CLIMATE
Researchers Consider Impact of Active Hurricane Season on Gulf Oil Spill
Columbia researchers are studying how major storms could complicate efforts to clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 

RESEARCH
New Metric Predicts Language Recovery Following Stroke
A team of researchers led by Columbia University Medical Center has developed a method to predict post-stroke recovery of language by measuring the initial severity of impairment.

NEW YORK STORIES
Columbia Community Business Program Trains Local Entrepreneurs
A new Columbia program for mid-sized businesses and not-for-profit organizations in Upper Manhattan provides local business owners with routine guidance on a pro-bono basis. 

ON CAMPUS
Ghoulish Acquisition No Mystery to University Libraries
A large collection of works by idiosyncratic illustrator, designer and writer Edward Gorey has been donated to Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library by Andrew Alpern.

GLOBAL
No Longer Anchored, Antarctic Glacier Surges to Sea
Satellite tracking has shown that one of Antarctica's largest ice streams is accelerating and thus contributing a growing share of the melt water raising sea levels worldwide.