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While the General Assembly met across town at the United Nations and Climate Week events got underway in New York City, world leaders came to Morningside campus o meet with students, faculty, and staff as part of the Univerity’s World Leaders Forum. Started more than two decades ago, the World Leaders Forum invites heads of state and of major global organizations to engage with the Columbia community on the most pressing issues of the day.
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Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.
Columbia Law School faculty and legal experts break down the high court’s decisions from the recent term.
In Pronoun Trouble, the Columbia professor and New York Times columnist tells the truth about those pesky little words.
A new book offers a framework for unifying the two spheres.
The June 24 primary will feature ranked-choice voting for mayor, among other citywide offices.
The 50-30 symposium, presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, focuses on war and peace.
Can a disaster zone become a model for resilient urban development? Columbia Global thinks so.
A Columbia Business School study shows that a recession in young adulthood leads to support for wealth redistribution for one’s own group.
Mike Pompeo will take a post as a fellow at Columbia SIPA's Institute of Global Politics.
Members of the Columbia School of Social Work community recently participated in the first three sessions of this innovative study.
ICAP at Columbia Launches Resource for Preventing Transmission of HIV From Mother to Child in Africa
This project will focus on closing critical gaps in prevention, testing, and treatment for pregnant women and infants over the next two years.
Precious D. Benally ’13 and Eldred D. Lesansee ’25 discuss bringing Native American law into focus at Columbia Law School and beyond.
