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African-American Patients With Certain Cancers Face Survival Gap

Photomicrograph of invasive Prostate Adenocarcinoma

A new finding reveals that African-American patients with breast, ovarian and prostate cancer tend to die earlier than patients of other races with these cancers, even when they receive identical medical treatment and when socioeconomic factors are controlled for. The finding, an analysis of almost 20,000 patient records from 35 clinical trials, points to biological or genetic factors as the potential source of the survival gap.

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Law Professor Michael Gerrard Discusses Global Climate Change With The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert

Professor Michael Gerrard talks global climate change with Elizabeth Kolbert.

In the latest issue of Columbia Law School Magazine, the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert interviews Michael Gerrard, director of the Center for Climate Change Law, about global climate change.

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Scientist Works to Mitigate Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Wastewater Treatment

Bacteria that produce nitric oxide (green) and those that do not (black) [Image credit: Joon Ho Ahn]

Researcher Kartik Chandran is working with 12 wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. to understand and mitigate the processes by which nitrous oxide and nitric oxide are emitted.

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