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Highlights From the 2026 Open House at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
More than 2,500 visitors explored hands-on activities, lectures and installations at Lamont's campus on Saturday, October 17.
Climate Change Stopped the Next Ice Age
An ancient and once-vast ice sheet had started growing again, but by the 1960s, global warming stopped it.
A Brain-Computer Interface May Give Unresponsive ICU Patients a Voice
Unresponsive ICU patients in a new Columbia study were able to raise and lower the frequency of a beeping tone with their minds.
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Campus & Community
This year, Community Impact at Columbia University’s George Van Amson Fellowship supported three Columbia College and Barnard College students in their work with local nonprofits providing aid for survivors of gender-based violence and advocacy for people incarcerated in federal prisons in New York City.
National & Global Affairs
Arts & Humanities
The exhibition features the work of famous artists and cartoonists created while they were students at the University.
As America continues to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Columbia News asks: Does this founding document, which is part of the Core Curriculum, remain relevant?
The collections of these two major figures in American culture reside at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Columbia in the News
Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 21
New York Daily News, Oct. 22
The New York Times, Oct. 22
Scientific American, Oct. 20










