Recent News from Columbia
With Hybrid Brains, These Mice Smell Like a Rat
Columbia researchers have created mice with hybrid brains—part mouse, part rat—that sense odors with their rat neurons.
Morningside Campus Update
“The encampment raises serious safety concerns, disrupts campus life, and has created a tense and at times hostile environment for many members of our community. It is essential that we move forward with a plan to dismantle it,” wrote President Shafik.
Statement from Columbia University President Minouche Shafik
To deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday. During the coming days, a working group of Deans, university administrators and faculty members will try to bring this crisis to a resolution.
Research & Discovery
Arts & Humanities
![Ann Cooper is an award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent with more than 25 years of radio and print reporting experience. She also worked for eight years as executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists before joining Columbia. Columbia University emeritus professor Ann Cooper](/sites/default/files/styles/cu_crop/public/content/2024/ann-cooper-columbia_0.jpg?itok=1M7ho2zN)
Co-writer Ann Cooper’s Newshawks in Berlin describes the perils of reporting from war zones.
![Jorge Otero-Pailos directs the Historic Preservation Program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Columbia University Professor Jorge Otero-Pailos](/sites/default/files/styles/cu_crop/public/content/2024/jorge-otero-pailos-columbia_0.jpg?itok=p82sgHxz)
The GSAPP professor’s outdoor sculptures advocate for the experimental preservation of U.S. embassies.
![Dennis Yi Tenen is a long-time affiliate of Columbia’s Data Science Institute and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Photo by Emma Asher. Columbia University Professor Dennis Yi Tenen](/sites/default/files/styles/cu_crop/public/content/2024/dennis-tenen-emma-asher-columbia_1.jpg?itok=Jk6e41my)
In his new book, Dennis Yi Tenen presents AI as a matter of collaborative labor history.
Campus & Community
National & Global Affairs
![Institute of Global Politics, Columbia University. Photo credit: Nir Arieli. IGP, Columbia University. Photo credit: Nir Arieli](/sites/default/files/styles/cu_crop/public/content/igp-new-womens-initiative-nir-arieli-columbia.jpg?itok=_V5UQTTy)
The event convened leading policymakers, scholars, and advocates to discuss a range of issues, from reproductive rights to gender equity in the workplace to technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Columbia in the News
Los Angeles Times, April 19
NBC News, April 18
Quanta Magazine, April 16