This page is dedicated to stories about Columbia's campus and community. From student, staff, and faculty profiles to interesting events happening on campus and in our surrounding neighborhoods, here ...

Scoops of appreciation! At their annual event, Columbia University Irving Medical Center faculty, staff, and students came together with Washington Heights neighbors on Haven Plaza recently to enjoy ...

Unlike active galaxies that constantly pull in surrounding material, these black holes lie dormant until a star passes by.

Maximiliano Isi was a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology in 2014, when scientists there first ...

The merger resulted in a combined black hole 225 times our sun’s mass, and challenges current astrophysical models of black hole formation.

Lydia Kallipoliti's design work has been widely exhibited in the Venice Bienniale, the Istanbul Design Biennial, the Shenzhen ...

Maria Diuk-Wasser, a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B), studies tick-borne diseases including Lyme disease and babesiosis. In recent years, her efforts ...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ...

A new study indicates that forests, prairies, and other natural areas around the globe acquire less of the vital chemical element nitrogen than previously estimated. The findings have climate ...

This page highlights the astonishing amount of scientific discovery happening at Columbia, one of the world’s leading research universities.

Columbia faculty, students, and staff are on the cutting edge of advancements in all fields and their work is fittingly awarded and recognized. Below, find the most recent accomplishments and ...