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A pair of studies in Nature show that a quasiparticle, known as a plasmon polariton, can be pulled with and against a flow of electrons, a finding that could lead to more efficient ways of manipulating light at the nanoscale.

Columbia Journalism School announced the latest winners of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for journalists over their careers for outstanding reporting on the Americas.

The jury of the Festival de Cannes gathered to announce the 74th annual winners of this most prestigious film festival and three Columbia alumni were honored.

Organizations—including business schools—are increasingly focused on expanding their DEI capabilities. Here we discuss best practices for having productive conversations around DEI.

A new book explores the intersection of professional sports with the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements.

The triple jump champ will be flag bearer for her home country of Ghana at the 2020 Olympics.

People Come First, an exhibition of the 'first feminist, multicultural artist, populist painter for the ages' works are currently on display at The Met until Aug. 1. 

The Center on Poverty and Social Policy helped to ensure that the poorest children in the U.S. receive the full benefits of the Child Tax Credit.

Numerous projects helmed by Columbia University faculty and alumni have been nominated for the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. 

After translating works by Swiss-German author Robert Walser for decades, Susan Bernofsky has written an English-language biography of him.

More and more workers are returning to the physical office, opening a slough of new questions about office politics and policies. Columbia experts weigh in.

Zachariah Brown (BUS’13, ’21) used Cameo to invite his professors to his doctoral research presentation on, you guessed it, "peacocking."  

Columbia remains committed to helping our graduates achieve their professional and academic goals without a difficult financial burden.

From a gripping young adult fantasy to a deeper look at critical race theory, here are the books Columbians have at the beach, on the subway, and in the air conditioning this summer.

Andrew Gelman, a statistics professor at Columbia, and Aki Vehtari, a computer science professor at Finland’s Aalto University, recently published a list of the most important statistical ideas in the last 50 years. Here, they break it down in easy-to-understand terms.