The Low Down
Columbia University is a mecca of great ideas in one of the world's great metropolises. And with more than 365,000 Columbia alumni who are leaders in every field imaginable and spread across the world, the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Low Down brings you the latest musings, updates, and insights to delight the left and right sides of the brain. http://thelowdown.alumni.columbia.edu/
Episodes
December 13, 2022 • 66 mins
Columbia University at Art Basel 2022 by Columbia Alumni Association
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August 18, 2022 • 3 mins
Interested in learning more about the programming for Columbia Alumni Leaders Weekend 2022? Hear Columbia Alumni Leaders Experience Chair Shaun Hoyte ’16SPS and Co-chair Courtney Cesari ’04CC on what to expect during the weekend.
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November 9, 2020 • 37 mins
Technology leaders today are faced with the intersection of urgent legal, trade, and privacy issues that the tech sector must address. In this podcast, former FTC Commissioner and industry veteran Mozelle Thompson '76CC, '79SIPA, '81LAW discusses this increasingly critical topic.
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November 2, 2020 • 44 mins
Join Lex Kiefhaber '17BUS, of the Who's Saving the Planet Podcast, and Jason Bordoff, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs, for a timely conversation on the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. These need to be addressed holistically and coherently rather than as separate issues if we are to save our planet.
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October 26, 2020 • 65 mins
In this new podcast, Rendel Solomon '05BUS shares his story and his mission. His great-grandparents were sharecroppers, picking cotton for meager wages. Nearly 70 years later, Rendel bought his 8-year-old niece shares in public companies, creating a new family legacy. Now, through his non-profit One Stock One Future, Rendel is on a mission to instill hope and turn 1 million underserved youth into empowered shareholders.
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October 19, 2020 • 38 mins
Leadership Innovator Podcast | Becoming a Trusted Leader
Caroline Ceniza-Levine ’93BC - Speaker
Co-Founder and Career Coach
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Inspiration is important, but truly effective leadership requires the ability to engender trust— both within your organization and among your audience. In this segment, Caroline Ceniza-Levine '93BC analyzes this key leadership trait and offers tips on how to cultivate it yourself.
Caroline...
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October 10, 2020 • 50 mins
To kick off the the Columbia Alumni Association's (CAA) Columbia Alumni Leaders Experience (CALE) 2020, tune in to a timely episode of What in the World?, a podcast by Bunmi Akinnusotu '14SIPA, which has been specially prepared for alumni leaders.
What in the World (https://soundcloud.com/what-in-the-world-podcast) normally explains policy issues such as elections in other countries and trade wars. But behind every policy, is a p...
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May 17, 2019 • 10 mins
In 1963, a man named Don Buchla made history. Under commission by a pair of avant-garde composers, Buchla designed one of the world’s first modular synthesizers, helping to change the course of pop music. Today Buchla’s earliest creations are prized commodities—the Library of Congress currently owns one, and the Smithsonian reportedly tried to acquire the one belonging to Mills College. Columbia’s Computer Music Center is home to n...
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January 3, 2019 • 13 mins
The Low Down's Acacia O'Connor '18JRN brings you the story of Denise Murrell '04, '10, '14GSAS, curator of the groundbreaking "Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today," at the Wallach Art Gallery on Columbia's new Manhattanville campus, who discusses the story behind the hugely popular exhibit.
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October 20, 2018 • 23 mins
The Cagliari Opera House, one of Italy’s most renowned opera companies, presented the first modern rendering of the opera in the Rotunda of Columbia's Low Library. In this episode of The Low Down, we take you on a trip to the opera with the works of Lorenzo Da Ponte, the author of Mozart’s most important opera librettos, and the first Professor of Italian at Columbia.
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April 11, 2018 • 15 mins
Nuclear war. Jimmy Kimmel. Lionel Richie. What do these things have in common? Dr. Irwin Redlener. We take you inside the doctor's office on this episode of The Low Down.
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March 27, 2018 • 15 mins
On the latest edition of The Low Down podcast, Columbia University's Acacia O'Connor spoke with everyone's favorite chef, Michael DeMartino of Columbia Dining, about his cooking beginnings, what he loves about his job, what his last meal would be, and the special thing he does for students during his impressive commute.
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October 14, 2017 • 20 mins
Society of Women Engineers: The Future of Science by Columbia Alumni Association
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October 1, 2017 • 46 mins
Julia Bacha ‘03GS: Behind the Scenes of Non-violent Resistance by Columbia Alumni Association
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September 15, 2017 • 27 mins
Ayushi Roy ‘14CC: We Need Human Rights at Home in the U.S. by Columbia Alumni Association
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September 3, 2017 • 19 mins
Nicole Crescimanno ‘11GSAS: The Art of Climate Activism by Columbia Alumni Association
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August 20, 2017 • 22 mins
A’Lelia Bundles ‘76JRN: Writing History Herself by Columbia Alumni Association
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July 31, 2017 • 1 min
The Low Down is launching a special mini-series this summer.
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July 19, 2017 • 24 mins
You may have noticed that we’ve been digging into our archives a lot. To be fair, there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on at Columbia and we want to revisit some talks that haven’t gotten a lot of attention lately. One of those talks was with Columbia physicist Brian Greene. In 2014 he sat down with the writer, and award-winning TV correspondent, Gideon Yago '00CC to talk about World Science U, Columbia's Science Initiative, an...
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July 6, 2017 • 24 mins
Odds are good you’ve heard of Jack Dorsey. He’s the co-founder of Twitter and the co-founder of the mobile payment company, Square. In 2013, Dorsey gave a talk at Columbia and, at the time, it was the largest entrepreneurship event in Columbia history, attracting over 1,000 Columbia students, alumni, and friends. Since we’ve been digging into the archives lately, we thought we’d play you some highlights from that keynote address wh...
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