New chair Oliver Simons outlines his plans and discusses why the study of languages and literature is key today.

The B-list novels of Mary Shelley; I’m in the early stages of drafting a new book about Mary Shelley, so I have to read ...

A Columbia scientist’s lab revolutionized digital photography with a new kind of imaging now used in more than a billion ...

This year marks 200 years of Italian studies at Columbia. In 1825, the Standing Committee of the Trustees of Columbia College established a Professorship of Italian Literature, and appointed Lorenzo ...

Ketamine—an anesthetic also known for its illicit use as a recreational drug—has undergone a thorough reputational rehabilitation in recent years as the medical establishment has begun to recognize ...

There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won’t find it at your local bodega, but in the coldest place in New York: the lab of Columbia physicist Sebastian ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former U.S. Secretary of State, will join Columbia University as professor of practice at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and presidential fellow at ...