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"I’ve met people here who have become some of my most valued confidants, and the fact that they’re in different disciplines and hail from all over the world has helped me to gain a much richer perspective on life."

“I really appreciate the great intellectual stimulation that Columbia offers through the events organized on campus, as well as brilliant faculty and colleagues. I am particularly impressed with their passion and political acumen.”

“I was drawn to Slavic studies by the psychological depth of the great nineteenth-century Russian novels, the Cold War-era processes of cultural ‘othering’ engaged in by both the USA and the USSR, the mystique of the Cyrillic alphabet, and my hopefulness for the future of post-Soviet states.”

“I’m researching the experience of Muslim-Americans serving in the US military after 9/11. It’s an overlooked topic that raises complicated questions about who is and is not considered an ‘American.’”