Holder encourages grads to 're-imagine' legal system at Law School commencement

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, CC '73, Law '76, spoke at the Columbia Law School commencement Friday, where he urged graduates to modernize the legal system.

By Joy Resmovits | May 14 07:06 pm ET

Scholars Present Awards to CC Alums at John Jay Dinner

A 17-year-old first year once snuck into Columbia College Dean Austin Quigley’s senior seminar.

On Tuesday evening over 10 years later, that student, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, CC ’99, returned to her alma mater to join four other alumni in receiving the John Jay Award for “distinguished professional achievement.”

By Joy Resmovits | Mar 10 09:12 pm ET

Trustee Named to New Cabinet

As President-elect Barack Obama, CC ‘83, makes his transition into the Oval Office, another Columbia luminary seems poised to join the ranks of the White House.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Nov 21 04:55 am ET