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More than 2,000 visitors attended this year's installment of the annual earth science-focused event.

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Founded in 1949, Lamont has consistently served as an international leader in scientific scholarship.

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Scholars at Columbia peer into the plugged-in adolescent mind and assess the impacts of a digital upbringing.

The Columbia-Dream Sports AI Innovation Center, which recent held its first symposium, is charting the future of AI and sports.

A talk by professor Pierre Gentine kicks off a new initiative from Columbia Engineering, the Lecture Series in AI.

Columbia researchers have engineered bacteria to destroy cancer cells, opening the door for a new class of cancer vaccines.