Recent News from Columbia
September 22, 2026
Dangerous Hot Days Are Spreading Beyond Summer
Extreme heat seasons have expanded across roughly half the world’s land area since the 1980s.
September 22, 2026
Electric Fish Keep From Blinding Themselves With These Brain Cells
Fast and slow changes to cell connections helps fish continually learn and filter out electrical interference.
September 22, 2026
Autism Is Linked to 14-Year Deficit in Life Expectancy
Excess mortality from influenza, malnutrition, pneumonitis, drowning, and pneumonia contributes to the life expectancy gap.
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As a general neurologist, Matthew Schelke evaluates and treats patients with a broad spectrum of neurological conditions.
In Socially Wired, Matthew Schelke answers this and other questions.
Zosha Di Castri's music has been performed extensively worldwide and extends beyond purely concert music, including projects with electronics, sound arts, and collaborations with video and dance. Photo by David Adamcyk.
The Columbia music professor’s new work will be played by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center and in Europe.
Rebecca Kobrin works in the fields of immigration history, urban studies, business history, East European history, and American Jewish history, specializing in modern Jewish migration.
In Credit to the Nation, Rebecca Kobrin chronicles East European Jewish immigrants who came to New York and, by lending to fellow Jews, became a crucial part of the city’s history.
Columbia in the News
Scientists May Have Found How to Predict When Alzheimer’s Signs Will Begin
Newsweek, Sept. 16
What If We Never Find Dark Matter
Scientific American, Sept. 15

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