Columbia students collaborate with Joe & Bella to develop innovative apparel for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes, with the company selecting one piece to produce and sell on their website.
Columbia College Chicago recently launched its Intimacy for Stage and Screen program, an in-depth, year-long graduate certificate program focused on coordination, choreography, and advocacy for intimacy in performance.
Columbia College Chicago Illustration Alum Kaitlyn Beiriger '20 talked to the Chicago Sun-Times about how the pandemic and the Twilight Zone inspired her first mural, titled “Time Piece,” which she painted in August 2021 on Columbia's 1014 S. Michigan Ave. building.
Chicago Magazine interviewed Columbia Associate Professor of Sociology Wilfredo Cruz about his new book, Latinos in Chicago: Quest for a Political Voice, which explores how Latinos have become a political force in the city.
Director Brandon Dermer '08, a Columbia College Chicago alum, joined “Chicago Today” to discuss his journey from Chicago to directing films in Hollywood and his new science-fiction comedy film “I’m Totally Fine.”
Associate Professor and Associates Chair of Business and Entrepreneurship at Columbia Justin Sinkovich talked to No Echo about his new label Solid Brass Records.
Columbia Cinematography Alum Jason Deuchler '00 aka DJ Intel talked to the Chicago Reader about balancing his DJ career with co-owning the horror-themed coffee shop the Brewed.
The National Radio Talent System and the Illinois Broadcasters Association Foundation will be producing the inaugural IBA Radio Talent Institute at Columbia College Chicago June 19 – 28, 2023.
Columbia Fine Arts Alum EJ Hill '11 talked to the New York Times about his forthcoming roller coaster-themed exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) titled Brake Run Helix.
Marvel Series Ironheart director and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre student Sam Bailey will headline IFA Chicago's In Focus with… event on October 20.
Dave Pabellon, assistant professor of graphic design at Columbia College Chicago, talked to Newcity about his work with the Design As Protest (DAP) Collective.
Columbia Creative Writing Alum Christine Goggins MFA '18 talked to the Chicago Reader about her role as a violence recovery specialist and her history as a gun violence prevention advocate.
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Columbia Journalism Alum Sarah Sinovic '06 has joined ROCKWOOL North America as Director of Public Affairs & Communications. In this role, Sinovic will draw on her experience working with and for elected officials to engage policymakers, journalists, and communities throughout the United States and Canada to advance ROCKWOOL’s efforts to meet critical climate action targets.
Oscar-winning cinematographer and Columbia College Chicago Alum Janusz Kaminski '87 has boarded a new short documentary examining the Ukrainian refugee crisis titled Ukrainians in Exile as executive producer.
Columbia Associate Professor of Psychology Rami Gabriel's musical project Arab Blues was featured in the Chicago Reader as part of their guide to World Music Festival Chicago 2022.
Chicago Textile Week founder and Columbia Adjunct Faculty Member Kat Neary talked to Newcity about ways to build support and opportunity within the textile world, the significance of the medium for the city past and present, and Chicago Textile Week serving as a reminder that skills still exist.
Assistant Professor Melissa Gamble, a recent alum, and a current student discuss how Columbia's Fashion Studies department integrates DEI into its courses to positively impact the next generation of fashion professionals and the workplaces they will shape.
Columbia English and Creative Writing Professor Joe Meno's new book Book of Extraordinary Tragedies was included on the Chicago Tribune's list of books for fall 2022.
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Columbia College Chicago Associate Professor Yonty Friesem about a new law in Illinois that requires high school students to receive lessons on media literacy.
Columbia Associate Professor and Director of Academic DEI Jessica Meharry was recently named one of three Inaugural Academic Diversity Officers Fellows for the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE).
Columbia Faculty members Michael "Nance Jordan" Wright and Caro Posse will be Artists in Residence at the University of Central Arkansas. The husband-and-wife team will present a sneak peek of their new film American Parent, inwhich they served as cinematographer and producer, respectively.
Chair of Columbia's ASL Department Peter Cook was named one of Wine Enthusiast's top 40 tastemakers of 2022 for his work advocating for the deaf wine community.
Chef and Columbia Creative Writing Alum Iliana Regan '05 was profiled in the Eater about her restaurant Elizabeth and her dishes inspired by popular media like Game of Thrones.
Columbia College Chicago CTVA alum Akanksha Cruczynski MFA '21 talks to Filmmaker Magazine about her Student Short Film Showcase winner Close Ties to Home.
Book of Extraordinary Tragedies,the new novel byColumbia Creative Writing Professor and Alum Joe Meno MFA '00, looks at an Evergreen Park family with complicated dreams.
Columbia Illustration Alum Nick Drnaso '11 talks to The Guardian about taking graphic novels mainstream, his feelings of imposter syndrome, and processing his darkest childhood memories in his latest book Acting Class.
Travel writer Elaine Glusac interviewed Columbia Associate Professor of Communications Anne Marie Mitchell about the expanded access to airport lounges.
Columbia Alum Cynthia L. Dorsey '05 has been awarded the Prince/TTLP Fellowship. The goal of the Fellowship is to support the development of gifted emerging creative theatrical producers.
Columbia College Chicago Professor Adam Brooks' public art project Freedom Wall in River North that lists 69 famous names, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ida B. Wells, will soon be less visible by a new building construction.
Columbia College Chicago Associate Professor of Communications Anne Marie Mitchell co-authored a peer-reviewed article on the impact of the YouTube apology video for the Public Relations Review.
Columbia Music Alum Sam Thousand '13 will perform with and lead the ensemble of accompanying musicians and singers that he assembled for this tribute to the legendary producer.
Last Summer on State Street, the new novel by Columbia Creative Writing Alum Toya Wolfe MFA '15, was named one of the 10 best Chicago novels of the 21st Century by Chicago Magazine.
City Bureau, a civic media lab co-founded by Columbia Journalism Alum Darryl Holliday '12, is one of three awardees of the Stronger Democracy Award, announced Thursday, and will receive $10 million.
NoRal Apparel, the brainchild of Columbia Fashion Alum LaRon Hickerson (Ron DuWayne) '03, brought its line of revealing menswear designs to Blatino Oasis at CCBC in Palm Springs.
Photos of Columbia Alum Daniel Sotomayor '80 will be included in the Smithsonian's new exhibit, Presente! A Latino History of the United States. Sotomayor was the first out gay syndicated political cartoonist in the U.S. and a prominent AIDS activist.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago’s DARKROOM, their annual benefit auction, brought in $230,000 to support the museum.
Columbia Theatre Alum Mallory Maedke '14, the dance captain for Broadway's Six, subbed in for the role of Jane Seymour hours after the actress who usually performs the role tested positive for Covid-19 at the 75th Tony Awards.
From June 18-24, About Face Youth Theatre will perform an ensemble-devised piece written by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Kirsten Baity '21 called Gayme Changers.
Columbia College Chicago co-hosted "Through the Lens" where WBEZ photojournalist Manuel Martinez sat down this week in conversation with station archivist Justine Tobiasz to discuss how the pandemic and a tumultuous two years have forced him to adapt as a photojournalist and brought fresh considerations to what images will document this moment in our lives.
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Jenna Perusich '10 will be co-hosting a new HGTV show called The Great Giveback with her cousin Melissa McCarthy.
The independent distribution company Decal has acquired the North American rights to the sci-fi comedy I’m Totally Fine, createdby Columbia College Chicago Alum Brandon Dermer '08.
Columbia College Chicago ASL Department Chair Peter Cook talks to Wine & Spirit Education Trust about creating an accessible space in the wine world for Deaf enthusiasts and professionals and founding the organization “Uncorked Access” as part of that mission.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography's exhibit Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part was featured on Popular Photography's list of shows worth seeing in May and June.
Columbia College Chicago Photography Adjunct Professor and Alum Colleen Plumb MFA '10 collaborated with writer Katherine Kassouf Cummings on Invisible Visible,a multi-disciplinary project acknowledging the many lives involved in factory farming: the chickens and the workers, together subjected to the suffering created by our industrial food system.
Columbia College Chicago Photography Alum Rashid Johnson '00 talks to Ocula Magazine about the connections between sculpture and film, significant cultural references in his work, the making of his film The Hikers, and the personal and collective aspects that motivate his practice.
Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alum Adrian Abel Azevedo ’15 will direct the musical based on the acclaimed hit film. The showruns June 9 - August 7, 2022, at The Chopin Theatre.
Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Liberal Education Alum Precious Brady-Davis '13 is running for Chicago’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commission.
Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alum Annabelle Lee Revak '19 wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Notes & Letters, a new production running from May 10 – 28, 2022 at the Richard Christiansen Theater.
Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Alum Thavary Krouch MFA '13 will perform in Mia Park's event, LET ME TELL YOU: STORIES OF ASIAN AMERICAN AUTHENTICITY.
Beautiful Diaspora/You Are Not the Lesser Part, the Museum of Contemporary Photography's latest exhibition, was named one of 8 things to do in Chicago this week by the Chicago Tribune.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography's latest exhibition, Beautiful Diaspora/You Are Not the Lesser Part, is featured on “The Hot List” in the April Issue of Modern Luxury CS. The exhibit runs through June 26.
Watch Columbia College Chicago adjunct professor and great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, Michelle Duster, speak after Biden signs an anti-lynching bill.
As part of a panel of leading business and entertainment experts, Karla Fuller and Ron Falzone, both associate professors in Cinema and Television Arts at Columbia College Chicago, answered questions related to the Academy Awards.
The ABC7 Weekender Report covers the Museum of Contemporary Photography's latest exhibit, "Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part," as an event to check out in the city.
Ellen Chenoweth, director of the Dance Presenting Series at Columbia, shares how the South Loop Spark Plug arts incubation series offers a different take on the post-COVID creative landscape.
WBEZ covers Free Theater, which operated with the support of Columbia College Chicago and was part of a movement of small theater groups that helped expand theater outside the Chicago Loop in the ’60s and ’70s. William Russo, former chair of the Music Department at Columbia, founded and led the program.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography's exhibit, "Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part," is among the events featured to check out this week. The exhibit runs through June 26.
Guy Villa, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Columbia College Chicago's Design Department, was named as one of New City's 50 People Who Shape Chicago under the category of Graphic Design and Branding along with his studio partner, Sharon Oiga.
Columbia College Chicago is mentioned for having "various programs that benefit the trans community such as the Trans-Informed Gender Equity Initiative and their LGBTQ+ Office of Culture and Community."
Taking place June 11 on the campus of Columbia College Chicago, the James Beard Media Awards ceremony will be hosted by Lisa Ling, journalist, author, and host and Executive Producer of the new series Take Out on HBO Max. The Media Awards will honor the nation's top cookbook authors, food and beverage broadcast producers, hosts, podcasters, and food journalists.
Columbia adjunct faculty member Madhu Krishnamurthy, assistant city editor and diversity editor for the Daily Herald, is among six prominent Chicago area journalists highlighted in new video exhibit.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography's latest exhibit, “Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part,” is featured in the Things to do in Chicago this Weekend Arts and Culture column.
Melissa Gamble, a professor in Fashion Studies at Columbia, recently published an essay in the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Regulatory Review,” explaining the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act—groundbreaking legislation proposed in New York.
Columbia Cinema and Television Arts Professor Michael Niederman will co-write new documentary about the late Tom Snyder, an icon in late-night television.
Executive Director of the Professional Speechwriters Association David Murray visits Columbia to speak with undergraduate journalism and PR students and reflects on the value of knowing your audience.
In this See Chicago Dance review, the author describes the Dance Center's "The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable," as ranging "from gentle to brutal with overlapping tenderness, urgency, and resilience."
Columbia faculty member and alum Eric May ’75, author of the novel "Bedrock Faith," is one of three featured writers at Elgin Community College's Spring Writing Series, which will take place virtually on Friday, March 17.
Columbia Alum Dimitri Moore ’18 in conversation with the South Side Weekly on his path to becoming a newcomer in the Chicago R&B, collaboration and performance scene.
Associate Professor of Communication Jackie Spinner writes about the checklist of developmental milestones for infants and young children recently updated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Natalie Finfer, a student in the Audio Arts program, who performs as Fingy, shares her experiences making music and being able to fully engage with the city’s sustainable dance music community.
Michelle Duster, faculty member and author of “Ida B. the Queen,” discusses her great-grandmother in a Washington Post Live online event to kick off its Black History Month series about the role Black women have played in the country’s development.
Associate Professor of Communication Jackie Spinner on the impact canceling classes has on students and families amid a rise in coronavirus cases and a standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union, CPS district officials, and the mayor.