David J. Craig
Senior Editor
David edits the Explorations and Bulletin sections of Columbia Magazine and writes mainly about social science and the natural sciences. He received degrees from the University of Connecticut in sociology and English and has worked as a journalist for 20 years.
The Professor’s Last Stand
Columbia historian Eric Foner is giving his lectures to the public — and to posterity
Columbia Libraries Acquire Archives of “Artist Book” Publisher Granary
Granary Books, a small New York City–based press, has produced some 125 artist books over the past three decades
Dusty Air Contributing to Disease in Africa
Columbia climate scientists have discovered why outbreaks of bacterial meningitis are seasonal
Psst, Bacteria: We Can Hear You!
Columbia researchers have developed a new way to monitor how bacterial cells communicate
Absorbing the Runoff
Engineering professor Patricia Culligan has a solution to New York's rain-drainage problem
Gene Test Could Inform Prostate-Cancer Treatment
Physicians soon may be able to determine more reliably if a man’s prostate cancer requires quick attention
Hair-Regeneration Method the First to Grow New Follicles
Columbia scientists have done something that until now only snake-oil salesmen claimed was possible
The Ghost Files
Can big-data analysis show what kinds of information the government is keeping classified?
Going Viral, One by One by One by One ...
Genetic-sequencing techniques may soon make it feasible for scientists to catalog all the viruses in our mammalian compatriots
Neuroscientists Discover a Major Cause of Age-Related Memory Loss
There's strong evidence that forgetfulness in old age may be reversible
Mass Extinction Pinned to Volcanism
A new study provides the best evidence yet that fiery eruptions caused a mass extinction two hundred million years ago