Fall 2025

Our industrialized food system is harming our health and warming the planet. Columbia experts weigh in on solutions

With nine novels and two recent film adaptations, the National Book Award-winning author is having a moment

Barbara Butcher ’83PH spent two decades behind police tape in New York City, examining bodies. Now, she reflects on the hard lessons learned

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

Universities have come to rely on federal funding to support scientific and medical research. How did we get here?

The library’s first public exhibition in five years showcased recent acquisitions from Frances Halsband, Michael Sorkin ’71GSAS, and others

A tree replacement on College Walk lets us branch out, sit down, and plug in

At a Columbia Journalism School forum, New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger assessed the threat

Neither pouring rain nor frozen funds could dampen the joy of Commencement

Columbia biologists propose a more holistic framework for measuring health — asking not what ails you, but what makes you thrive

With the help of a Wisconsin reptile enthusiast, Columbia scientists are looking to develop an antivenom that works on all types of snake poison

New research reveals the toll of massive groundwater extraction in cities from Houston to New York

Columbia astronomers recently detected a faraway event that challenges existing theories about black-hole formation

The latest research from Columbia scientists

Social psychologists at Columbia Business School find that people with higher social status have the privilege of acting more “authentic” 

Sara, a startup co-founded by Jiaxin Zhang ’25BUS, seeks to make articulation therapy more accessible — and fun

For Supriya Ganesh ’19CC, starring in the Emmy-nominated hospital drama wasn’t a far cry from reality

Columbians making headlines

How the leader of the venerable Lower East Side institution preserves New York City’s multicultural history

Several alumni are behind the upcoming musical film

Bao Ong ’10JRN spent over a decade as a New York food columnist before relocating to Texas. Earlier this year, he became the Houston Chronicle’s restaurant critic

How entrepreneur Charles Conconi ’92CC is driving more economically sustainable tourism on the South Asian island

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

In We Survived the Night, Julian Brave NoiseCat ’15CC takes a deeply personal look at the historic efforts to erase Native culture 

A Training School for Elephants, by travel writer Sophy Roberts ’97JRN, tells the little-known tale of a Belgian king and Irish fixer in Africa

By Peter Mendelsund ’91CC 

From Gary Shteyngart, Ed Park ’95SOA, and other Columbia authors

In Between Two Rivers, Oxford historian Moudhy Al-Rashid ’05CC finds relatable slices of life in five-thousand-year-old clay tablets

For Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson, Mark Kriegel ’86JRN had to revisit his own past as a sportswriter

The attorney with a long history of public service joins co-chair David Greenwald ’83LAW

A new initiative was launched this spring aimed at encouraging advocacy and support for the University

The twenty-fourth head coach in the program’s history arrives at Columbia after three years at the University of Florida

The program will allow graduate students of Black history, culture, and intellectual traditions to take their scholarship to the next level

The position is the highest academic distinction for a Columbia faculty member

The gift from Wendy and Richard Pini will support Columbia’s growing archive of comics and graphic novels

The resolution addressed federal agency investigations into alleged violations of antidiscrimination laws

Fifty years after Saturday Night Live’s premiere, Doug Hill ’76JRN looks back on his influential 1986 book