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In Pronoun Trouble, the Columbia professor and New York Times columnist tells the truth about those pesky little words.
John Phan shows how modern notions of language history are often hampered by nationalist narratives. John Phan is a language ...
Astronomers, students, and space-loving New Yorkers gathered in Columbia’s Havemeyer Hall to view some of the highest-definition photos ever taken of the cosmos. The event—co-sponsored by Columbia, ...
More than 100 astronomers, astronomy students, and curiosity-filled lovers of the night skies gathered on Monday in Columbia’s Havemeyer Hall to celebrate the release of images from the Vera C. Rubin ...
A new book offers a framework for unifying the two spheres.
The fact that humans who are not related by blood help each other repeatedly over time is demonstrably true—think of the ongoing mutual support that sustains your longest-running friendships. But the ...
The essays gathered in We’re Alone by Edwidge Danticat, Wun Tsun Mellon Professor of the Humanities, trace a loose arc from childhood to the pandemic and recent events in Haiti. The pieces include ...
“As we reflect on the antisemitism revealed by their experiences, we realize that these interactions have affected the entire University community,” reads the report from the Task Force, led by ...
There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won’t find it at your local bodega, but in the coldest place in New York: the lab of Columbia physicist Sebastian ...
From the arts to the sciences, anthropology to the Supreme Court, women who were molded by their experiences at Columbia University have left an indelible mark on our city, country, and world. This ...