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Notable Speakers and Graduates Highlight 2012 Commencement
Commencement week for the 258th academic year featured a wide array of graduation and class day activities, including President Barack Obama's (CC'83) speech to Barnard College. 

RESEARCH
The Age of Insight: Eric Kandel Explains How Our Brain Perceives Art
Nobel laureate Eric Kandel's latest book examines the works of Viennese Modernist painters Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele through the lens of neurobiology. 

GLOBAL
Journalism School Celebrates 50 Great Stories, From Trotsky to Tahrir Square
In its centennial year, the Graduate School of Journalism is recognizing its graduates and their impact on journalism, politics, art, social movements and international affairs.

NEW YORK STORIES
Core Curriculum Reaches Beyond Columbia to Local GED Students
Through Columbia's Community Impact, adult students working toward their high school graduate equivalency diplomas are experiencing the humanities classics first-hand.

ON CAMPUS
Manhattanville Campus Earns LEED Platinum for Neighborhood Plan
Columbia's environmentally sustainable design has earned the highest designation under the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system and the first such certification in NYC.