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Postpartum Medicaid extension legislation should be applauded, while understanding its limitations and seeking more solutions.

She hopes to curate a career that blends policy, art activism, and human rights.

Here are the full opening statements from Columbia representatives before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Tian Zheng, the Statistics department chair, is developing innovative tools to confront climate change and the opioid epidemic.

A new database offers communities, leaders, and researchers unprecedented access to climate data and cutting-edge models.

The University joins New York City mayor's office at Plant-Powered Carbon Challenge launch.

To deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday. During the coming days, a working group of Deans, university administrators and faculty members will try to bring this crisis to a resolution.

“The encampment raises serious safety concerns, disrupts campus life, and has created a tense and at times hostile environment for many members of our community. It is essential that we move forward with a plan to dismantle it,” wrote President Shafik.

Columbia researchers have created mice with hybrid brains—part mouse, part rat—that sense odors with their rat neurons.

We support the conversations that are ongoing with student leaders of the encampment, under the guidance of academic leaders. Our goal is a safe resolution of this crisis.

"A small group of academic leaders has been in constructive dialogue with student organizers to find a path that would result in the dismantling of the encampment and adherence to University policies going forward. Regretfully, we were not able to come to an agreement."

The new findings raise the possibility that anticancer drugs could be used to help prevent heart attacks.

Making use of this new brain circuit could lead to new therapies for many immune disorders.

"It is going to take time to heal, but I know we can do that together. I hope that we can use the weeks ahead to restore calm, allow students to complete their academic work, and honor their achievements at Commencement."

Warning letters from Medicare can safely cut prescribing of a powerful but risky drug, a study found.

From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

Data science has opened many promising avenues to address climate change, but the data centers that power it are energy-hungry.

Membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.

A group of diverse Columbians joins other scholars, artists, scientists, and leaders in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.

Columbia University today announced the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Based on feedback from students, the University has decided to focus attention on Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, and to forego the University-wide ceremony that is scheduled for May 15. Follow announcements here.

We asked graduating students about their time at Columbia and the advice they'd give to the next generations—here is what they shared.

He plans on further developing his design skills after graduation from Columbia GSAPP.

With graduation festivities around the corner, here's who we expect to speak to our graduates in celebration of their accomplishments.

The night of May 15, the Empire State Building will glow blue for Columbia grads. Here’s where to capture the best photos with it.

Porras-Sanchez discusses using social work for community impact and what graduation represents for him.

A Columbia neurologist hopes to better identify which patients with severe brain injuries are likely to regain consciousness. 

The Campbell Award is presented to a graduating student at each School who shows exceptional leadership and Columbia spirit.

Anger raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. Now a Columbia study may explain how.

Jasmine Dearman, who describes herself as a “future Congresswoman,” will graduate from the School of Social Work this May.

New research from Columbia in the journal Nature suggests that modified venom could help treat depression and anxiety.

President Minouche Shafik congratulates the Class of 2024 and reflects on the year and its many challenges. 

We're keeping track of the Columbia Lions who are headed to the Paris Olympics to compete this summer. Here's who to watch out for. 

The newly-discovered adrenal cell produces a hormone that is also present in humans.

A new fruit fly study reveals the brain-cell circuitry that converts raw sensory signals into perceptions of color.

An update from the Provost and Chief Operating Officer concerning campus access and the start of Summer Session.

We are so proud of the accomplishments of Columbia's graduates and here are 15 photos to prove it.