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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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COLUMBIA SCIENCE IN THE NEWS

What to Know About Alpha-Gal Syndrome, the Life-Threatening Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bites

Associated Press
June 17, 2026

As A.I. Makes Strides in Mathematics, Mathematicians Urge Caution

The New York Times
June 4, 2026

So, You Got Bit by a Tick. Here’s Exactly What to Do Next.

The Washington Post
May 21, 2026

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When Lyme Disease Doesn't Go Away

It's tick season. Here's what Brian Fallon, the director of Columbia’s Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases Research Center, has to say about combating chronic Lyme disease.

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School of Social Work Awarded $86 Million to Reduce Opioid Deaths in New York

National Institute on Drug Abuse grant will bring the School of Social Work together with partner universities to work in 15 counties across New York State.

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NASA NuSTAR Telescope Built at Nevis

It’s an unlikely place to build a NASA telescope: a leafy estate in Irvington, N.Y., that once belonged to the son of Alexander Hamilton. Inside a hangar-like building on the site, which is home to Columbia’s Nevis Laboratories for experimental physics, Charles Hailey assembled mirrors for NuSTAR, the most sensitive X-ray telescope ever constructed. Its mission: to conduct a census of black holes, map exploding stars known as supernovae and observe other dynamic events in space.