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Study Pinpoints a Genetic Cause of Most Lethal Brain Tumor— May Lead to New Treatment
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have discovered that some cases of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain cancer, are caused by the fusion of two adjacent genes.
Physics Professor Igor Aleiner is one of 21 theoretical physicists, mathematicians and theoretical computer scientists from across the U.S. to receive the inaugural Simons Investigators award, which provides $100,000 per year over five years in direct support to pursue whatever research they want.
Rebecca Jordan-Young, an associate professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard, is studying the issue of sex verification in sports.
For the first time, scientists have identified tropical and subtropical species of marine protozoa living in the Arctic Ocean.
Researchers at ICAP’s Harlem Prevention Center joined the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) today to announce study results that showed disturbing rates of new HIV infections occurring among black gay and bisexual men in the U.S. (also known as men who have sex with men, or MSM), particularly among those age 30 and younger.
Duy Linh Tu, an assistant professor at Columbia Journalism School, has been teaching students digital storytelling techniques since 2002. So he was encouraging when a former student told him she wanted to make a documentary about the impact of HIV in the Deep South—and intrigued when she suggested he work on it with her.
Editor’s Note: The above video interview took place in July 2012, immediately following news of the election and the ongoing issues surrounding violence and journalists in Mexico. When Pablo Piccato was a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, a professor suggested he look at crime and public health in Mexico City in the early 20th century for his dissertation. Piccato’s dissertation was the basis of his first book, City of Suspects: Crime in Mexico City, 1900-1931, later followed by The Tyranny of Opinion: Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere. His…
Provost John Coatsworth has appointed Sree Sreenivasan as Columbia’s first Chief Digital Officer.
Deputy Mayor Robert K. Steel and Small Business Services Commissioner Robert Walsh presented La-Verna Fountain, Columbia’s vice president for Construction Business Services and Communications, with the Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise Advocate of the Year Award for Upper Manhattan.
Some 75 Columbia faculty members, post-docs, students and friends gathered in Low Library at 3 a.m. Wednesday to experience one of the biggest developments in particle physics, watching a live feed from Geneva where news was announced of the discovery of a new sub-atomic particle—quite possibly the long-elusive Higgs boson.
Columbia mourns the passing of three members of its community who made significant contributions to the University.
Robert Shapiro is a professor of political science, who specializes in American politics, especially public opinion and political behavior, political psychology and political leadership.
Here’s his view on the issues raised in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 opinion on the Affordable Care Act.