Columbia faculty, students, and staff are on the cutting edge of advancements in all fields and their work is fittingly awarded and recognized. Below, find the most recent accomplishments and milestones as well as monthly lists of recent awards.
If you have an accomplishment you'd like to be considered for inclusion, please email [email protected] with your name, title, school, department, and a link to the relevant award or milestone.
Want these announcements in your inbox? Subscribe to Columbia News newsletters.
Recent Awards & Milestones
Saskia Sassen, the Robert S.
Six Columbia professors have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining some of the world’s most accomplished leade
Mark Cane, an expert on the El Niño climate pattern, and Terry Plank, an authority on explosive volcanoes—both scientists at Columbia University’s
Several Columbia professors, in disciplines ranging from dance to history to psychiatry, were awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships for 2013
Columbia University will confer seven honorary degrees and recognize the recipient of its University Medal for Excellence at commencement exercises
The many ways of categorizing Williams’ work, which straddles the lines between journalism, political science, memoir and the law, were a frequent
Columbia University Libraries awarded the inaugural Edward M.
Continuing their family’s multigenerational connection to Columbia and support of its leadership in medicine, Philip (CC ‘71) and Cheryl Milstein (
Columbia University announced today that two acclaimed works will be awarded the 2013 Bancroft Prize: a gripping and eloquent history of the human
Four accomplished alumni will be presented with 2013 John Jay Awards for distinguished professional achievement at the annual John Jay Awards Dinne
Rafael Yuste, a professor of biological sciences and neuroscience, is a leader of the Brain Activity Map Project, a massive effort to create a dyna
Columbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith are pleased to announce that Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit ‘67 is the 2014 winner of