October 11, 2017
Report: The Near-term Impacts of Climate Change on Investors
A new Columbia University white paper explores how advances in climate science can inform near-term investments in the global economy.
October 11, 2017
Columbia Landscape Architect Named MacArthur ‘Genius’
Kate Orff, an associate professor at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and member of the Earth Institute, designs urban environments for the future by combining ecology, climate dynamics, and community.
October 10, 2017
The Human Brain Recalls Visual Features in Reverse Order Than It Detects Them
Scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute have contributed to solving a paradox of perception, literally upending models of how the brain constructs interpretations of the outside world.
October 9, 2017
High Levels of Lead Contaminate Many Backyards in Brooklyn Neighborhood
An ongoing study by Columbia University students and scientists finds 92 percent of Greenpoint backyards have at least one sample that exceeds the lead level that the EPA designates as safe for residential soil.
October 6, 2017
CUMC Researcher Receives NIH “High-Risk, High-Reward” Grant
NIH has awarded a 2017 Transformative Research Award to Karina Davidson, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who will tackle a transformation needed in the clinical encounter to aid in the advancement of precision medicine.
October 6, 2017
Columbia Researchers Observe Exotic Quantum Particle in Bilayer Graphene
Columbia University physicists prove a 30-year-old theory—the even-denominator fractional quantum Hall state—and establish bilayer graphene as a promising platform that could lead to quantum computation.
October 5, 2017
Ancient Humans Left Africa to Escape Drying Climate, Says Study
Ancient humans migrated out of Africa to escape a drying climate, says a new study coauthored by Peter deMenocal, a climatologist and Columbia University Dean of Science.
