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More than 1,000 children explored science at CUIMC’s Curious Minds Science Zone, inspiring young learners through hands-on activities, experiments, and engaging demonstrations.

The 62 graduate students of the inaugural VIBRE class have begun a reimagined PhD program designed to break disciplinary barriers and accelerate biomedical discovery.

Global temperatures will soon surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, overshooting a goal outlined in the 2015 Paris Climate Accords.

The ColumbiaDoctors Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Group in Washington Heights grew from one of the first faculty practices in the country led by advanced practice nurses.

Life expectancy for the autistic population enrolled in Medicaid is about 65 years, almost 6 years shorter than the overall Medicaid population and 14 years shorter than the U.S. general population.

Columbia scientists have mapped how a protein called fibronectin stops the brain from talking to its blood vessels in Alzheimer's, and laid the groundwork for drugs that could prevent the disease.

The anniversary is a call to continue caring and advocating for the first responders, survivors, and families who continue to live with the consequences of that day.

Drawing on data from the WTC Health Registry, Mailman School investigators are uncovering links between exposure to hazardous dust from the World Trade Center attack and a variety of illnesses.

CUIMC and Amazon Web Services have launched a collaborative agreement that will support the development and commercialization of biomarkers and diagnostics for diseases.

New cutting-edge techniques can accurately edit genes in human embryos—giving scientists indispensable tools for understanding normal human development—but come with important risks.

Columbia University will award the 2026 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Adrian Bird and Huda Zoghbi

A new technique may help solve one of Alzheimer’s central mysteries: how normal tau proteins begin their transformation into destructive forms that damage the brain.

NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been redesignated as a Level I Pediatric Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons.

Columbia researchers have found that the trauma experienced by many first responders and recovery workers on 9/11 is still being felt by their children.

A combination therapy developed by Columbia investigators may offer a new treatment strategy for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, one of the most difficult cancers to treat.

CUIMC’s summer STEM pathway programs give students hands-on exposure to science, medicine, research, and health careers while expanding opportunities for underrepresented youth.

A radical idea that cancer cells can only exist in a limited number of “quantum” states could ultimately simplify the search for new drugs and improve treatment for nearly all patients.

A persuasive explanation makes laypeople, but not experienced physicians, more likely to trust an AI’s incorrect health advice.

Columbia researchers have developed a multi-organ chip that mimics how cancer cells spread from vascular flow to distant organs, the first model of cancer metastasis of its kind.

The new interventional radiology suite in Westchester is one of three currently available in the world.