CSER’s Professor Frances Negron-Muntaner recently published with Public Books. In this piece, she considers Steven Spielberg’s attempt to infuse “authentic” Puerto Rican culture into his 2021 reboot of West Side Story.

Jennifer Lee elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Class III “Social and Behavioral Sciences” Section 6 “Sociology, Demography, and Geography”

MA student Ashley Wells has been selected for the Campbell Award, given by the alumni association to students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership on campus.

This interactive session will focus on helping you develop a strategy for negotiating and navigating the road to tenure. It will feature a panel of senior tenured faculty at Columbia who will share their experiences and thoughts about the ways to prepare for every step of the tenure process. Our year-end “Cheers to the Year” reception will follow. We hope to see you there!

Tuesday, May 3rd at 3pm

A spectacular group of historians presented their work dedicated to breaking barriers in the name of Latinx Studies. Join us in thanking their commitment to bridge the divides and transform the U.S., Latinx Communities and the world, devoted to over 60 million Latinos in the US making 18% of the population.

Congratulations to the following CSER students on their outstanding honors thesis defense presentations.Writing and presenting a thesis is no small feat and successfully making it through is a real achievement. Thank you for your careful preparation and know that we appreciate all your hard work.

Congratulations!

Lianah Sta. Ana, Jaala Alston, Connor Cai, Riley ʻIkelihiokalani Atkinson, Monica Victoria, Kellian Staggers, Anthony Hidalgo, Megan Goldberg

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The Mapping Historical NewYork Digital atlas has won two prizes from the annual competition of the the Cartographic and Geographic Information Society of the Smithsonian institution: best in digital/ interactive map and tied for Best in Show. Winners include Project faculty Gergely Baics (Barnard), Rebecca Kobrin and Mae Ngai (History), Laura Kurgan and Leah Meisterlin (GSAPP), project staff Wright Kennedy and Dan Miller, and Stamen Design.