Hit with budget cuts, Columbia’s Global Alliance for Preventing Pandemics is working to get ahead of the next mass outbreak. It was the week when Iceland’s first mosquito was discovered and when ...

Since its passage in 1973, the Endangered Species Act has in some ways been a great success, helping to prevent the extinction of hundreds of fish, plant, and animal species. But a new study led by ...

When Robert Spitzer, the Columbia psychiatrist who revolutionized modern psychiatric diagnostics, died on Christmas Day 2015 at age eighty-three, history had already redeemed him. Six months earlier, ...

On a recent Monday afternoon, Columbia astrophysicist David Kipping was strolling through the quiet streets of Tunbridge Wells, a town thirty miles southeast of London, when his phone rang. The caller ...

Specializing in everything from classical to show tunes to experimental electronica, these notable composers grew their music careers at Columbia. Clockwise from left: Tyshawn Sorey (MacArthur ...

In his new book, The Little Book of Data, ad-tech executive Justin Evans ’93CC shows that anyone can succeed in our information-based economy. Data analytics are all the rage in US workplaces these ...

In his latest book, The Uncanny Muse, Columbia Journalism School professor David Hajdu examines the relationship between music, art, and machines, telling a rich story of a collaboration that reaches ...

This sci-fi horror film from 1980, about a Columbia psychopathologist (William Hurt) who experiments with sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic drugs, features notable shots of the Morningside campus ...

Competition is all around us, and while many view it as positive and natural, journalist and inclusion strategist Ruchika T. Malhotra ’10JRN argues that it can be detrimental to ourselves and society.

Add these recent tales of the heart — some inspired by life on campus, all written by Columbia grads — to your reading list. Everyone knows where they were on September 11, 2001. But for Columbia ...

For couples who meet at Columbia, campus is an integral character in their love story. Here are eight spots that students and alumni have used as settings for marriage proposals. Feb. 12, 2025 ...

A professor of Jewish and American studies at Columbia, Jeremy Dauber is an expert in US history and culture. His latest book, American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and ...