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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 1h

🏆 Congratulations to Kristina G. Douglass, archaeologist and Associate Professor of Climate at @climate.columbia.edu, who has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow.

📷 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Columbia Climate School @climate.columbia.edu · 6h

Kristina G. Douglass, an archaeologist and Columbia Climate School associate professor whose community-based research uses lessons from the past to help communities adapt to climate change, has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Via State of the Planet: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/10/08/a...

Kristina G. Douglass, Archaeologist, 2025 MacArthur Fellow, New York, NY, October 2025. Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 6h

🧩 🌥️ Climate modeling can feel like building a puzzle while new pieces keep being added. Explore how researchers at @columbiaseas.bsky.social are working to give us the full picture.

Why Modeling Climate is More Challenging than Forecasting Weather | Columbia Engineering

Climate models must simulate many overlapping systems to predict or project future climate.

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Columbia Business School @columbiabusiness.bsky.social · 2d

For the 2025–26 academic year, CBS welcomes an outstanding cohort of new faculty members whose research and teaching extend to areas like AI, economics, labor, and finance, strengthening our world-class community. https://bit.ly/4pVNL7V

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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 5d

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds health and safety guidelines set by the World Health Organization. At Climate Week 2025, experts at @columbiaseas.bsky.social offered a roadmap to cleaner air across the world.

How Data and Partnerships Can Address Air Pollution | Columbia Engineering

Air pollution is both a climate and public health crisis. Professor V. Faye McNeill explains why solving it requires innovation, collaboration, and global action.

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Columbia Business School @columbiabusiness.bsky.social · 8d

Calling all Columbia graduate students: how is AI affecting you and your education?

Join the upcoming Columbia AI students-only forum to raise questions and voice your perspectives on how AI is shaping your research and career path. Register today: https://bit.ly/48IISc3

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory @lamont.columbia.edu · 10d

R/V Marcus G. Langseth science officer Cody Bahlau reports...before diving into full operations offshore Mexico, the expedition MGL 2510 science team spent time learning and practicing the tools of the trade! 🚢 Learn more: instagram.com/p/DPJszOVDr__

Training taking place aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth during expedition 2510

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Columbia Business School @columbiabusiness.bsky.social · 9d

Columbia Business School research reveals why some moments stay with us while others fade, uncovering the three psychological pillars behind meaningful, memorable, and authentic consumer experiences. Check it out now: https://bit.ly/4nTAzhQ

3 Keys to Creating Memorable Consumer Experiences | Columbia Business School

Why do some consumer experiences feel unforgettable? Columbia Business School research finds that uniqueness, meaningfulness, and authenticity are the three key ingredients that make moments stand out...

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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 15d

🌳 🪓 When the chopping begins, history ends. At Columbia's Tree Ring Lab, every piece of timber tells a story.

Rings of Time: Seeking Clues to the Future in Urban Timber

Lamont scientists are working with lumber salvage companies to preserve old timbers from demolished structures that offer rich clues to climate data and human history.

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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · 15d

LIVE 🔴 The @columbiauniversity.bsky.social World Leaders Forum with @noiweala.bsky.social, Director-General of the @wto.org and @columbiaigp.bsky.social Carnegie Distinguished Fellow

www.youtube.com/live/JPoVBgT...

World Leaders Forum: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization

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Columbia Climate School @climate.columbia.edu · 16d

A recipient of the Stanley Park Climate Finance Scholarship, Pulkit Bajpai joins our inaugural MS in Climate Finance class to complement his experience in climate economics and data science to contribute to progress in climate change adaptation and funding: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/09/22/s...

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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · 16d

NEW report from the @columbiaigp.bsky.social Women’s Initiative, Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social, & @gwlvoices.bsky.social

🌐 Beijing+30: A Roadmap for Women’s Rights for the Next Thirty Years

Access the report here: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/igp/fi...

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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 19d

Columbia experts and alumni are generating holistic solutions to fix our industrialized food system, offering better health and a sustainable future.

Explore their impact: https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/how-do-we-change-way-we-eat

How Do We Change the Way We Eat?

Our industrialized food system is harming our health and warming the planet. Columbia experts weigh in on solutions.

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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · 19d

LIVE 🔴 @columbiaigp.bsky.social virtual roundtable on the future of the UN at a moment of mounting global strain.

With @kelleycurrie.bsky.social, Maggie Dougherty, @chrislu44.bsky.social, IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow @nmladenov.bsky.social & Jonathan Lincoln

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The UN at a Crossroads: US Engagement and the Future of Multilateralism

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Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social · 19d

How does the brain connect with each muscle to control the body? Check out new videos from @columbiamed.bsky.social & @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social that reveal two key molecules behind this vital process in fruit flies. @genesdev.bsky.social

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Columbia Climate School @climate.columbia.edu · 20d

🌊 HS students, explore how climate change is impacting Earth's water systems in our virtual, 7-week pre-college workshop (Sat mornings Oct 18-Dec 6) led by @lamont.columbia.edu's Margie Turrin and Marisa Annunziato. ✅ Register for Sep 24 virtual info session: www.climate.columbia.edu/ripple-effec...

Sharks seen from below swimming in blue water with seaweed in the foreground with text Pre-College Programs - Ripple Effects: Water in a Warming World.

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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · 21d

LIVE 🔴 Join @columbiaigp.bsky.social for the launch of Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo & Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social’s new book, Inside the Situation Room. Also featuring Jen Klein, Victoria Nuland, @profsaunders.bsky.social, @sangernyt.bsky.social & Tim Naftali

Tune in: youtube.com/live/wcOQuHW...

Inside the Situation Room: Book Talk on Crisis Decision-Making and Leadership

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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · 22d

LIVE 🔴 Join Columbia IGP for a virtual roundtable on Increasing Accountability for CRSV with Sheryl Sandberg, @columbiasipa.bsky.social Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Beth Van Schaack, Margot Wallstrom, Rachel Vogelstein, & Jean-Marie Guehenno.

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Increasing Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

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Columbia Institute of Global Politics @columbiaigp.bsky.social · 23d

Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is under-prosecuted, trials are infrequent, and impunity for this crime is too often the norm.

On September 16 at 11 am ET, tune in to this virtual roundtable on how to increase accountability for CRSV.

➡️ youtube.com/live/MxTTESD...

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Columbia Climate School @climate.columbia.edu · 23d

Sun Sep 21, kick of #ClimateWeekNYC #ColumbiaClimateWeek with 5th BIPOC Climate Justice Summit: Power Shift hosted by HBCU Green Fund, Donors of Color Network, ACE Observatory, Columbia Climate School Environmental & Climate Justice Project, Barnard College: www.climate.columbia.edu/events/bipoc...

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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 27d

Today we honor those lost on September 11, 2001. We will always remember the 42 Columbia alumni who perished that day as part of our Columbia University community.

Columbia remembers September 11: https://news.columbia.edu/content/columbia-remembers-911

📷 Eileen Barroso

American flags placed on grass in front of the Columbia University library on a sunny day.

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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 28d

🍎 Roughly 40 percent of produce in the United States goes uneaten, but a simple intervention can help ensure edible fruits and vegetables don't go to waste. https://business.columbia.edu/research-brief/ugly-produce-food-waste-bias

From People to Produce: How Appearance Bias Fuels Food Waste | Columbia Business School

Nearly 40% of produce in the U.S. goes uneaten, often because it looks unattractive. New Columbia Business School research shows how appearance bias fuels food waste—and how a simple message, “Differe...

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Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social · 28d

🌱 Built for the future: Columbia's newest residence hall is all-electric and fossil fuel-free!

Explore this addition to Columbia Housing: https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/columbia-opens-first-all-electric-residence-hall

Group of people, including Columbia University faculty and administration, participating in a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside a brick building.

Two students in a Columbia University dorm room, one seated at a desk wearing headphones and the other standing, engaged in conversation. The room is furnished with beds, desks, and Yale-themed decor.

Exterior view of a traditional brick building with multiple windows and a detailed stone façade on a sunny day.

Three people are sitting at a metal table in an outdoor courtyard, engaged in conversation over mobile devices. Lush green plants line the back wall, and the area is enclosed by warm-toned walls with windows.

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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌊 The 6th annual "Rethinking Water" Conference unites experts to solve America's water crisis through sustainable solutions. Don't miss this key event during #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering! https://bit.ly/4njn7Ur
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Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social · 29d

Our event "How Early Life Shapes the Developing Brain" was so popular that we’ve added more virtual tickets! Join experts as they discuss early life, brain development, and resilience.

Sign up at bit.ly/SNFBILSept

Featuring Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD; Kevin G. Bath, PhD; moderated by Thiago Arzua, PhD.

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