Medicine & Health

Gloved hand holds a vial of water containing colorful microplastic particles.

Research

Microplastics Are Chemically Active, and Could Cause Biological Harm

October 19, 2026

Gloved researcher holds a NovaKnee prototype while another person points toward it in a lab.

Research

Columbia's NovaKnee Makes Time's 2026 Best Inventions List

October 16, 2026

Faculty & Staff

Columbia Engineer Awarded NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

October 13, 2026

by Camryn Hadley

Scientific diagram showing how T cells change over time and localize in tissue following stem-cell transplantation.

Research

Tracking How T Cells Evolve in Graft-Versus-Host Disease

September 25, 2026

by Devyn Forcina and Lorenza Favrot

Organ-on-a-chip device inside a clear plastic dish, with two tubes connected to a small, light-red microfluidic chamber used to study how cancer spreads through blood flow to organs

Research

New Chip Mimics How Cancer Spreads

August 19, 2026

by Meeri Kim

Portrait photo of Professor Elisa Konofagou, a researcher, dressed in a black jacket over a dark blue shirt, looking into the camera in a well-lit hallway with white walls and a blue door.

Research

Doctors May Now See the Hidden Signs of Sudden Cardiac Death

August 17, 2026

by Camryn Hadley

Illustration of a pregnant person’s abdomen with a fetus inside the uterus, overlaid with heart and waveform-style monitoring graphics and geometric sensor icons, representing AI-powered maternal–fetal monitoring during labor.

Research

Columbia University to Lead ARPA-H-Funded Effort to Transform Childbirth Through AI-Powered Maternal–Fetal Monitoring

July 22, 2026

Hazy street in New York

Faculty & Staff

What to Know About New York City's Air Quality Emergency

July 17, 2026

by Grant Currin

Six adults stand shoulder to shoulder in an office-like room in front of wood shelving and a framed painting.

Research

New Gift Expands Brain Cancer Research to Greece

July 07, 2026

Elham Azizi

Faculty & Staff

Elham Azizi Receives 40 Under 40 in Cancer Award

June 02, 2026

by Devyn Forcina

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic

Faculty & Staff

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic wins the L’Oréal-UNESCO International Award for Women in Science

May 19, 2026

by Camryn Hadley

A woman wearing Columbia University graduation gown smiling for a photo

Students

BME Grad to Study Immunoengineering as a Gates-Cambridge Scholar

May 14, 2026