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Mailman School Virus Hunter Ian Lipkin Puts Science on Screen
Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns turned to Columbia professor Ian Lipkin to help create a film firmly grounded in scientific fact. 

ON CAMPUS
Professor Rachel Adams Makes a Place for Disability Studies
Rachel Adams' interest in marginalized populations grew into a broader concern with disability studies, which examines the social, cultural and political dimensions of disability.

RESEARCH
Exploring the Properties of World's Strongest Known Material
Physicist Abhay Pasupathy is studying the properties of graphene, an ultra-thin, super-strong material with potential applications such as touchscreens and solar cells.

NEW YORK STORIES
A Decade Later: The University Reflects on 9/11
Columbia commemorated the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 with a range of programs rooted in its mission as a place of learning, research and reflection. 

GLOBAL
Students Aboard for Lamont Earthquake Research on Alaska Coast
Over the summer, a group of Columbia research scientists and undergraduates spent time aboard a National Science Foundation ship mapping the ocean floor off the Aleutian Islands.