Sara Maria Hasbun

Cyril Phatshwane, a master’s student at Teachers College, is blind.

There’s a community within our community that you might not know about. It is a culture, but it’s not a religion, nationality, or ethnicity.

When he was elected mayor of New York City in 1990, David Dinkins called the city a “gorgeous mosaic” of diversity.

A research team at Columbia was awarded a $4 million research grant for the year 2008 to investigate the mysterious sudden decline in U.S. bee colonies, according to Columbia’s Office of Public Affairs.

Composers, journalists, and scholars from more than 16 countries join to celebrate Harlem’s role in the international jazz community for the 10-day Columbia/Harlem Festival of Global Jazz this week.

A new study at Columbia has shown the human skeleton to be part of the endocrine system, according to an article published in the Aug. 10 issue of Cell. While bones were previously thought to serve only a structural function, Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D., and chair of the genetics and development department at the Columbia University Medical School, has found them to serve a more dynamic role.

Sasha De La Cruz, BC '08, would not have been able to attend college if not for the Higher Education Opportunity Program.

University Greek Life is facing an administrative crackdown on parties, according to students who belong to campus sororities and fraternities.

When Ian Sanborn was five, he wanted desperately to join a dance class. But when he and his mother approached the teacher of a dance studio in New Hampshire, she took a look at his hearing aid and asked his mother, "Are you kidding me?"

If you give Alan money, you can be assured it won't go to drugs. But that's because the government pays for them.

While some students worry about getting their B.A. or M.A. or Ph.D., the sisters of Sigma Delta Tau are working on more important things.

An Urban Studies class at Barnard has discovered that New Yorkers may not be as cold-hearted as they seem.

The National Science Foundation has awarded four Columbia professors about $1.3 million in grants to fund research such as working towards curing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

College students from all over New York City gathered in Lerner yesterday to debate notions of race and identity at an event coordinated by Columbia's Grupo Quisqueyano, in honor of Black History Month and Dominican Week.