Columbia launches sustainable development major

Starting Fall 2010, undergraduates will have the opportunity to major in sustainable development.

By Alix Pianin | Mar 9 03:09 am ET

Starting Fall 2010, undergraduates will have the opportunity to major in sustainable development.

A defense of the examined life

Without questioning the basic tenets of your life, you run the dire risk of being completely mistaken about the nature of the universe and yourself.

By Evan Burger | Sep 28 08:02 pm ET

Without questioning the basic tenets of your life, you run the dire risk of being completely mistaken about the nature of the universe and yourself.

Why not wonder?

The students here flinch, smirk, nod, or raise their eyebrows when I tell them that I am a philosophy major.

By Yurina Ko | Sep 20 07:32 pm ET

The students here flinch, smirk, nod, or raise their eyebrows when I tell them that I am a philosophy major.

Earth Institute to create new major for fall 2010

As issues of climate control continue to make front-page news, the Earth Institute plans to unveil a new undergraduate major in sustainable development for fall 2010.

By Margaux Groux | Apr 15 08:27 pm ET

As issues of climate control continue to make front-page news, the Earth Institute plans to unveil a new undergraduate major in sustainable development for fall 2010.

French Dept. Ups Interdisciplinary Studies

It’s the middle of the night when Nina Morency Brassard’s cell phone rings—it’s St. Luke’s Hospital, and her services are needed immediately.

By Margaux Groux | Oct 24 04:36 am ET

It’s the middle of the night when Nina Morency Brassard’s cell phone rings—it’s St. Luke’s Hospital, and her services are needed immediately.

All Our World Is Definitely Not a Stage

I came to college to study theater. Yes—theater. It is a discipline, a subject, a merit-worthy department like any other. But unfortunately, it seems Columbia doesn’t agree.

By Ariel Hudes | Apr 17 09:53 pm ET

I came to college to study theater. Yes—theater. It is a discipline, a subject, a merit-worthy department like any other. But unfortunately, it seems Columbia doesn’t agree.