[1] a Master's in Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago in 1999.
https://www.colum.edu/academics/alumni/geling-yan.html
[2] "严于1989年出国留学，就读于芝加哥哥伦比亚艺术学院，获文学创作艺术硕士学位。"
http://lawrenceawalker.wixsite.com/yangeling/chinese-bio
[3]
[3] "Columbia College Chicago" was founded in 1890 as the "Columbia School of Oratory" -> On May 5, 1904, the school incorporated itself again in order to change its name to the "Columbia College of Expression" -> on April 14, 1928 to change the School’s name to the "Mary A. Blood School of Speech Arts" -> However, by April 30, 1928, the school reverted its name to the "Columbia College of Expression" -> On February 5, 1944, the College re-filed as a not for profit corporation and changed its name to "Columbia College" -> On October 28, 1997, the college changed its name to "Columbia College Chicago"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_College_Chicago
[4]中文学校名称 "芝加哥哥伦比亚艺术学院" 于1999年1月首次出现 (请看图片)
[5] 现在，它成了"哥伦比亚艺术学院"
"2017年度中国留学人员50人榜单发布"
http://industry.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1221/c413883-29721327-9.html
"严歌苓 横跨小说、剧作的时代书写者
1958年出生，哥伦比亚艺术学院艺术硕士。作家、编剧。"
"大学可以培养作家吗？看严歌苓就知道了"
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1281410
"在中国的50后作家中，严歌苓是最为系统接受写作训练的人之一。她1989年赴美留学，就读于哥伦比亚艺术学院文学写作系，获艺术硕士学位。"
