Science Jul 30 Could the path to a more nutritious pizza be illuminated by laser beams? By Nsikan Akpan, Jamie Leventhal
Nation Jun 17 Alan Brinkley, scholar of liberalism, dies at age 70 Brinkley was an academic who traced the evolution of liberalism from the New Deal to the 21st century and was a popular commentator on culture and politics. By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Health Apr 19 U.S. researcher says he’s ready to start pregnancies with ‘three-parent’ embryos Researchers at Columbia University in New York have created embryos containing genetic material from three people and are ready to use them to start pregnancies. But they’re at a legal impasse. By Emily Mullin, STAT
Nation Oct 01 Volunteers are helping Puerto Rico from home, with a map anyone can edit While island officials continued to call for aid this week, organizations delivering relief are asking for help with a lesser-known resource: map data. By Corinne Segal
Politics Jun 08 Friend confirms he leaked Comey memo to NYT A Columbia University law professor and close friend of former FBI director James Comey has confirmed he leaked contents of one of Comey's memos to The New York Times. By Associated Press
Nov 16 Columbia sidelines wrestling team over racist, sexist group messages By Ryan Connelly Holmes The conversations, in the app GroupMe for the Class of 2017, showed homophobic, racist and misogynistic comments going back as far as 2014, Bwog reported. Continue reading
Apr 10 What ‘The Wire’ can teach us about storytelling By Michael D. Regan The award-winning series captivated viewers attracted to its raw realism and connection to the shadowy inner-workings of Baltimore’s gangs, media and government. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 3:42 How ‘The Wire’ is inspiring new classroom curricula By PBS NewsHour Columbia University this week held a conference on how lessons from ‘The Wire’ -- the critically acclaimed TV series on Baltimore’s inner-workings of gangs, media and government -- cut across academic disciplines. The show has become a popular talking point… Continue watching
Mar 28 What ‘white folks who teach in the hood’ get wrong about education By Kenya Downs A Columbia University professor has had enough of what he calls a pervasive narrative in urban education: a savior complex that places mostly white teachers in minority classrooms as heroes who "saving" kids. Continue reading
Apr 05 Review calls disputed Rolling Stone campus rape story case of ‘journalistic failure’ By Daniel Costa-Roberts, Elisabeth Ponsot An independent review of a Rolling Stone article about the alleged gang rape of a University of Virginia student has found the magazine failed in the “reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking” of the now-discredited story. Continue reading