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While the General Assembly met across town at the United Nations and Climate Week events got underway in New York City, world leaders came to Morningside campus o meet with students, faculty, and staff as part of the Univerity’s World Leaders Forum. Started more than two decades ago, the World Leaders Forum invites heads of state and of major global organizations to engage with the Columbia community on the most pressing issues of the day.
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The Obama Presidency Oral History releases 26 new interviews and 400 new stories related to healthcare reform on an innovative new website.
In this book excerpt from Laughter in the Dark, Yasmine El Rashidi invites readers to explore a country that is being transformed, for good or bad, by the rise of a fresh youth culture.
Business School research reveals that economic hardships experienced in formative years can impact attitudes toward immigration and government redistribution later in life.
The Initiative will be centered around four main pillars: women's economic opportunity, women's health, women's safety and security, and women's leadership, democracy, and human rights.
The School of International and Public Affairs, the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, and Columbia Religious Life co-hosted a discussion with the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism.
Columbia Business School recently hosted a discussion with students, staff, and faculty to better understand and address rising polarization as part of the University's Values in Action initiative.
A new book traces how the Tea Party laid the groundwork for the rise of Trump.
The Columbia Law professor will become one of 15 members of the UN's main judicial body, which adjudicates cases between nations.
An SPS lecturer shares her thoughts on how things could have gone differently.
Working alongside TC’s Sonali Rajan, a leading expert on research-driven solutions to reduce gun violence, students gain experience in an emerging field.
Columbia Business School research introduces a new model that simulates consumer routines, which could prove valuable for retaining customers.