Office Hours

Office Hours is a Columbia News series dedicated to the compelling research that faculty are engaged in both in and beyond the classroom.

Astronomer Jane Huang is interested in the behavior of protoplanetary disks made of gas, dust, and ice.

Ivan Corwin is using math to show that outlier particles do not follow Einstein’s theory. And he’s collaborating with his brother.

Rivka Galchen uses her scientific knowledge in her writing and her teaching.

Psychology Professor Kevin Ochsner’s work touches on hot-button issues like politics and the #MeToo movement.

First produced off-Broadway in 2007, the work, more potent than ever, continues to speak to the times.

Gerard Torrats-Espinosa had an unlikely path to his current role researching crime and policing in U.S. cities.

Rhiannon Stephens, who specializes in African history, has won awards for teaching and faculty mentoring.

Raju Tomer’s lab explores the impact that neurological conditions and drugs like ketamine have on the brain.

She is the new chair of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies.

Gelman, a statistics and political science professor, has many irons in the fire, including The Economist's election tracker.

When he isn’t teaching algebra at Columbia or abroad, Amadou Bah likes to soak up the cultural offerings on campus.

Songtao Jia's research on epigenetic inheritance could lead to new cancer treatments. In his spare time, Jia likes to fish.