Carol Becker is a writer, educator, and former dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and The School of the Art ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal’s brain, and by some measures the most important. In humans in particular, it’s where most things happen—like perception, thinking, memory storage, ...

While the judicial machinery of early modern witch-hunting could work with terrifying swiftness, skepticism and evidentiary barriers often made conviction difficult. Seeking proof strong enough to ...

In the latest edition of Columbia's student culinary demo series, Dining in Eggcellence, students learned to make vegetarian sushi from Columbia Dining and Event Management staff. Their reward? A ...

GSAPP’s Mario Gooden believes that architecture must fully engage with the cultural landscape.

Witches and witch trials remain a source of enduring curiosity. Julie Stone Peters, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature, has written a book that approaches them in a ...

Cody O’Ferrall worked as a fisherman in Alaska before studying here. Now he's building a boat to clear urban ponds of algae.

It's time again for your Columbia News Quiz. Test yourself with questions on dark matter, quantum entanglement, and Golden Globe winners. Let's see how much you remember from the month of January!

GSAPP student Pimchid Chariyacharoen wants to integrate urban food production and biological cycles to make cities more ...