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Research & Discovery

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New Method Predicts Extreme Weather Events More Accurately

Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that significantly improves the prediction of extreme rainfall.

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How Our Most Meaningful Memories Are Made

Neuroscientists are closer to solving one of the mysteries of the human brain.

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ChatGPT Therapy Is Good, But It Misses What Makes Us Human

Here's what happened when a Columbia professor asked ChatGPT to be the therapist for a hypothetical patient.

National & Global Affairs

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The Debt Ceiling Deal and Its Economic Fallout

The Senate finally approved the bipartisan debt limit bill, averting a debt default. But, what price will the U.S. pay for this latest game of brinkmanship?

Amal Clooney, Columbia Law School professor, and Human Rights Fellow Natia Navrouzov (LAW'23) in discussion
Presentation Honors Survivors of the Yazidi Genocide

At a recent event, Columbia Law's Amal Clooney and Natia Navrouzov (LAW'23) discussed their quest for justice for the Yazidi community in Iraq.

President Barack Obama with farmer Joe Del Bosque, who was interviewed for the oral history project; his wife, Maria; and California Gov. Jerry Brown in Los Banos, California, February 14, 2014. Photo credit: Pete Souza
An Expansive View Into Obama’s Transformative Presidency

The first set of transcripts from the Obama Presidency Oral History have been released.