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Three of Columbia’s top leaders are graduates of the same school from three very different paths.

This group of fellows will visit Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs throughout the 2026–27 academic year, collaborating with faculty from across the University.

A Q&A with computational neuroscientist Nikolaus Kriegeskorte.

While at Columbia, Marie Tharp and Bruce C. Heezen produced a landmark ocean floor map. Explore it in this new interactive.

In a new study, Columbia University researchers found unexpected trends in storms with extreme precipitation.

On September 11, 2001, Joseph Pfeifer was the first FDNY battalion chief to report to the World Trade Center with his unit.

This year’s new faculty include path-breaking mathematicians, political scientists, biologists, anthropologists, scholars of language and culture, and many others.

On the first day of classes, President Mnookin welcomes the Columbia community to a new academic year.

Professor Göran Ekström tracks incidents like landslides and glacier collapse using tools once used only to monitor earthquakes.

The center will use real-world data and AI to identify how plants and animals build resilience in changing environments.

For many in the Columbia Nursing community, September 11, 2001, is a lived memory that continues to shape how we think about service, resilience, and care.

A study finds that the children of responders who developed post-traumatic stress disorder soon after the attacks were more likely to develop PTSD, depression, anxiety, or panic symptoms themselves. 

The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks is a reminder that the horrific events of that day continue to be felt a quarter century later. 

In September 2001, five Columbia medical students provided food and first aid to responders. Twenty-five years later, they remember the experience and its impact on their training.

A new eight-month leadership program begins with 10 graduate students, reflecting a mix of talents and ambitions from schools across Columbia University.

New findings from Columbia University researchers could help physicians decide when to prescribe preventive treatments.

The Columbia music professor’s new work will be played by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center and in Europe.

Columbia Global has chosen eight fellows, from around the world, as part of a fellowship program for early-career scholars who hold refugee status or have been forcibly displaced.

The annual community celebration supported by Columbia University provided local youth with the supplies and resources needed for a successful school year.

New Yorkers spent $300 million on natural gas they didn't use. Fixing this waste is a climate priority.
 

The project is Low Plaza’s first major, holistic renovation since its construction circa 1897. 

Columbia research scientist Jennifer Sokoloski is helping scientists get more from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

Two Columbia researchers discuss recent AI incidents, and why they think some fears are overblown.

Columbia is hosting a range of events during the citywide summit, which takes place September 20-27.

From medicine to writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

The collections of these two major figures in American culture reside at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

With a $250 million investment, NYC’s first net-zero-carbon, all-electric academic science building doubles research lab space and brings all five experimental science departments under one roof at Barnard College.

This $5 million gift provides for immediate programmatic enhancements and creates a tutoring space on the third floor of Uris Hall, on the Morningside Campus.

The Columbia University Board of Trustees today announced the election of Dr. Thomas Reardon (GS’08, GSAS’13, GSAS’16) to the board.

Something magical happens every year when new and returning Columbians flood back to campus at the end of August. This year was no exception.

The results provide insight into how students felt about their connection to the Columbia community during the 2024-25 academic year.

According to Lucia Rondini, they are ‘fizzy’ with quantum objects, popping in and out of existence all the time.

Extreme heat seasons have expanded across roughly half the world’s land area since the 1980s.

Fast and slow changes to cell connections helps fish continually learn and filter out electrical interference.

Excess mortality from influenza, malnutrition, pneumonitis, drowning, and pneumonia contributes to the life expectancy gap.

Natalie Fardian-Melamed was recognized for discovering and engineering ultra-sensitive, light-based nanosensors.

Professor Duncan Menge is the new chair of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. In his spare time, he plays guitar in the department band.

As America continues to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Columbia News asks: Does this founding document, which is part of the Core Curriculum, remain relevant? 

On Sept. 17, Haven Plaza was filled with over 1,000 local schoolchildren who came to learn about, experience, and enjoy science.

Elias Gurmu and Sarina Prabasi, the founders behind local gem Buunni Coffee, spill the beans on two new locations on the CUIMC campus and what they are up to next.

The exhibition features the work of famous artists and cartoonists created while they were students at the University.

The Department of Health and Human Services’s award aims to accelerate innovation supporting living kidney donors and patients.

The two-day event brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers, and activists to examine how the War on Terror transformed government power, the courts, the press, and democratic culture.

Data shows less than 2 percent of OIE reports result in a formal investigation. More than 2,200 outdoor events took place last academic year with no Rules violations.   

Eight social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders from China begin five weeks of study, mentorship, and exchange at Columbia.

The program, which will welcome its first cohort in Fall 2027, will support accomplished leaders seeking to pivot from successful careers to meaningful next chapters of their lives.

The newest Bundles Scholars will delve into community wellness, the creative use of technology, literacy, holistic spiritual care, storytelling that centers Black women, and the history of policing in urban communities. 

Appointments will strengthen the board at a critical moment for our work, the Knight Institute says.

Associations between employment trajectories and later-life cognition differ by gender, a Columbia Public Health study found.

Mark Ross-Lonergan is an experimental neutrino physicist with a passion for oysters.

A new project will deploy a fleet of autonomous vehicles to measure carbon exchange across the Southern Ocean.

Venkat Venkatasubramanian explores this and related questions in his book, Emergence as Harmony.

As the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week got underway last week in New York City, students discussed issues facing our world with visitors from around the globe.

A proposed new approach could reduce the complexity of fusion power plants, researchers say.

The prestigious prize recognized Zuker for revolutionizing understanding of the sense of taste.

This year, Columbia supported three student fellows who worked with nonprofits providing support for survivors of gender-based violence and advocacy for people incarcerated in federal prisons in New York City.

Columbia's new National Synthesis Center for Organismal Resilience (NSCORE) brought together researchers for a day-long kick-off event.

This September, Columbians debuted new music, won awards, and welcomed world leaders to campus. Test your knowledge of the latest news stories across the University!