TOP STORY
A Free Press for a Shrinking World
In his new book, President Bollinger argues that while freedom of the press was a great 20th century achievement in the U.S., an increasingly global society must have robust, uninhibited and broadly international news media. 

CLIMATE
Columbia Experts Create Blueprint for Climate Resilience in New York City
As world leaders gather at the climate summit in Copenhagen, experts in New York are working on a way to help the city respond to the effects of climate change. 

GLOBAL
Columbia and President Clinton Host Symposium to Mark World AIDS Day
On World AIDS Day, President Bill Clinton spoke at a symposium on campus, one of many Columbia initiatives that seek to raise awareness about the AIDS pandemic, both locally and abroad.

RESEARCH
NASA NuSTAR Telescope Being Built
at Nevis
Columbia professor Charles Hailey is assembling mirrors for NuSTAR, the most sensitive X-ray telescope ever constructed.

ON CAMPUS
A Conversation With Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel
Nine years after winning the Nobel Prize, neuroscientist Eric Kandel, who turned 80 in November, is as inspired by science as he was at the start of his career.