Columbia faculty, students, and staff are on the cutting edge of advancements in all fields and their work is fittingly awarded and recognized. Below, find the most recent accomplishments and milestones as well as monthly lists of recent awards.
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Recent Awards & Milestones
Five members of the Columbia community—including President Emeritus George Rupp—were elected to the American Philosophical Society, the oldest lear
Six Columbia professors—with expertise ranging from neuroscience and mathematics to journalism and visual arts—were elected to the American Academy
Ten Columbia faculty members have won 2012 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowships in recognition of their “exceptional capacity for productive scholarsh
Columbia University's Northwest Corner Building has been awarded LEED® Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Great teachers engage, challenge, inspire and empower their students. And they draw inspiration from the teachers who taught them.
Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law welcomed U.S.
Andrew Delbanco, who has been called “America’s best social critic,” was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama (CC’83) yest
Columbia University School of the Arts is pleased to announce that Timothy Donnelly, associate professor of writing, has won the $100,000 Kingsley
Fourteen years ago, North Korea’s calendar was changed so that time officially began in 1912—the birth year of Kim Il Sung, who ruled the communist
Fourteen winners of the Alfred I.