Could this Rare Disease Help Cure Alzheimer’s?
In The Vanishing Family, journalist Robert Kolker ’91CC follows three generations of a family plagued by frontotemporal dementia
Chatbots Have Entered the Classroom. What Happens Next?
Columbia faculty are finding innovative ways to incorporate AI into coursework without compromising academic rigor
The AI Boom’s Unpaid Bill
Growth driven by data-center development comes with hidden economic risks, according to a new paper
Lucia Aniello Hacks the System
The executive producer, writer, and director shares her unusual path to the top
Recent Stories
Tech Worker by Day, NFL Cheerleader by Night
Jade Bucci ’25CC, a former Columbia computer-science major, leaps into her first season with the New England Patriots
Scientists Reveal Malaria’s Method of Attack
A major new discovery by Columbia scientists is raising hopes that more-effective drugs could be developed
How to Watch a Movie Like a Critic
Natalia Winkelman ’15CC, a film critic and podcast writer and producer, pens several reviews per month for The New York Times and other outlets
Black Hole Collisions Are More Common than Previously Thought
New research roughly doubles the total number of events ever identified
How Do You Memorialize a Mass Tragedy?
Twenty-five years after 9/11, Clifford Chanin ’77JRN, ’80SIPA keeps the events of that day in the public consciousness
The Pollution Inside Your Home
Columbia researchers measured the air in and around New York City apartment buildings. What they found surprised them
Sleeping too Little (or too Much) Linked to Faster Aging, and Other Science News
The latest findings from Columbia researchers
How a College Reunion Led to a Revived Columbia Seminar
When alumni from the Class of 1966 reconnected with a beloved political-science professor, a virtual classroom was born
A Spoonful of Humor Helps the Neuroscience Go Down
Rai Sen is the founder of the Lab, an improv troupe that uses comedy to communicate science to the public
Books
6 New Books for Fall 2026
From Emma Cline ’13SOA, Phillip Lopate ’64CC, and other Columbia authors
A Child of the Weather Underground Reckons with His Family History
In a new memoir, Zayd Ayers Dohrn ’06GSAS recounts a childhood spent partially on the lam and wrestles with his parents’ ideals
