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Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels today are higher than at any point in the past 800,000 years or more.During a year when terms like carbon neutrality and net zero have become more and more commonly used, it appears the world is waking up to…

Columbia University and the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW have reached a Tentative Agreement on a four-year labor contract. The Union has informed the university that its strike ended today at noon. In a letter to the Columbia community…

A study of an investigational gene therapy for sickle cell disease has found that a single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of the disease for at least three years in some…

New evidence from the bottom of a lake in the remote North Atlantic Faroe Islands indicates that an unknown band of humans settled there around 500 AD—some 350 years before the Vikings, who up until recently have been thought to have been…

T-minus seven days and counting: In just under a week, Columbia Space Initiative (CSI) will board the International Space Station (ISS). Sort of.A CSI team of 20 Columbia undergraduates will fly an experiment they designed on SpaceX’s…

During the pandemic, a group of Columbia graduate students launched the Physics and Coding Club at Democracy Prep Harlem High School. A year later, they’ve left the virtual world of Zoom to gather in real rooms for the first time. “We…

Looking for innovative drug delivery systems? Maybe expansive cell growth bioreactors? How about revolutionary gas sensing technology? With just 10 minutes in the spotlight, 10 Columbia Engineering startups recently offered up an array of…

A new study from Columbia researchers, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Hong Kong, adds more evidence that the omicron variant can evade the immune protection conferred by vaccines and natural infection and suggests…

In a groundbreaking study, a single dose of psilocybin, combined with psychological support, generated a rapid response and significant reduction in depressive symptoms that lasted up to 12 weeks.Compass Pathways, announced that COMP360—a…

On October 14, 2021, journalist Kate Aronoff gave an online talk at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation to mark the recent launch of her book, Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet—and How We Fight…