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Scientists say this common experience plays a role in everything from drug addiction to academic failure.

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Dean Dakolias (SEAS’89), Jonathan Rosand (CC’89, VP&S’94) and Fermi Wang (SEAS’89, SEAS’91) bring "range of talents" and a "deep commitment to furthering" the University's mission. 

Everyday Algerian life and the 1919 death of a black teenager in Chicago are the focal points of shows at the Wallach Art Gallery and the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery.

Columbia faculty and researchers are working with local communities in New York State to dramatically reduce opioid-related deaths.

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As the city takes steps to overhaul its water supply network, government and industry must follow suit.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says an election message's reach "should be earned, not bought."

20th-century author H.G. Wells, the subject of Humanities Dean Sarah Cole's latest book, would have much to say about the 21st century.

Election results in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay will have more to do with electoral accountability than populist or right-wing trends in the region.

We need to protect consumers from the growing influence of companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon, and the public deserves to hear more about the reform proposals from the Democratic candidates.

Historic Preservation Professor Jorge Otero-Pailos discusses how emerging technology helps architectural restoration.

The Wall Street Journal recently ran an adapted excerpt of The First Cell, by Columbia's Dr. Azra Raza, in which she argues that we need to shift our focus from fighting cancer in its last stages to finding the very first cells. 

NBA patience and resolve will eventually ease tensions with China.

Forty years later, a Columbia professor shares what he learned from a high-profile experiment in which he tried to teach a chimp human language.