Office of Academic Research

Center for Arts Policy. The Center closed on August 31, 2008. For further information, please contact Office of Academic Research Staff using the link at the right.
Center for Asian Arts and Media. The Center is a multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to supporting, promoting, and presenting arts and media programs by and about Asians and Asian Americans.
Center for Black Music Research. The Center documents, preserves, and disseminates information on the world-wide black musical experience and fulfills the need for a consolidated approach to black music research that incorporates the arts and humanities.
Center for Community Arts Partnerships. The Center links the academic departments of the College with diverse communities throughout the city. It brings the concepts of community-based learning, arts-integrated curricula, and reciprocal partnerships into the spotlight.
Chicago Jazz Ensemble. The Chicago Jazz Ensemble led by Artistic Director, Jon Faddis is recognized internationally as one of American’s leading jazz ensembles. Founded in 1965 by distinguished composer and conductor William Russo, the CJE has remained dedicated throughout its history to preserving the innovative tradition of American big band jazz music, performing and reinterpreting the classics of big-band repertoire, while promoting the continuing evolution of the art form by regularly performing and commissioning contemporary works. As a professional jazz ensemble in residence at Columbia College Chicago, the CJE is equally committed to education, building new audiences and fostering the next generation of American talent by training and mentoring young musicians.
Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media. The Institute works to deepen understanding and appreciation of how issues relating to women, gender, creativity, and community shape social policy, culture, and history. Within this framework, the Institute addresses ideas of access, representation, equity, and participation, as well as race and class, using the arts and media as a central means of research, engagement, public education, and advocacy. The Institute offers a wide range of public programs, including exhibitions, performances, and discussions, as well as fellowships, research residencies, and student-based curriculum intersections within the College.
Library. The Library supports the College and its academic programs by providing access to information resources and teaching students to evaluate and use them. It has a teaching mission, and is committed to preparing our users to be lifelong learners in an information rich society.
Museum of Contemporary Photography. The Museum presents and interprets photography in all its forms from art to journalism, nationally and internationally, from 1936 to the present. It holds 8,000 prints in its permanent collection.