekly sessions during Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 (Dante’s Divina Commedia, Italian W4091 & W4092).
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Department of Economics Discussion Papers
The Columbia Economics Discussion Paper Series consists of working papers (unpublished), authored and released by faculty members of the Department of Economics. Papers submitted by Columbia Ph.D. candidates are included in the series, with the endorsement of at least two faculty members within the Department. This archive holds papers dated from 1992 to the present.
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Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters
Epistolæ is a collection of letters to and from women in the Middle Ages, from the 4th to the 13th century. The letters, written in Latin, are linked to the names of the women involved, with English translations and, where available, biographical sketches of the women and some description of the subject matter or the historic context of the letter.
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Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place
Footprints traces the history and movement of Jewish books since the inception of print. The history of a book continues long after composition as it is bought, sold, shared, read, confiscated, stored, or even discarded. The goal of the project is to collect, connect, and make this data available to enhance research and scholarship around the history of Jews and Jewish book.
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From Books to Bytes: Navigating the Research Ecosystem
From Books to Bytes: Navigating the Research Ecosystem is a set of online resources that define the research cycle, provide students with practical strategies, and guide students through the vast resources available to them at Columbia. The primary audience for this series is Columbia-affiliated students.
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GRID3
GRID3 (Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development) works with countries to generate, validate and use geospatial data on population, settlements, infrastructure, and boundaries. GRID3 combines the expertise of partners in government, United Nations, academia, and the private sector to design adaptable and relevant geospatial solutions based on capacity and development needs of each country.
Harriman Institute Forum
Harriman Institute Forum (1988–1994) was a monthly publication from the Harriman Institute, previously Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union. It was continued by Harriman Review, which was published quarterly.
ILAS K-12 Outreach Program Curriculum Guides
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) K-12 Outreach Program strives to enhance the professional capacity of teachers in New York City's multicultural environment and promote the inclusion of Latin American history and culture into students' classrooms and daily lives. The Curriculum Guides are designed for any subject and for students of all ages.
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LDEO Technical Reports
Technical reports from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 1949-2003.
Meddlesome Practices Exhibition Archive
Meddlesome Practices: Oral Histories of Good Troublemaking in Business was a Spring 2022 collection highlight of business-related oral histories from the Columbia Oral History Archives. This Academic Commons series preserves the content from the exhibition website and related materials.
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Pat Anderson Prize in Film Reviewing
The Pat Anderson Prize in Film Reviewing is named for the film critic who died in 2011. For many decades, she was part of New York’s movie community – writing about motion pictures for “Films in Review” – and a vital member of the National Board of Review from the 1970s until 2009. Professors are invited to nominate the best essays written by their undergraduate students. The final selection is made by a committee of faculty members.
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Podcast: CRT2
Columbia Race Talks: Critical Race Theory (CRT2) is a project of the Studio for Law and Culture at Columbia Law School. Produced by students in the Critical Race Theory Seminar Workshop, CRT2 uses critical race theory as a lens to look at charged issues, contested histories and contemporary debates about law, culture and the politics of race.
Podcast: Histories of Science in Africa
In this podcast, we examine the rich historical roots and contemporary developments of scientific practice and related disciplines in Africa. Often misconstrued as outside the history of science, scholars and science practitioners alike have sought to demonstrate the vitality of science in Africa, and this podcast aims to share these critical perspectives with a wider audience. While each episode is unique, common threads of discussion are: research methods, discourses of health and science, varying understandings of health and scientific inquiry, and the ways that the social and scientific are intertwined. The podcast is aimed at students and scholars of African studies, as well as casual listeners who are interested in learning about science, technology, and healthcare on the continent.
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Podcast: How We Got Here
How We Got Here is a podcast for journalists about how history and identity shape narrative. As journalists, we like to say we’re writing the first draft of history. But if we don’t know our own history, we run the risk of misinterpreting what we see and what we hear. Of failing to connect the dots. George Floyd’s murder, the Black Lives Matter movement, the election, the attempted coup — they’ve all brought America to a reckoning with its national character.
Podcast: Invisible and On Stage
A podcast dedicated to Black students and racism in academia. Every day, both inside the classroom and out, many Black students struggle against stereotype threat, alienation, and impostor syndrome. How do these microaggressions, as well as more overt forms of systemic racism, erode an individual’s emotional well-being? How do daily experiences with racism deteriorate one's identity and sense of community? Host Dr. Keoshia Worthy, licensed psychologist at Columbia Health's Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) explores these questions with guests who share their personal experiences both as Black professionals and students, as she reflects on her own journey as a Black woman in academia.
Podcast: Overdue Conversations
Overdue Conversations is a podcast about the ways archives inform our discussions around history, literature, and politics. From digital publishing to reparative justice, climate change to public health, this series of overdue conversations takes archival documents out of the stacks and into the public forum to consider how collecting practices, selective reading, and erasure of past knowledge informs and distorts contemporary debates.
Podcast: Shoe Leather
Shoe Leather is an investigative podcast that goes behind the scenes of forgotten stories that shaped New York City. Go along with the team as they knock on doors and track down the people who were at the center of the news.
Podcast: Through The Gale
From Columbia Law School and the Center for Constitutional Governance, “Through the Gale” explores the role of lawyers in the struggle for multiracial democracy. Following the 2020 “Summer of Racial Reckoning,” Columbia Law Students are joined by leading legal professionals and scholars to deconstruct how lawyers, as social engineers, can navigate the complexities of building an equitable society.
Podcast: Underreported with Nicholas Lemann
Since 2015, Columbia Global Reports has been providing depth and clarity on global issues that are underreported. We don’t just publish books, we use books to start conversations about topics that weren’t getting the attention they deserved. At least, until we took them on. This podcast is your audio connection to these important topics.
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Podcast: Vis a Vis
"Vis a Vis" is a new podcast produced by the Alliance Program at Columbia University. Alliance is a partnership bringing together Columbia University and 3 leading French higher education institutions (Sciences Po, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and Ecole Polytechnique). "Vis a Vis" will feature conversations that challenge our understanding of key global, economic and social issues by casting them in a transatlantic perspective. The "Vis a Vis" podcast will interrogate and contrast the perspectives of Columbia faculty with their French and European counterparts, focusing on a range of issues of urgent concern, including: climate change, migration, freedom of expression, diversity, the politics of memory, the role of culture in society, AI and the future of work, democracy and social media, participatory democracy... Guests will include a broad diversity of Columbia faculty, researchers, doctoral students, as well as French professors and scholars visiting Columbia under the Alliance Program.
Podcast: Voices in Bioethics
This podcast presents bioethics through personal perspectives. Many of our interviews chronicle personal experiences with medicine, science, law, and the delivery of healthcare. Our thought-provoking content provides insight into those challenging the standard of care and medical exceptionalism, as well as those dedicating their careers to patient care, science, and the study of bioethics. Our goal is to add personal passion to the field while furthering our commitment to critical analysis of medical care, scientific discovery, and healthcare policy.
Podcast: What is Global Health?
Health--a central factor of every human life across the world. Yet, much of the discussion around important health issues remains limited to specialized professionals. To break down these boundaries, the “What is Global Health” podcast creates meaningful and shareable interviews between influential global health professionals and students. We cover relevant, current issues in public health, including health policy, environmental health, and epidemiology. Ran entirely by student interviewers, our podcast also offers a creative, fresh approach to intersectional topics, such as mental health or patient narratives, under the umbrella theme of public health. The podcast works to spread accessibility of public and global health beyond the academic and professional world. Through conversational dialogue, we hope to increase public awareness of public and global health issues as well as inspire new interest in the field. The “What is Global Health” podcast is produced by the Journal of Global Health, the most widely-distributed student public health journal in the country.
Secrets of Craft and Nature
Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France. A Digital Critical Edition and English Translation of BnF Ms. Fr. 640 (launched 2020) is the culmination of the Making and Knowing Project’s work since 2014 to transcribe, translate, encode, and annotate Fr. 640. This hitherto unstudied Middle French text by an anonymous “author-practitioner” contains over 900 entries detailing artisans’ techniques, first-hand experiments, and observations about everyday life in and around sixteenth-century Toulouse. Fr. 640 contains a wide variety of instructions, including for metal working (especially casting), drawing, painting, and varnish making, among many others. Like Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, this extraordinary manuscript gives invaluable insights into the continuous experimentation through which art objects were created by skilled labor, and how the process of artistic creation yielded insights into the workings of nature.
SESSL Undergraduate Library Research Award Essays
Presented by the Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries (SESSL), this awards program recognizes Columbia University undergraduates studying in the sciences, engineering, and social sciences for excellence in applying library resources and research skills to a specific assignment, project, or creative work.
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Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal
"Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal" is a public-facing digital journal founded in 2017 by Arden Hegele, a literary scholar, and Rishi Goyal, a physician. Our mission is to develop conversations among diverse people thinking about ways of knowing that bridge medicine with the humanities, and we see ourselves as a “Department Without Walls” that connects scholars and thinkers from different spheres.
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The Harriman Review
The Harriman Review (1999–2013) was a quarterly publication from the Harriman Institute.
UCCRN Case Study Docking Station: ARC3.2 Case Studies
The CSDS is a searchable database designed to allow cross comparisons of city case studies for a broad range of social, biophysical, cultural, economic, and political contexts. It includes over 250 city case studies covering topics such as climate change vulnerability, hazards and impacts, mitigation and adaptation actions, and sector-specific themes such as green finance and flood management. Case studies are solicited via UCCRN members and then distributed to relevant institutions and researchers. Case studies are then benchmarked by their corresponding Assessment Report (ARC3.2 or ARC3.3) and are peer reviewed by researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field. ARC3.1 case studies can be made available upon request to UCCRN.
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UCCRN Case Study Docking Station: ARC3.3 Case Studies
The CSDS is a searchable database designed to allow cross comparisons of city case studies for a broad range of social, biophysical, cultural, economic, and political contexts. It includes over 250 city case studies covering topics such as climate change vulnerability, hazards and impacts, mitigation and adaptation actions, and sector-specific themes such as green finance and flood management. Case studies are solicited via UCCRN members and then distributed to relevant institutions and researchers. Case studies are then benchmarked by their corresponding Assessment Report (ARC3.2 or ARC3.3) and are peer reviewed by researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field. ARC3.1 case studies can be made available upon request to UCCRN.
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UCCRN City Solutions Case Study Atlas
UCCRN's City Solutions Case Study Atlas (City CSA) is a searchable database of case studies of climate solutions being implemented in cities globally and contains interactive maps with geospatial climate data to support various stakeholders gain insights for addressing urban climate change challenges.
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Women Film Pioneers Project
The Women Film Pioneers Project (WFPP) is a digital publication and resource that advances research on the hundreds of women who worked behind the scenes during the silent film era. Always expanding, WFPP publishes original scholarship on women who worked all around the world as directors, producers, screenwriters, editors, and more. This is an archive of project essays.
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