
End of Colombia Conflict May Bring New Threats to Ecosystems
The end of a 52-year internal conflict could spell trouble for the second most biodiverse country in the world. A new study outlines a sustainable path forward.
The end of a 52-year internal conflict could spell trouble for the second most biodiverse country in the world. A new study outlines a sustainable path forward.
Geochemist Alex Halliday was appointed the new director of Columbia’s Earth Institute by University President Lee C. Bollinger last December.
Alex Halliday, a geophysicist who became the director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute in May, shares his visions for how the organization can help to shape the future.
There’s a lot we don’t know about respiratory viruses and how they spread. A Columbia study currently underway seeks to unravel these mysteries, in part by studying people who are healthy enough to be walking around Manhattan.
“Alex Halliday is a renowned research scientist and skillful academic leader who is uniquely suited to charting the Institute’s future and its vital interdisciplinary role at the University,” said President Lee C. Bollinger.