#Apollo11 launched its mission to the moon #onthisday in 1969. More than 100 years earlier, in 1865, Columbia University trustee Lewis Rutherford (R) captured a very early photo of the moon (L), which he later donated to the University & is now held by #CUArchives. #Apollo50

Rest in peace, Toni Morrison. In her 1979 Barnard College commencement address, she urged graduates to balance ambition with a care for others: "Let your might and your power emanate from that place in you that is nurturing and caring."

Come to The Forum TONIGHT for a special screening of the film "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" followed by a conversation with AAADS_IRAAS_ColumbiaU's Farah Jasmine Griffin and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders CC '74. ow.ly/LYj050wN26U

H.G. Wells Sparked Modernism and the Literary Imagination | Columbia News news.columbia.edu/news/book-h-g-…

Meet the scholars behind Columbia University’s Columbia University Oral History Obama Oral History Project. Over the next 5 years, they’ll be leading interviews with 400 people — from White House insiders to everyday Americans — to chronicle perspectives on the #Obama era. magazine.columbia.edu/article/lets-t…

Is Twitter's ban on political ads the solution to our media problems? Tow Center's @samthielman weighs in.ow.ly/LKRy50wZHgb

We're going to be closing this handle! Just wanted to give you a heads up. For Columbia + #Humanities news, follow Columbia University and Harriman Institute. Thanks for following!

On Nov. 21, The New York Times reporters, Kate Kelly and Robin Pogrebin, authors of "The Education of Brett Kavanaugh" will talk about the formative years of the Supreme Court Justice and answer the essential question: Who is Brett Kavanaugh? RSVP via eventbrite.com/e/the-educatio…

One simple solution will not solve the opioid crisis. Four divisions from Columbia—ColumbiaSocialWork, ColumbiaPublicHealth, Columbia Psychiatry and @DSI_Columbia—are joining forces to reduce opioid-related deaths in New York State by 40%. bit.ly/2Y9Otlx

Tomorrow! #CCOHR Event | Margaretta Jolly on her new book, “Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the UK Women’s Movement, 1968-Present.” December 4th, 7-8:30pm Free and open to the public! Details here: ccohr.incite.columbia.edu/calendar/2019/…

“How are we going to end mass incarceration? We’re going to have to win hard fights," says CriminalJusticeLab's Vincent Schiraldi on expanding juvenile justice reforms across the country. via San Francisco Chronicle sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…

On #DavidBowie's birthday, remembering that time students wrote an op-ed in Columbia Daily Spectator calling for Bowie to be named University president. bit.ly/2QX0xn0

Mamadou Diouf was quoted in the New York Observer about the upcoming “Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum. observer.com/2020/01/metrop…

Tomorrow McNally Jackson Seaport: "Inventing Tomorrow: Sarah Cole and Colm Tóibín" at 7pm!

Columbia launched the Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter Lecture Series tonight with an unforgettable first conversation between @s_c_ and jelani cobb at #TheForum. Team Roc @rocnation AAADS_IRAAS_ColumbiaU bit.ly/2S29IEx

By now you've heard about the launch of the Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter Lecture Series in our African American and African Diaspora Studies Department. How the AAASD is changing scholarship—and lives: youtu.be/z0MtxMSz3ac

Congratulations to Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw (Kimberlé Crenshaw) who received an honorary doctorate from renowned Belgian university KU Leuven last week!

High school students learn philosophy and find their voices in Columbia's Freedom and Citizenship program. news.columbia.edu/student-summer…

"I already have a career I love, but I plan to use my studies to become a better teacher, writer, and advocate for my son and other people with genetic disabilities." Columbia English & Comparative Literature Professor Rachel Adams returns to the classroom at ColumbiaGS. bit.ly/2V2zDNW

Tomorrow: RSVP for “The Exoneration of Yutico Briley,” the second event in the Columbia University Public Writing Series, featuring Emily Bazelon, Amy Hungerford, & Bernard E. Harcourt: bit.ly/3vwab3I