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Complicated Grief App Designed to Help Military Families Cope with Loss

Experts on grief at the Columbia School of Social Work are collaborating with the Defense Department’s Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences on a mobile and web-based way to help those families cope.

Veterans - Social Work - Technology

Q&A with Nikolaus Kriegeskorte: Using Artificial Intelligence to Understand the Brain

Nikolaus Kriegeskorte at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute organized a three-day conference that starts brings together cognitive scientists, neuroscientists and computer scientists. Kriegeskorte spoke with us about the event and his research.

Neuroscience - Technology - Science Digest - Faculty Q&A - Science

Researchers Develop Yeast-Based Tool for Worldwide Pathogen Detection

Columbia University researchers have developed an extremely low-cost, low-maintenance, on-site dipstick test they hope will aid in the surveillance and early detection of fungal pathogens responsible for major human disease, agricultural damage and food spoilage worldwide.

Science Digest - Public Health - Chemistry - Biology - Technology

For Dental Student, Columbia Was Worth the Wait

Victor Lee was rejected by Columbia twice—once when he applied to the College, and later by the University’s College of Dental Medicine— was before he accepted in 2013. But he says he’s glad it turned out that way.

Commencement - Dental Medicine - Technology

Milken Institute Study Finds Columbia Number Two University Nationwide for Tech Transfer

A new study by the Milken Institute ranks Columbia University as number two in the country for commercializing science and technology emerging from university research labs.

Technology

Hk Maker Lab, The Next Generation of Engineers

HYPOTHEkids, a K-12 education initiative of Harlem Biospace in partnership with Columbia Engineering and Teachers College, introduces students to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by having them design, prototype and test a biomedical device.

Entrepreneurship - Technology

Cybersecurity expert Jason Healey Columbia University Professor

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Hacking Democracy: Jason Healey on the Politics of Cybersecurity

From online privacy to massive leaks of classified government documents, data breaches have become part of modern society. But in recent months cybersecurity has become a new wild card in our nation’s political process.

Global - Politics - Technology

Cybersecurity Experts Columbia University

From left to right: Senior Research Scholar Jason Healey , Computer Scientist Steven Bellovin, and Law Professor Matthew Waxman.

Cybersecurity Experts Debate Proper Response to Terrorism

Police say the terrorists who killed 130 people in coordinated attacks in Paris in November used cell phones to communicate. And the couple who attacked a holiday party in San Bernardino, Calif., killing 14, may have discussed jihad and martyrdom online.

Politics - Technology - Global - Law

Epibone

EpiBone is a revolutionary bone reconstruction company that allows patients to “grow their own bone”. Our pioneering technology utilizes a scan of the patient’s bone defect and the patient’s own stem cells to construct and cultivate a defect-specific autologous-like bone graft.

Entrepreneurship - Technology