At 88, the Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel heads his own research laboratory at Columbia University. “I like what I do,” he said. “Keeping engaged keeps you intellectually alive. I wouldn’t be surprised if it enhanced longevity.”
Researchers with the Earth Institute at Columbia University have found that air pollution—particularly dust blowing off the Sahara—is likely the leading killer on the continent.
The director of the Columbia Water Center and 60 other honorees were commemorated in a ceremony and reception at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting on Wednesday.