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Would You Want to Know if Alzheimer’s Were in Your Future?
Illustration by Valeria Petrone depicting Alzheimer's
Health & Medicine

Would You Want to Know if Alzheimer’s Were in Your Future?

New AI-based screening tools could help people who are falling through the cracks

13 ‘Green’ Buildings from Columbia Architects
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Arts & Humanities

13 ‘Green’ Buildings from Columbia Architects

These eco-friendly projects from alumni architects have all earned LEED ratings from the US Green Building Council 

Columbia Lou and Cocky Collins Ride Again
Cocky Collins and Lou Gehrig
Alumni

Columbia Lou and Cocky Collins Ride Again

100 years ago, Columbia baseball greats Lou Gehrig and Eddie Collins 1907CC made their own bids for the record books

6 Times Columbia Appears in Video Games
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Arts & Humanities

6 Times Columbia Appears in Video Games

Campus makes unmistakable cameos in Spider-Man, Grand Theft Auto, and more

Columbians in the news

Lions archer Sydney Sullenberger to represent Team USA at 2025 World Archery Championships

Columbia cancer researcher Andrea Califano receives Fox Chase Cancer Center's Reimann Honor Award

Time reports on AI-driven fertility breakthrough at Columbia University Fertility Center

Columbia physician-scientists Osama Al Dalahmah, Dominique Bailey, Giuseppe Cullaro, and Joel Gabre named 2025 Gerstner Scholars

Entertainment reporter Stacey Wilson Hunt '01JRN releases "My Hollywood Story" podcast featuring celebrity interviews

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50 Years of Columbia Magazine
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50 Years of Columbia Magazine

We celebrate this half-century milestone with a look back at some of the memorable and defining moments captured in our pages

Why Your Diet Impacts Your Sleep
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Health & Medicine

Why Your Diet Impacts Your Sleep

Nutrition scientist Marie-Pierre St-Onge discusses the effects of melatonin and tryptophan and suggests what to eat for a better night’s sleep

How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age
Collage illustration with photo of Robert Moog
Arts & Humanities

How Robert Moog Launched Music into the Electronic Age

Sixty years ago, the Columbia-trained inventor introduced a keyboard synthesizer that would change the musical soundscape

Why Are So Many Younger Adults Getting Cancer?
Illustration by Joan Wong representing cancer in young people
Health & Medicine

Why Are So Many Younger Adults Getting Cancer?

Columbia researchers are investigating ultra-processed foods, sedentary lifestyles, and other possible explanations

4 Columbia Travel Pros to Guide Your Next Adventure
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Alumni

4 Columbia Travel Pros to Guide Your Next Adventure

Walk, hike, bike, and drive with these alumni-founded tourism companies

Artificial Intelligence vs. the Human Brain
Illustration of robots in a classroom by Sam Island
Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence vs. the Human Brain

At Columbia’s inaugural AI Summit, experts touted the technology’s promise and agreed that robots still have a long way to go

What Your Digital Footprint Says About You
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Science & Technology

What Your Digital Footprint Says About You

Computer algorithms are becoming more adept at using our data to penetrate the deepest levels of our psyches

How Congestion Pricing Got Moving at Columbia
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Science & Technology

How Congestion Pricing Got Moving at Columbia

The experimental initiative for reducing city traffic was conceived by economics professor William Vickrey ’47GSAS

The Extreme Heat Waves that Shouldn’t Exist
A heatwave
Health & Medicine

The Extreme Heat Waves that Shouldn’t Exist

Regions accustomed to more mild climates have been recording dangerously high temperatures

Books

6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List
Reading List Summer 2025
Books

6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List

From A'Lelia Bundles ’76JRN, John McWhorter, and other Columbia authors

Review: The Antidote
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Books

Review: The Antidote

By Karen Russell ’06SOA

How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress
Why Nothing Works by Marc Dunkelman
Books

How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress

In Why Nothing Works, Marc J. Dunkelman ’01CC investigates the decline of public-sector innovation from the 1960s through today

Review: The Original Daughter
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
Books

Review: The Original Daughter

By Jemimah Wei ’22SOA 

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