Alqaim Lalani ’23
My Favorite Quote or Passage is..."The mind commands the bo
Core Stories
My undergraduate Core classes turned me into an educated person.
Steven L Goldstein
As neither of my parents went to college, the subjects were not part of our household, and these courses opened up a new world.
Christine Piazza ’23
I am really grateful to have discovered Suzan-Lori Parks through the Core Curriculum by reading Father Comes Home From the Wars
My favorite Core reading was in English 1! Much to my surprise I with became entranced with Melville's Moby-Dick.
Robert L Gabel ’69
Something I learned in Core was...
When I left Columbia I knew my values and where I would draw the line on issues of ethics, social behavior, and morals...
Floyd Hollister ’58
Something I learned in the Core was...
Each of what I think of as the core courses when I was in the College profoundly shaped my later life, my thinking and research...
Fred Collignon ’65
Something I learned in the Core was...
Reading aloud and discussing CC texts resurrect the voices of their authors...
Peter Pazzaglini, Core instructor
Something I learned in the Core was...
Teaching CC is always an adventure. The issues that most engage the students shift every year, as do the topics I find the most engaging...
Richard R. John, Professor of History and Communications
Something I learned in the Core was...
I've had the privilege of teaching University Writing at Columbia for more than a decade, and I'm invariably impressed by our first-years...
Justin Snider, University Writing instructor
Something I learned in the Core was...
The Core is old, but it is malleable--that's why I love the Core...
Nat Kempf ’21
Something I learned in the Core was...
The best Core course I took at Columbia was the second semester of Humanities...I remember vividly the authors we studied...
Wayne Cypen ’72
Something I learned in the Core was...
Through reading and listening to each other, the Core has brought us together...
Nada Zohayr ’21
Something I learned in the Core was...
I walked out of first semester Core classes with the tools and experience to think not only critically, but DIFFERENTLY...
Cindy Lu ’23
Something I learned in the Core was...
The Core changed me as a reader, in particular a summer reader. Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse uniquely captures the joys of reading.
Michael Tannenbaum ’10
Something I learned in the Core was...
I loved Freshman English writing, art history, music hum...
Martin Lee ’66
The part of the Core experience I enjoyed most was...
CC was a winner for me...Its primary virtue was the breadth of subjects it explored.
Gordon Silverman ’55
The part of the Core experience I enjoyed most was...
Art Hum exemplified the spirit of the Columbia Undergrad: Diversity and creativity were mandatory, and we saw that it was good.
Wayne Jebian ’91
The part of the Core experience I enjoyed most was...
It was Lit Hum: I was so lucky to have Josef Stern teaching it.
Drew Hammond ’80
The part of the Core experience I enjoyed most was...