In Language City, Ross Perlin, a linguist, takes readers on a tour of the city’s communities with endangered tongues.

From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently.

May 21 marked the conferral of 15,000+ degrees upon Columbia's newest graduates, who hail from all 50 states and 100+ ...

In Love, Money, Duty, Rachel Adams explores care as a form of work, a feeling, an ethic, and an art. Combining readings of writers and artists—among them, Toni Morrison, Susan Sontag, Roz Chast, Sally ...

We salute our newly commissioned graduates! Congratulations to Elena Casas (SEAS'25), William Culver (SEAS'25), Milana Rodriguez (CC'25), and Daniel Sanchez (SEAS'25), all just commissioned into the ...

Fifty years ago, the United States lost a war to a country that few Americans could find on a map; in the intervening decades, however, more has been written on the Vietnam War than most of America’s ...

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 ...

Grab your tissues: We asked the Class of 2025 to share their photos, memories, gratitude, and advice in anticipation of Commencement Week. As students, families, and friends gather across campus to ...

In Live Stock and Dead Things, Anthropology Professor Hannah Chazin combines zooarchaeology and anthropology to challenge familiar narratives about the role of animals in the rise of modern societies.

Columbia University’s research mission is central to its identity and critical to the country and world beyond our campus. In a recent series of visits at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and ...

Columbia is excited to honor our 2025 graduates for the next several days! Here, we look back at Commencement Day on Low Plaza in 1987. For more archival scenes and notable honorands, like Muhammad ...