The Simple Questions That Can Prevent a Suicide
With suicide rates at historic highs, Columbia researchers are training ordinary people to save lives
Can Psychic Visions Save Us?
In The Premonitions Bureau, Sam Knight ’04JRN tells the true story of a maverick psychiatrist who believed in the power of the paranormal
The Primary Victims of Toxic Drinking Water
A recent Columbia study reveals major racial disparities in access to clean public water
How the Mankiewicz Family Got Their Hollywood Ending
How Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz ’92JRN brought a four-generation Columbia family all together
Recent Stories
5 Media Organizations That Spotlight Underreported News
Alumni journalists are tackling human-rights issues and serving readers in practical ways
Raising My Voice for Ukraine
How I found my own small way to take a stand against Russia's brutal war
The Troubling Legal Implications of Overturning Roe
Columbia law professors Olatunde Johnson and Carol Sanger assess a momentous Supreme Court decision
Why a Warming Planet Endangers Every Child’s Health
Heat waves, floods, and other effects of climate change are putting kids at risk of illness and death
What’s so Feminist About Fitness?
Journalist Danielle Friedman ’09JRN discusses the history of a multibillion-dollar industry
How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever
How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.
Honoring George Chauncey, a Scholar of Gay History
The Columbia professor recently won the coveted John W. Kluge Prize
You’re Not Imagining It: Seasonal Allergies Are Getting Worse
Columbia researchers explain why pollen counts are rising and suggest ways to fight back
Books
How a Peruvian Carpenter Led Hundreds of Christians to Judaism
A review of The Prophet of the Andes, by Graciela Mochkofsky ’96JRN
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