Check out the full lineup of events happening at Columbia Reunion 2024! If you are celebrating a milestone reunion, click on your class year below for additional events and information.
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Thursday, May 30
MORNING & EVENING SESSIONS
OneRoar Golf Outing
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Metropolis Country Club
289 Dobbs Ferry Road, White Plains, NY 10607
Join Columbia Athletics for our inaugural OneROAR Golf Outing. Join our coaches, staff, family, and supporters of CU athletics for golf, or simply come to enjoy great food and beverages!
11:00 a.m. – Registration Opens- Breakfast
12:00 p.m. – Shotgun
5:00 p.m. – Cocktail Hour
6:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks
7:00 p.m. – Finish
Alumni Welcome Receptions and Class Events
Find more information about milestone class-specific events by using the class year buttons above.
Friday, May 31
MORNING SESSION
Columbia Athletics Over the Years
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Pulitzer Hall, Lecture Hall
Explore the past, present and future of intercollegiate athletics through a panel of current Columbia coaches. The discussion will be moderated by Peter Pilling, The Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education.
The Real Story of Chevalier: Music and Politics in Enlightenment Paris
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Alfred Lerner Hall, Rm. 555
Lecturer: Julia Doe, Associate Professor of Historical Musicology, specializing in the music, literature, and politics of eighteenth-century France.
This lecture explores the musical landscape of eighteenth-century Paris, considering music in
Enlightenment salons, the development of the public concert, and the rise of popular music and
commercial print. The central through-line of our discussion will be the creative output and
cinematic life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a famed violinist, composer, and
conductor—and subject of the 2022 Searchlight Pictures biopic, Chevalier.
Since 1754: Judaica in Columbia's Libraries
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Come experience a peek into the broad and deep history of Judaica collecting at Columbia with Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies Michelle Margolis! See Samuel Johnson's own Hebrew correspondence along with our most recent acquisitions of the last few years.
Campus Revisions - Library Presentation
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Butler Library, Rm. 523
Have you ever wondered what campus looked like 25, 50, or even a 100 years ago? Travel back in time to see what was here and also what could have been. This presentation by the University Archives staff will showcase a selection of campus features that have been "revised" as well as some that were proposed but never built.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guided Tour ^
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
1000 5th Ave.
Vertical Tour of The Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Morning ^ – SOLD OUT (Join the waitlist)
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
1047 Amsterdam Ave.
Harlem Food and History Walking Tour ^ – SOLD OUT (Join the waitlist)
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Meet at 334 Convent Ave.; tour ends in Marcus Garvey Park
Tenement Museum Tour ^
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
103 Orchard St
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^ Additional cost to attend
AFTERNOON SESSION
The Museum of the City of New York Guided Tour ^
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
1220 5th Ave.
Jewish Life at Columbia: Past, Present, Future
1:00–2:30 p.m.
Lerner Cinema
Morningside Heights Campus Tour 1
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Meet at Alma Mater
Vertical Tour of The Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Afternoon ^ – SOLD OUT (Join the waitlist)
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine | 1047 Amsterdam Ave
The Journey to Entrepreneurship
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Pulitzer Hall, Lecture Hall
Then and Now: Reporting through Crisis
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Alfred Lerner Hall, Rm. 555
LGBTQ+ History Walking Tour
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Meet at McCarthy Square (across from Morandi, at 211 Waverly Pl.),
Tour ends at the LGBT Community Center on W. 13th St.
Morningside Heights Campus Tour 2
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Meet at Alma Mater
The Role of Parenting in Emotional Brain Development
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Havemeyer Hall, Rm. 209
Lecturer: Nim Tottenham, PhD is the Chair and Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and Director of the Developmental Affective Neuroscience Laboratory.
Human brain development is very slow, thus maximizing its chances of learning from its environment. Parents are one of the most salient sources of learning cues and have a profound effect on the development of neurobiology involved in emotional development (e.g., amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex). This talk will describe current research on emotional brain development in the context of the parent as well as discussing influences of early-life stress.
Columbia/Barnard Hillel: Jewish Life Alumni Reception
4:00 p.m.--5:30 p.m.
The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life | 606 West 115th Street
Jewish life on campus has grown significantly over the years, with a larger and more diverse group of students engaged in meaningful and immersive Jewish experiences. Learn about what Jewish life on campus looks like today from Brian Cohen, Lavine Family Executive Director of Columbia/Barnard Hillel, who will share a few words on "The Changing Landscape of Jewish University Life." The afternoon will continue with a reception for alumni from Barnard, Columbia College, Engineering, and General Studies
Annual Double Discovery Alumni Reception
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Alfred Lerner Hall, Rm. 569
Double Discover Centery (DDC) alumni, friends and former staff are invited to this all-class celebration to reminisce, reconnect and renew their involvement with the DDC.
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^ Additional cost to attend
EVENING EVENTS
Class of 1974 & Golden Lions Dinner ^
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Faculty House, Garden Room 1&2
Class of 1989: Pre-Chelsea Piers Gathering
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Pring NYC | 401 W 24th St
Class of 1979 - Stag Party
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Bowlero Chelsea Piers | 60 Chelsea Piers
Class of 2004: Pre-Chelsea Piers Gathering
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Death Ave | 315 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001
Columbia/Barnard Hillel: Shabbat Dinner ^
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life | 606 W. 115th Street
Every week, hundreds of students come together at the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life for Shabbat dinner. Share in that joyous Shabbat experience by joining fellow alumni from Barnard, Columbia College, Engineering, and General Studies for a festive family-style dinner. Alumni families are welcome too!
Chelsea Piers Party ^
8:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.
Chelsea Piers | Pier Sixty (between W. 19th and W. 20th Sts.)
Enjoy dinner, drinks and dancing with Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, Columbia General Studies and Barnard College classmates and friends as the sun sets at Pier Sixty, one of Manhattan’s most spectacular waterfront venues!
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^ Additional cost to attend
Saturday, June 1
MORNING SESSION
Dean’s Breakfast
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
Reunion Keynote: Mike Massimino SEAS'84
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Roone Cinema
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AFTERNOON SESSION
Lunch Under the Tents
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
South Lawn
Crisis and Community: The Importance of the Core Curriculum in Times of Turmoil
2:00–3:30 p.m.
Havemeyer Hall, Rm. 209
The Core Curriculum is the heart of the student academic experience at Columbia College. How do these required courses prepare students to grapple with the challenges of an ever-changing world? Larry Jackson, associate dean of academic affairs, director of the Witten Center for the Core Curriculum and lecturer in philosophy will discuss the ways the Core fosters a community of inquiry in which students learn to have difficult conversations.
Alumni of Color Reception
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Pulitzer Hall, World Room
Presented by the Asian Columbia Alumni Association, Black Alumni Council and Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University
WKCR Alumni Reception
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
WKCR-FM Station | NW corner of Broadway and 114th Street
Veterans’ Reception
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Faculty House | 64 Morningside Dr. | Ivy Lounge
Presented by the School of General Studies
Great Teacher Awards Reception
4:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
Faculty House | 64 Morningside Dr.
Sponsored by the Society of Columbia Graduates
LGTBQ+ Reception
4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Location TBD
Friends of Bill W. Meeting
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Columbia Alumni Center | 622 W. 13th Street | King’s Conference Room, 1st Fl.
Class of 1994: Ted Talks
5:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.
Hamilton Hall | Room
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^ Additional cost to attend
EVENING EVENTS
Starlight Celebration
9:30 p.m.–12:00 a.m.
Low Plaza Tent
Introducing the Lions Lounge
Located on Low Plaza, this new reunion tradition gives alumni with a space in the shade to relax, meet up with friends, grab a snack, play games, and listen to music.
Your reunion registration gets you access to the Lions Lounge all weekend.
