Troubled Water: A Student’s Crusade to Solve Puerto Rico’s Crisis
Omar Negron-Ocasio, a graduate student, saw the need for a sustainable solution to Puerto Rico's ongoing water crisis and created water filtration company.
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Earthquake May Have Destroyed Ancient Canaanite Palace
Professor of Classics and Anthropology Eric Cline co-directed a team of Israeli and American researchers that uncovered evidence of an earthquake that may have destroyed a...
Election Outlook: Alumnus Highlights ‘Good News’
During election season, Joshua Douglas, BA ’02, JD ’07—a nationally renowned expert on election law—finds his inbox crowded with emails from friends, family, students and media...
Changing Landscapes, Changing Diets: How Fossilized Teeth Reveal Dietary Shifts
Enquye Negash, a postdoctoral researcher in the Columbian College’s Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, led a research team that documented dietary shifts in...
Adapting to a Different Kind of Fall Semester
With a limited number of students on campus this fall and all classes taught remotely, CCAS Spotlight asked Columbian College students to share their stories of how they are approaching...
Alumna Journalist Spotlights Cries For Racial Justice
Zinhle Essamuah, BA ’15, MA ’17, has a different take on the axiom that journalists give voice to the voiceless.
Changing Landscapes, Changing Diets: How Fossilized Teeth Reveal Ancient Dietary Shifts
Enquye Negash, a postdoctoral researcher in the Columbian College’s Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, led a new study that documents dietary shifts in herbivores that lived between...
Getting Creative: Student Research in the Virtual Learning Environment
Student research through virtual learning in the COVID-19 pandemic
Managing a Transformed Educational Landscape
When Paul Wahlbeck was named permanent dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences in late July, he faced an educational landscape transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic....
New Faculty Bolsters Columbian College Ranks
Columbian College will welcome 18 new faculty members this fall, bringing the total number of full-time academics to 534, and adding new skills and expertise to disciplines across the sciences,...