News

Here's an update from Columbia University's Institute for Ideas and Imagination, including 10 free upcoming events you should attend.

The Biden Administration’s move to limit PFAS exposure is based on a growing body of research on their harms to human health, including studies done at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health


 

The results relied on a cleaner technique to manipulate the flow of electricity, giving graphene greater conductivity than metals such as copper and gold, and raising its potential for use in telecommunications systems and quantum computers.

The brain needs landmarks to help us find our way. New research by Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute shows how those landmarks are encoded in the brain.

Some combinations of opioid laws work better than others at discouraging opioids from being overprescribed. With the help of AI, researchers are evaluating which laws work best.

Her background as an archivist enables her to see the full scope of the stewardship of rare collections.

New research highlights a genetic component to our species' mental abilities.

In “The End of Trauma,” Psychologist George Bonanno sheds light on how resilient people really are.

Meet Henry Yuen, a computer scientist exploring the boundaries between classical and quantum computers. Yuen joined Columbia Engineering as an assistant professor in January 2021.

The Columbia Climate School is expanding its presence at COP26 by hosting special events and sharing stories that include a variety of perspectives from global thought leaders, students, and experts.

From arts and humanities to engineering and medicine, here are the latest awards and milestones achieved by Columbians.

In an online event, he discusses his process and the relationship between art and science with Maureen Raymo, co-founding dean of Columbia Climate School.

Sitting down with Magdalena Paúl (CC'25), whose parents met on Columbia's campus in 1996. 

The long-running MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab has found no signs of a proposed new particle, the sterile neutrino, but the experiment offers insight into unexplained electron-like events found in an earlier experiment.

Kellie Jones, the Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art, has big plans to center the arts in the department’s teaching, scholarship, and programming.