From Columbia’s School of General Studies to the University’s Top Ranks
Three of Columbia’s top leaders are graduates of the same school from three very different paths.
For Sayantani DasGupta, storytelling is a powerful tool for pursuing social justice.
The current vice chancellor for development at the UNC-Chapel Hill, he comes to Columbia with more than three decades of experience and demonstrated success in transformational university fundraising.
Take a first look inside Columbia School of General Studies’ new residence hall, designed to foster community, connection, and belonging just steps from the Morningside Heights campus.
Over its first decade, the center estimates it has touched more than 100,000 lives through its health screening events, led by community health workers trained in the InTOuCH program.
Most tropical tree species can adjust water-use strategies across rainfall conditions, offering hope in a warmer, drier world.
In Socially Wired, Matthew Schelke answers this and other questions.
Your first year at Columbia can feel like a puzzle. Lucky for us, Matty Hiroto Inaba (CC’29) is a champion solver who is about to start his second year and he’s got some great advice for quickly making Columbia your own.
The General Studies student and New York City Ballet dancer Kennedy Targosz shares what it was like performing alongside Olivia Rodrigo.
Columbia scientists are working to give observatories better views of restless volcanoes and to make those data openly available.
The findings represents a new path for identifying genes across many complex diseases, as well as strategies for their treatment.
In the years since its inception, the White Coat Ceremony has been adopted by almost all U.S. medical schools.
Everything you need to know (plus some of the secrets you should know) to supercharge your time at any one of Columbia's 18 libraries.
Associate Professor of Computer Science Brian A. Smith has four Columbia degrees. How did he find his path, and what advice does he have for the rest of us, who are looking for one as well?
Stephanie Farmer, the founder of Ms. Steph’s Science Club and longtime Harlem resident and Columbia Community Service grantee, shares her advice for tapping into the local community for those new to the area.
Columbia researchers have developed a new way to visualize the heart’s electromechanical activity, offering insight into disease.
Allia Mohamed (SIPA’18) co-founded the startup Openigloo with fellow Columbians to help New Yorkers vet their landlords. Here’s her advice for making connections here that could define your career from the very start.
As the school year kicks off, bookmark these old and new spots to add to your caffeination rotation.
First piece of advice? “I really need my students to fail in front of me.”
A Columbia team modeled how cancer spreads between organs using lab-grown bone and lung tissues.
Neurons created in the adult brain hippocampus could be instrumental in preventing major depressive disorder.
The research suggests a new strategy for targeting the disease, the leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S.
An analysis of millions of patient portal messages suggests that patients’ writing style may help explain disparities.
A new study draws on data collected on more than 1,000 mother-child pairs between 1998 and 2020.
A new study found that warming has made the air drier in both places, which can make forests more likely to burn.
Associations appeared when fluoride levels in neighborhood drinking water were close to or above current U.S. recommended levels.
Prenatal alcohol exposure remains a growing public health concern.
Her most recent book of poems explores personhood and consciousness.
From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards over the summer.
The findings suggest that short-term or “fair-weather” surveys may miss major landfill methane releases.
As new and returning students step onto campus, Columbia News looks back on a summer full of activities for President Jennifer L. Mnookin, who took the reins on July 1, 2026.
Four years after introducing the “urban doom loop,” researchers revisit the office market, and find many of their boldest predictions are coming true.
Radhika Jones brings experience across print, digital, film, television, and audio to the classroom.
In Credit to the Nation, Rebecca Kobrin chronicles East European Jewish immigrants who came to New York and, by lending to fellow Jews, became a crucial part of the city’s history.
This August, major cancer breakthroughs earned government approval, new residential buildings opened, and Columbia researchers worked atop an active volcano. Test your knowledge of the latest news stories across the University!
Three of Columbia’s top leaders are graduates of the same school from three very different paths.