Recent News from Columbia
April 18, 2025
Art Is in the Brain of the Beholder
New Columbia research found that people’s brain activity varies more when viewing abstract art than representational art.
April 17, 2025
Four Columbians Win Guggenheim Fellowships
The prestigious prize will enable them to pursue independent projects of their choice.
April 11, 2025
Here's Every Columbia 2025 Class Day Speaker We Know (So Far)
With graduation festivities around the corner, here's who we expect to speak to our graduates in celebration of their accomplishments.
Research & Discovery
Campus & Community
National & Global Affairs
Arts & Humanities

Rosalind Morris's research interests include art, objects, language, social theory, critical theory, and practices of memory. Photo by Julia Knop.
Rosalind Morris digs deep via ethnography, history, personal testimony, and political thought to tell the story about the mines.

Photo by Fernando Moreno, used with permission.
Claudio Lomnitz’s work on disappearance dates back to 2019, and the lab is expanding his efforts.

A detail of "Death and the Miser" by Hieronymous Bosch, circa 1485-1490; National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection.
Living, Dying, and the Meaning of Life blends ethics, medicine, religion, and philosophy to ask this and other big questions.
Columbia in the News
America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era
The Atlantic, Apr. 9
Kevin Hovde Tells The Post About ‘Whirlwind’ Juggling Act as New Columbia Coach While Still With Florida
The New York Post, Apr. 7
The Return of the Dire Wolf
Time, Apr. 7