TOP STORY
Responding to Japan
School of Social Work dean Jeanette Takamura, in Tokyo during the March 11 earthquake, recounts Japanese resilience, while Columbia experts provide insight on the disaster. 

ON CAMPUS
Physics Professor Amber Miller Appointed New Dean of Science
The new Dean of Science for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is leading a research team whose balloon-borne telescope will take "baby pictures of the universe" from the stratosphere. 

RESEARCH
Columbia Doctors Test Watson Computer's Ability to Diagnose Illness
Professor Herbert Chase and the Department of Biomedical Informatics are working with IBM to retrofit Watson, the Jeopardy!-winning supercomputer, to help physicians.

NEW YORK STORIES
Program Reduces Hospital Visits for Local Preschoolers With Asthma
Columbia's Asthma Basics for Children program, established by the Mailman School of Public Health, provides asthma management resources designed for parents of preschool children.

GLOBAL
Scholar Says Pakistan's Police, Not Military, Is Key to Fighting Terrorism
SIPA professor Hassan Abbas has developed a plan to reform his country's weak police system which, he argues, would be more effective than the military at curtailing violent groups.