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Columbia University Marks 18th Year as Major Sponsor of NYC Veterans Day Parade
Columbia General Studies is a major sponsor of the NYC Veterans Day Parade for the 18th consecutive year, as the university highlights its veteran community, including more than 300 veteran students.
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Columbia's SIPA Faculty Offer First Reactions to 2026 Midterm Elections
Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs releases faculty reactions to the 2026 midterms, covering the Iran War, Big Tech accountability, women's leadership and the fight for global democracy.
Politics and GovernmentEducationScience & TechnologyEntertainmentElectionGeneral PoliticsComputers and InternetArtificial IntelligenceFilm and TVMusic 2026 U.S. midterm electionsColumbia UniversitySchool of International and Public AffairsJennifer L. MnookinColumbia ColloquiumA'Lelia Bundles Community ScholarsData Science Institutenewsletter
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Columbia's Mnookin and Vanderbilt's Diermeier to Debate the Future of Campus Community at 92NY
Columbia President Jennifer Mnookin and Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier discuss building university community amid deep differences, in a 92nd Street Y talk moderated by MS NOW's Jonathan Lemire.
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Columbia Welcomes 14th Cohort of A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars
Six Uptown residents begin a three-year Columbia University affiliation as the A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars program marks its 14th cohort with a Morningside Heights celebration.
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Columbia University Announces New Chairs Across Six Academic Departments
Columbia University has named new chairs in sociology, political science, economics, French, ecology and anthropology, with each leader outlining priorities for their departments in a changing world.
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Columbia Sets May 19, 2027 Commencement for Class of 2027
Columbia University will hold its 273rd Commencement on May 19, 2027, with separate undergraduate and graduate ceremonies on Morningside Campus and limited staff access that day.
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Columbia's Hidden 68-Acre Nevis Labs Campus Powers Particle Physics From the Hudson Valley
Columbia's Nevis Laboratories, a 68-acre estate in Irvington, New York, houses over 30,000 square feet of lab space and hosts about 70 researchers working on particle physics, dark matter and quantum networking.
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Columbia Neighbors Roundup: DDC Alum Manny Almonte, Construction Interns and a Record Lamont Open House
Columbia's Double Discovery Center alum Enmanuel "Manny" Almonte reflects on his first year at UVA, while CUFO hosts 11 high school interns and Lamont-Doherty welcomes 2,500 open house visitors.
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Two Columbians to Run NYC Marathon for Community Impact, Now in Its 45th Year
Columbia's Eva Kasal and Heather Burns will run the New York City Marathon to raise money for Community Impact, a nonprofit marking 45 years of service in Morningside Heights, Harlem and Washington Heights.
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Columbia University to Hold 24-Hour Giving Day on October 28
Columbia University will hold its Giving Day on Wednesday, October 28, a 24-hour fundraising push covering more than 300 areas, with $300,000 in challenge funds on offer.
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Columbia and Max Planck Society Launch Joint Fusion Energy Science Center
Columbia University and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics are launching a trans-Atlantic center on fusion plasma symmetry, starting in 2027 and co-directed by Carlos Paz-Soldan and Thomas Klinger.
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Columbia Global Reports Excerpt Explores Uyghur Fighters in Syria's Civil War
Columbia News publishes an excerpt from Emily Feng's new book on Uyghur militants in Syria's civil war, with Feng set to discuss the work in an online event on Oct. 28.
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Columbia President Mnookin Announces New Interdisciplinary Colloquium Series
Columbia University President Jennifer L. Mnookin announces the Columbia Colloquium, a year-long interdisciplinary series of faculty-led conversations, with the first event on Oct. 28 exploring the purpose of a research university.
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Columbia Scholarship Helped Harlem Educator Maria Franco Pivot to Teaching
Harlem educator Maria Franco used Columbia University's Graduate Scholarship for Elementary School Teachers to pursue a master's degree and pivot from corporate philanthropy to teaching.
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Columbia Toxicologist Adam Blumenberg Launches Two Podcasts on Poisons for Spooky Season
Columbia medical toxicologist Adam Blumenberg hosts two poison podcasts: the nonfiction Toxic History! and the fictional The Consulting Toxicologist, plus other Columbia podcast recommendations for Halloween.
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Microplastics Are Chemically Active and Could Cause Biological Harm, Columbia Study Finds
Columbia and UC Berkeley researchers find that as plastic fragments into micro- and nanoparticles, its expanding surface generates reactive oxygen species that may damage living tissue.
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Columbia's Michael Woodford Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Woodford shares the Sveriges Riksbank Prize with Stanford's Robert E. Hall, becoming Columbia's 16th economics laureate and 89th Nobel laureate.
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Columbia Welcomes 14th Cohort of A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars
Six local residents begin a three-year Columbia University affiliation as the 14th cohort of A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars, leading projects on wellness, education, storytelling and restorative justice.
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Columbia Offers Voting Guide Ahead of November 3 General Election
With Election Day less than a month away, Columbia Neighbors has published a voting resource guide covering key deadlines, early voting dates, ballot options and polling sites for New Yorkers.
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Columbia's Hartley Hall Set for Major Renovation, Reopening Fall 2027
Columbia University is renovating the 120-year-old Hartley Hall, upgrading rooms, systems and accessibility while targeting LEED Gold certification, with the residence hall set to reopen for Fall 2027.
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Columbia's Institute of Global Politics Hosts 2026 Midterms Battleground States Webinar
Columbia's Institute of Global Politics hosts a webinar on the 2026 midterms, examining politics and trends in key battleground states ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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Columbia and NOAA to Deploy Robot Sailboats for Five-Year Southern Ocean Carbon Study
Columbia and NOAA researchers will use uncrewed surface vehicles to measure how much human-produced CO2 the Southern Ocean absorbs and stores, in a project spanning five years.
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Columbia Engineering Hosts 'AI + Culture' World Leaders Forum Event
Global leaders, technologists and artists gathered at Columbia's Low Library Rotunda for an "AI + Culture" forum examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping human development and creative expression.
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Columbia Welcomes World Leaders to Morningside Campus for Forum
Columbia University hosted world leaders including Mary Robinson, Panama's President Mulino, Ukraine's First Lady Zelenska, Finland's President Stubb and Greece's PM Mitsotakis during UN General Assembly week.
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Columbia Exhibition 'Drawn by a Columbian' Celebrates Alumni Cartoonists Through 2026
Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library showcases early works of alumni cartoonists and artists in 'Drawn by a Columbian,' on view in the Chang Octagon Room through Dec. 14, 2026.
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Declaration of Independence Still 'Radical' and Required Reading at Columbia, Professor Says
Columbia's Marcus Folch says the Declaration of Independence remains required reading for all undergraduates and is more radical than both the Constitution and America today.
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Columbia Seismologist Warns Glacier Retreat Is Making Deadly Tsunamis More Likely
Columbia's Goran Ekstrom explains how a 200-million-ton rock collapse sent water 1,500 feet up an Alaska fjord, and why retreating glaciers make such tsunamis more likely near cruise routes.
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Sarah Ruhl to Close Zuckerman Institute Residency With Talk on Memory, Body and Theater
Playwright Sarah Ruhl ends her Alan Kanzer Writer-in-Residence term at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute with a conversation on memory, the body and theater, joined by Kathy Chalfant and Daphna Shohamy.
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Columbia University to Host Major Events as Climate Week NYC Returns Sept. 20–27
Columbia's campus becomes a hub for Climate Week NYC, hosting summits on fashion, clean air, regenerative materials, agentic AI and COP32, alongside new research on gas waste and AI data centers.
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Columbia Survey Finds Student Belonging Up, Acceptance for Race and Ethnicity Down
Columbia's 2025 HEALS survey shows belonging rose to 57 percent from 50 percent, while agreement that students felt accepted for their race or ethnicity fell to 65 percent from 71 percent.
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