Hillman, a biomedical engineer at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, is inventing new kinds of microscopes that create 3D movies of life in action. Her microscopes are helping researchers see the brain in a whole new light.

The microbial oceanographer was elected a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Microbiology in recognition of her scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced the field of microbiology.

Columbia will host a summer program for underrepresented high school students that will teach them the fundamentals of artificial intelligence technology as well as how to understand the ethical questions surrounding it.

The world-renowned geoscientist is recognized for revolutionizing the world of isotopes. The investiture ceremony will take place at Buckingham Palace on May 9, 2019.

Real-Time Earth, an initiative led by researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is upgrading the technological capabilities of the Observatory and transforming the way its scientists study our planet.

Nava Ariel-Sternberg is director of the shared laboratory facilities of the Columbia Nano Initiative, which brings together more than 100 research groups who collaborate on new materials, methods, and procedures to propel the promise of nanotechnology into the world. 

The Columbia-led discovery in mice aids efforts to map the circuitry of the brain’s learning center and stands to inform studies of psychiatric disorders in which this circuitry goes awry.