Science

Refining the pursuit

Explaining the changing rationale behind the science requirement.

Scientific theories debunked

Scribble outside the lines when it comes to your class selection.

Keeping STEM rooted

As important as scientific prowess is, Columbia should continue enriching SEAS through the liberal arts.

Science is not a clique

Science alone doesn't have all the answers to life.

Profs use new technique to measure oil spill damage

An ongoing concern for experts has been the difficulty of accurately measuring the damage of the spill, but Timothy Crone and Maya Tolstoy, two marine geophysicists at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, say that a new analysis technique has proven fairly successful.

Life After the Nobel: Eric Kandel researches memory, writes about art

Eric Kandel, university professor and Kavli Professor of brain science in neuroscience, won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons.

BC environmental science dept. hopes to renovate labs

Barnard's environmental science department envisions one floor for all of its courses as well as the creation of two new office spaces.

Barnard uses science award money to revamp chem labs

At Barnard, more money means more lab space.

Columbia researchers rake in NIH awards

With four faculty members nabbing prestigious NIH awards, University faculty say they’re looking forward to the research they can now pursue with the grants­.

Dana Pe’er’s quest for Camelot

Dana Pe’er and her team have developed a method to predict how organisms respond to drugs based on their genetic information.