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Jennifer L. Mnookin
A Snapshot of Summer With President Mnookin

It has been a busy summer for Columbia University’s new president, Jennifer L. Mnookin.

A Columbia Diploma From 1773?
Columbia University's Revolutionary War History Told in a Diploma

As the nation celebrates its semiquincentennial, Professor Christopher Brown discusses the importance of inspiring a love of history in future scholars and leaders.

Research & Discovery

Columbia scientist Terry Plank disembarks from a helicopter on the Villarrica volcano in Chile.
Measuring the Rumblings of the Earth

Columbia scientists are working to give observatories better views of restless volcanoes and to make those data openly available.

An illustrated collage of neurons.
Upending Decades of Debate, Scientists Discover Most Neurons are Jacks-of-All-Trades

A new study of mouse neurons has the scientific community abuzz.

Images of brain scans
New Study Finds Clues of Alzheimer’s Beginnings

The findings raises the prospect of future Alzheimer’s drugs that could help stop the disease at its source.

Campus & Community

Matty Hiroto Inaba
Meet the National Rubik's Cube Champion Who's Got Some Great Advice For Your First Year

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.

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50+ Coffee and Tea Spots On or Near Columbia’s Campuses for a Jolt of Caffeine

As the school year kicks off, bookmark these old and new spots to add to your caffeination rotation.

Butler Library Reading Room
Two Columbia Librarians on the Hacks, Etiquette, and Best Spots Inside the University’s Libraries

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.

National & Global Affairs

Katharina Pistor of Columbia Law School
Rethinking the Law and the Economy

In her new book, Professor Katharina Pistor explores strategies for rethinking the law and the economy to create a superior and more socially equitable system.

Artistic illustration of an office chair with a colorful lava lamp like background.
The Paper That Predicted the Office Apocalypse

Four years after introducing the “urban doom loop,” researchers revisit the office market, and find many of their boldest predictions are coming true.

Former Vanity Fair Editor-in-Chief Radhika Jones
Former Vanity Fair Editor-in-Chief Joins Journalism School Faculty

Radhika Jones brings experience across print, digital, film, television, and audio to the classroom.