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Columbia University has announced the election of Duchesne Drew (CC’89) and Keith Goggin (JRN’91) to its Board of Trustees.Drew has been the president of Minnesota Public Radio since the spring of 2020, overseeing a network of 46 stations…

Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health resources have become more critical than ever. Indeed, a recent Mailman School of Public Health study found a high global prevalence of both depression and anxiety during the…

Landfills are one of the largest drivers of methane pollution in the U.S. and globally, but they don’t have to be. If we were to invest in infrastructure to divert all food and other organic waste from landfills, we could slash landfill…

Two notable things happened in the recent 2021 elections. First, there was a Republican swing in New Jersey, Virginia, and elsewhere. Second, the polls were off in New Jersey, with the Democrat receiving only about 51% of the two-party…

Long before the Columbia Climate School was launched, scientists and engineers have sought out solutions to some of the existential crises of our time, from climate change to shortages of clean water and other natural resources. Across…

The results relied on a cleaner technique to manipulate the flow of electricity, giving graphene greater conductivity than metals such as copper and gold, and raising its potential for use in telecommunications systems and quantum…

The field of nanoscience promises new tools for studying the brain, controlling artificial limbs, and treating mind and body, researchers argue in a Nature Methods review paper, "Time for NanoNeuro."With as many neurons in the brain as…

With Halloween around the corner, Columbia News is taking a look at some of the ghoulish lore surrounding this 267-year-old university.With a 267-year-old university such as Columbia, you may expect to find a few ghouls and ghosts in the…

In search of the mysterious transition between metallic and insulating states of matter, Columbia researchers find signatures of quantum criticality in a unique material.The best known semiconductor—silicon—famously blurs the line between…

After 15 years as Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Joel Simon will be joining the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School as a fellow to carry out research on press freedom in the…