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This page highlights the astonishing amount of scientific discovery happening at Columbia, one of the world’s leading research universities. 

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Clockwise from top left: An iceberg stranded on a submerged rock in northwest Greenland (Karl Zinglersen); homo erectus crania from the Turkana Rift (John Rowan); a mosquito feeding (Alex Wild); a shell of thick gas and dust (red) expelled from the outer layers of a star as its core collapses into a black hole. The inner regions show a heated ball of gas (white) continuing to fall into the central black hole. (Keith Miller, Caltech/IPAC - SELab)
Columbia University Discoveries in 2025-26 to Know About

Here are some of the top scientific research findings of the past academic year.


 

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The award recognizes their global contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

The two-year program will prepare young and mid-career professionals and future academics to be climate leaders.

With seed funds from the Data Science Institute, professor Bolun Xu is driving the transition to renewable power. 

As climate change pressures global food supply, agriculture will adopt practices that may exacerbate its environmental impact.

Professor Ivan Corwin was honored for work on diffusion. Chiara Trovatello and Arthur Neuberger were also recognized.

A major federal grant will support a new Columbia-led effort to assess drug efficacy and tailor optimal drug treatment.

The data, which has taken years of preparation to collect, will be used to search for evidence of new physics.

A Columbia Climate School researcher found that air in the subway is 10 times more polluted than air above ground.

Daisy Kalra has spent her Columbia postdoc in Illinois, supporting the University and the Fermilab in the search for new neutrinos.

A new study finds that communicating the scientific consensus about climate change can clear up misperceptions.

The new field of NeuroAI is building momentum at Columbia.

As trials show that psilocybin and LSD may help treat depression and anxiety, mental-health providers ready for a revolution.