That even though I was really well read and excelled at writing in high school, I could not master logic and rhetoric.
Jessica Craig ’94
Something I learned in the Core was...
Core Stories
Broadens the mind, Seminal, Timeless
Sara Cherkerzian ’94
When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...
Community, The Books, Homer
Carrie Montgomery ’13
When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...
The Core teaches us that going back to the original text gives us an understanding of genius...
Lloyd Lim ’87
Something I learned in the Core was...
I think that the Core made me more curious about philosophy...
David Kornguth ’87
Something I learned in the Core was...
The Core has not meant one big “thing” to me, but it has meant a string of very important “little things..."
Rafael Padilla
Something I learned in the Core was...
Shelley Schneiderman-Ducker ’94
My favorite work in the Core is... The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Most relevant as a woman.
The Core Courses were the most memorable I took at Columbia.
Yen Tan ’62
Something I learned in the Core was...
Red Grooms, Art Humanities: Columbia allowed me the opportunity to appreciate my artistic side that I never knew I had within me...
David Borenstein ’69
My favorite work in the Core is...
Thought
group
conversations
Marissa Brodney ’09
When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...
After a term of Music Humanities, I convinced my parents to buy an annual subscription to the NY Philharmonic...
Beril Lapson ’64
Something I learned in the Core was...
People in the past were no greater - but no stupider - than we are today. Of course, I admit I took the Core a long time ago.
Timothy Horrigan ’79
Something I learned in the Core was...
The core is where student-centered and culturally rich overlap...
Joe Beckmann ’65
Something I learned in the Core was...
Rigor, Discourse, and the ability to think critically, write argumentatively, and find your voice in the debate.
Peter Gallotta ’09
Something I learned in the Core was...
Curiosity, Challenge, Seminar
Yelena Shuster ’09
When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...
As all of us alumni know, the Core shaped our thinking all our lives...
Immanuel Lichtenstein ’42
Something I learned in the Core was...
The cultural diversity requirement, which was a very new addition to the Core when I attended, dramatically altered my course of study...
John Vincenti ’90
Something I learned in the Core was...
That the classic thinkers and writers that we need in Contemporary Civilization and literature Humanities are worth reading through the ages
Morton Klevan ’59
Something I learned in the Core was...