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Research & Discovery

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Scientists Glimpse How Brain Cells Embody Thought

A new study has yielded a pathbreaking trove of data on how a person’s brain abstractly represents acts of reasoning.

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Urinary Metals Play Key Role in Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality

Exposure to metals like tungsten and uranium can occur through drinking water, food, air pollution, and indoor dust.

Hundreds of huge stone statues known as moai built by earlier residents are taken by some as evidence of a onetime much larger population. (Photo by Stephanie Morcinek via Unsplash)
Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed ‘Ecocide’

New evidence suggests that the island's population did not rapidly expand to unsustainable levels and then collapse.

Campus & Community

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50 Places (and Counting) Columbians Should Visit in Morningside Heights and Manhattanville

Check out our updated 2024 list of restaurants, markets, bakeries, pet stores, and more when you return to campus this fall.

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Here's How to Move In and Get Set Up in Columbia Housing Right — From a Staffer Who Lived It

Mia DeLuis Zayas (CC'20) is now a manager of housing services at Columbia, but she knows how to get settled into a routine from her four years in the residence halls.

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Lend a Hand: Support Uptown NYC Back-to-School Drives This Year

Donate to or attend these back-to-school drives this August and September.

National & Global Affairs

Columbia Law School Dean Daniel Abebe. Photo by Juliana Thomas.
Columbia Law School Dean Daniel Abebe. Photo by Juliana Thomas.
Looking Forward With Columbia Law’s New Dean, Daniel Abebe

Dean Abebe shares his vision for the Law School, path to Morningside Heights, and enthusiasm for his new role.

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Tamar Mitts, Columbia SIPA.
Columbia SIPA’s Tamar Mitts Discusses New Minerva Grant to Research Online Extremism

Mitts and her team were awarded a grant from the Department of Defense to research the evolution of foreign state information operations and their impact on political decision-making.

 

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When Political Ads Backfire: The Hidden Risks of ‘Meddle Advertising’ in US Elections

Professor Mohamed Hussein finds that political advertisers are spending big bucks on so-called meddle ads—but consumers aren't always buying it.