Columbia physicist and mathematician Brian Greene is the co-founder of the World Science Festival, which explores today's scientific discoveries and their implications for the future.

Columbia College alumni Tom Kitt (CC '96) and Brian Yorkey (CC '93) win Tony Awards for their hit Broadway musical, Next to Normal.

The first Columbia Global Fellows will include Kofi Annan, Former U.N. Secretary-General and Nobel Laureate.

Columbia alumni Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, and Jim Albaugh, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, spoke at Columbia's Class Day ceremonies.