How Seriously Should We Take UFO Sightings?
Columbia alien hunter David Kipping on the odds of finding company in the cosmos
20 Photos that Capture Columbia’s 2026 Commencement
On May 20, more than 18,000 Columbians capped off their studies and made the transition from students to graduates
Beverly Gage Takes Us on a Historical Road Trip through the United States
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian visits museums, theme parks, battle reenactments, and more in This Land Is Your Land
Freedom, Religion, and the Strange Case of an American Desert Cult
In The Oracle’s Daughter, Harrison Hill ’19SOA traces the story of the Aggressive Christianity Mission Training Corps (ACMTC), a woman-led paramilitary religious cult
Recent Stories
A Shrink Walks into a Gay Tiki Bar…
How Columbia psychiatry professor Robert Spitzer got homosexuality removed from the DSM’s list of mental disorders
How to Find a Job in the AI Era
LinkedIn News career expert Andrew Seaman ’11JRN specializes in actionable guidance for today’s job seekers
What Will It Take to Prevent School Shootings?
In our desperation to protect children, we’re turning schools into fortresses. Columbia researchers are leading a nationwide investigation to see if these tactics actually work
How Writer A’Lelia Bundles, Descendant of Madam C. J. Walker, Found Her Subject
Through sweeping biographies of her foremothers, the author shares a dazzling American inheritance. Her own story belongs on the same high shelf
A Response to Authoritarian Attacks on Universities
In his latest book, University: A Reckoning, former Columbia president Lee C. Bollinger ’71LAW, ’02HON defends the role of higher education in America
The Alarming Consequences of Legal Sports Gambling
In his first book, Everybody Loses, journalist Danny Funt ’15JRN explores the astronomical rise of a high-risk vice
5 Alumni Museum Curators Shaping the Art World Today
Through visionary exhibitions and programming, Columbia graduates are steering the direction of some of New York’s most prestigious museums
A New Immunotherapy Breakthrough for Solid Tumors
Scientists led by Michel Sadelain have successfully treated cancerous growths of the kidney, pancreas, and ovaries in mice
The Columbia-Educated Lawyer Who Helped Write the Declaration of Independence
Robert Livingston 1765KC may have missed the document’s official signing, but his anti-tyranny legal philosophy still resonates today
Books
The Mysterious Death of Zac Brettler
In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe ’99CC investigates the murky circumstances surrounding an English teenager who washed up in the Thames
The Promise and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Drugs
In A Short, Strange Trip, John O’Connor ’03SOA looks at the history, impact, and mystique of magic mushrooms and the psychedelic movement
