Recent News from Columbia
April 25, 2024
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.
April 23, 2024
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.
April 22, 2024
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.
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Columbia in the News
It’s been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we’re still getting wrong about school shootings
Los Angeles Times, April 19
Worsening allergies tied to climate change and severe weather
NBC News, April 18
Pleasure or Pain? He Maps the Neural Circuits That Decide.
Quanta Magazine, April 16