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In “The Future of the Corpse,” Karla Rothstein and Christina Staudt review the spectrum of death care rituals and offer ideas for change.

A pair of raptors have moved into a Columbia student’s balcony and their eggs are about to hatch. Tweet us your ideas for naming the family!

May 18 marks the first in-person Commencement since the start of the pandemic, here are six things graduates and their guests should know.

When it comes to superconductivity, three layers of graphene can be better than two. A new study from Columbia physicists reveals the atomic details that help explain why.

Construction for Commencement and Graduation Ceremonies takes place sooner than you think on Columbia's Morningside campus. Here are some great alternative photo locations for your graduation photos!

The highest concentrations were found in Hispanic communities, according to a new study by Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.

A massive landslide in British Columbia that set off a tsunami has been linked to Canada's receding West Grenville Glacier. 

A new type of UV light that's safe for people destroyed more than 98 percent of airborne microbes in a room within five minutes.

Think all fiber is equal? Think again. New research from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health finds that total fiber—cereal fiber, specifically, but not fruit or vegetable fiber—was linked to lower inflammation.

In honor of National Deaf History Month, a visiting professor at Teachers College looks at how the school is training educators today in their Deaf and Hard of Hearing program.

In addition to Commencement, our undergraduate students organize Multicultural Graduation Celebrations that allow them to celebrate and honor the communities to which they belong. These celebrations are open to anyone in the Columbia community.

From science to engineering and writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

Journalism Professor Andie Tucher explains the differences in her new book, “Not Exactly Lying.”

People in Togo’s capital city are often exposed to unsafe levels of small particles in the air they breathe.

In honor of the Columbia Lion's 112th birthday on April 5, we're compiling our favorite mascot snapshots from over the decades.