International students

Many shades of Light Blue

While trying to become part of the campus community, we must hold dear our individual backgrounds, heritages and histories.

By Po Linn Chia | Feb 6 08:31 pm ET

Out of a box

Columbia teaches us how to live out of a suitcase, but also how nice it is not to.

By Po Linn Chia | Jan 23 08:56 pm ET

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Banking on International Students

By Melissa von Mayrhauser and Justine Hope | Oct 12 09:19 pm ET

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Banking on International Students

By Melissa von Mayrhauser and Justine Hope | Oct 11 11:22 pm ET

There is an "I" in "Indian"

Coming to Columbia can unlock identity.

By Tanay Doctor | Sep 22 10:39 pm ET

An ideal atmosphere

Being an international student makes you more adaptable to college life.

By Swara Salih | Feb 16 10:41 pm ET

International neglect

Columbia, unlike other schools with international students, does next to nothing to help students from overseas have the foundation for successful and enjoyable community life during their stay here.

By Derek Turner | Apr 7 06:44 pm ET

Crossing Continents

Spectator Opinion hears from three international students who reflect on their unique experiences coming to Columbia from abroad.

By Pedro Sagesser Rodrigues, Flora Yuen Ying Chiu, and Duygu Yilmaz | Sep 27 10:16 pm ET

The journey and the destination

One might wonder what motivates the members of the thriving international student community on our campus to undertake this momentous journey, leave behind their hometowns, families, and the ways of life they know and love, and fly across the oceans to this, ”the land of the free and the home of the brave.”

By Anupriya Kohli | Apr 26 10:40 pm ET

Feels like home

My being here at Columbia is, to a large extent, a fortunate accident.

By Dexter Thompson-Pomeroy | Apr 26 07:51 pm ET

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