May 18, 2020
Columbia’s Rafael Yuste Wins Vannevar Bush Fellowship
The five-year, $3 million fellowship is the U.S. Department of Defense’s most prestigious single-investigator award and supports basic research with the potential for transformative impact.
May 18, 2020
New Study Estimates the Odds of Life and Intelligence Emerging Beyond Our Planet
David Kipping, an assistant professor in Columbia’s Department of Astronomy, uses Bayesian statistics to shed light on how extraterrestrial life might evolve in alien worlds.
May 8, 2020
Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater
Widely considered a screen against contamination, clay layers may actually enhance arsenic leakage into some aquifers, a new Columbia-led study finds.
May 2, 2020
Five Columbia Faculty Join the Ranks of the National Academy of Sciences
Dmitri Basov, Angela M. Christiano, Andrew Millis, Molly Przeworski, and Lorraine S. Symington were elected by their peers in recognition of their outstanding achievements in research.
April 27, 2020
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Inducts 12 Columbia Faculty Members
The Columbia professors join some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts in one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.