From sketches to stand-up, comedian Cody Lindquist, BA ’02, tickles political funny bones. Now she’s moving into the White House as the voice of Melania Trump in a Stephen Colbert animated series.
What makes Columbian College such a special place to learn and grow? Our alumni share their favorite memories from the campus, classrooms and community.
Psychology’s Lisa Bowleg is embarking on an intersectional effort to reduce drug use and poor health outcomes in black men with a $3.7 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health and the National Institutes on Drug Abuse.
A gift from alumnus Michael Schmidt will establish a scholarship fund for students within the LGBTQIA community. The fund is named in honor of his late partner Bruce Craig, BA ’78.
A sampling of new books by Columbian College faculty includes timely titles on the fight for fair housing, the pros and cons of cell phones, the TV writing process and critically-praised verses from a pair of poets.
Geological sciences senior Maggie Moss spent her summer break at the Yellowstone Supervolcano, analyzing ancient ash to uncover the secrets of its heat source.
The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design teamed with the D.C. Department of Health to launch “Sexual + Being,” a campaign to promote judgment-free sexual health education. Students and local artists held an art competition exploring issues like intimacy and objectification.
Cheryl W. Thompson was named president of the Investigative Reporters & Editors board of directors, the first African American woman to hold that position with the journalism advocacy group.
Svetlana Roudenko received a $319,998 grant to use mathematical equations in the study of wave phenomena and the properties of light.
Akos Vertes was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity for the Proteos Program, a multi-year project to develop a new human identification method based on the analysis of proteins.
