In a discovery that could have profound implications for future energy policy, Columbia scientists have demonstrated it is possible to manufacture solar cells that are far more efficient than existing ...

Dominique Townsend recounts how, as a high school senior, a 12th-century wooden statue of a Buddha in a museum helped set her ...

The director of the Columbia Nano Initiative’s Shared Labs discusses growing nanoscience at the University—and beyond.

Phelps came to Columbia 55 years ago as a full professor. At that time, he was already a star in the profession, with ...

In anticipation of Christopher Nolan’s film version of The Odyssey, opening in theaters on July 17, Columbia News checked in ...

Natalie Brito, a professor of psychology, researches how both the families we’re raised in and the societies we live in, shape us. Natalie Brito first came to Columbia as a postdoctoral researcher in ...

Two Columbians and a Barnard professor have received Guggenheim Fellowships this year to pursue an independent project of their choice. They are among 223 American and Canadian scientists, scholars in ...

Not even Spring Break could slow us down, as Columbia athletes, researchers, and scholars made major strides in their fields. Test your knowledge of the latest news stories across the University!

A recent survey identified that the University’s strengths are part of a broader, if fragmented, culture that is capable of constructive discourse. Our country—our world—is fractured. And in many ways ...

Healthcare is broken—but we can fix it. Our current system is plagued by staggering costs, inadequate outcomes, and pervasive inequities. How can we deliver long-overdue change and make this system ...

Today, just 10 years after President Barack Obama left office, Columbia University’s Incite Institute opens the full Obama Presidency Oral History archive to the public. This groundbreaking digital ...