Recent News from Columbia
July 11, 2025
Rivers Choose Their Path Based on Erosion—a Discovery That Could Transform Flood Planning
A new study could provide insight into natural hazards and help guide infrastructure and revitalization projects.
July 11, 2025
Announcing the First Round of Research Stabilization Awards
These funds will help our scientists and researchers mitigate the challenges posed by disruptions in federal funding.
July 11, 2025
Need a New 3D Material? Build It With DNA
A new approach breaks down complicated designs into modular building blocks for easy assembly from the bottom up.
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James Hoberman graduated in 1981 from the Film Program at School of the Arts, where he is now an adjunct professor.
James Hoberman covers that decade of cultural ferment in the city in Everything Is Now.

John Phan is a language historian focused on the ways in which the history of spoken language, literary language, and writing systems can reveal social, cultural, and political realities of the premodern and early modern worlds.
John Phan shows how modern notions of language history are often hampered by nationalist narratives.

As co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, Ross Perlin has managed a variety of projects focused on language documentation, language policy, and public programming around urban linguistic diversity. Photo by Cecil Howell.
In Language City, Ross Perlin, a linguist, takes readers on a tour of the city’s communities with endangered tongues.
Columbia in the News
Wildfire Smoke Brings a Forgotten Danger to the Arctic: Black Carbon
Bloomberg, July 7
Ukraine’s Drone Revolution
Foreign Affairs, July 7
How Fireworks Impact The Environment
The Weather Channel, July 5
Map Shows States Where Wildlife Is Under Threat
Newsweek, July 4