Press Release

Side-by-side portraits of Carlos Paz-Soldan (left) and Thomas Klinger (right).

Research

Columbia University and Max Planck Society Team Up to Advance Fusion Energy Science

October 20, 2026

by Mohamed Abdelfattah

Hod Lipson speaks to students seated around a table working with robotics equipment in a Columbia Engineering lab.

Research

New $20M NSF Grant to Further Power Physical AI

October 12, 2026

Angela McNeal speaks into a microphone while seated at a light blue table, with a coffee cup in front of them and blue balloons behind them.

Campus

Angela McNeal's Blueprint for Trustworthy AI

October 07, 2026

by Beatrice Mhando

Split-screen headshots of Vishal Misra and Suman Jana.

Research

Columbia Experts Urge Calm Amid AI Panic

September 14, 2026

by Mohamed Abdelfattah

Large group of attendees, some wearing name badges, posed in rows outdoors in front of a building with autumn foliage in the background.

Research

Five More Years: NSF Renews Funding for AI-Powered Earth System Modeling Center

September 02, 2026

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 brain depicting patterns of activity within a biologically constrained neural network embedded in a stylized cortex. The colored trajectories show how neural activity evolves differently depending on what information is currently relevant.

Research

The Circuit that Lets Your Brain Think and See

July 02, 2026

by Grant Currin

Eight clear lab vials in a row show bacterial cellulose forming as pale white films on top of liquids of different colors and cloudiness, grown from waste sugars such as spent grains, spent mash, and fruit/vegetable pulp.

Research

Fashion Forward: Columbia and FIT Awarded Bezos Earth Fund Grant for Sustainable Fashion

April 24, 2026

Close-up of a tilted solar panel mounted on a pole, with a blurred high-rise building of glass windows in the background.

Research

Is that Solar Panel Pointing in the Right Direction?

April 21, 2026

Mud to Metal Solution

Research

U.S. Critical Materials and Columbia University Sign Agreement to Advance Domestic Recovery of Defense-Critical Metals from Red Mud

April 16, 2026

Illustration of how electric vehicles can help balance a city’s power grid as solar generation fluctuates

Research

How Electric Cars Could Help Tropical Cities Run on Solar

April 07, 2026

by Grant Currin