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Engineering & Science

In labs, in partnerships with New York City, and in global fieldwork — research at Columbia is about solving huge problems like climate change and hunger, as well as solving huge mysteries like the origin of the universe. It’s about impacting the world with new technologies, new social media, new ways of looking at the human body, new animation techniques. Getting involved in research here is no Ivory Tower exercise. It’s faculty and students actively working wonders.

Columbia Professor, Joachim Frank, PhD, wins the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Congratulations to Columbia Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Joachim Frank, PhD, on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with cryo-electron microscopy.
 

Art of Engineering for First-Year Students (youtube video)

Learn about the five pillars of the Art of Engineering course for first-year Columbia Engineering students.

Engineering Professor Hosts New TV Show

Mechanical Engineering Professor and former Astronaut Mike Massimino, SEAS '84, hosts the new series "The Planets" on Science Channel.

President's Statement on the University's Sustainability Principles

President Lee C. Bollinger reveals the institution's new sustainability principles during a period of active discussion about whether the University should divest its endowment holdings in some or all fossil fuel companies.

Meet Our Students

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The New Yorker Visits Columbia's Making and Knowing Lab

The New Yorker visits Columbia’s Making and Knowing Lab where science historians conduct alchemy-era experiments to better understand the scientific revolution.

Faculty Q&A with Assistant Professor of Statistics

John Cunningham's research integrates machine learning, a fairly new and rapidly growing field of data science and artificial intelligence, with neuroscience.

Columbia Undergraduates Host 'Spaceposium'

The Columbia Space Initiative hosted their second-annual "Spaceposium" to share their creations aimed at furthering space exploration.

Columbia Chemists Find Key to Manufacturing More Efficient Solar Cells

A new discovery by Columbia scientists could have profound implications for future energy policy. See how Professor Xiaoyang Zhu and his team manufacture solar cells in an entirely new way.
Professor Terry Plank

Giants Among Us

Professor Terry Plank

Explore Columbia's Undergraduate Student Publications

Science students have the opportunity to contribute to various student publications that strive to increase knowledge and awareness of science and technology in the Columbia community.