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Is Physical Activity Always Good For Us?

Working consistently in an occupation with medium or high occupational physical activity was linked to an increased risk of cognitive impairment, according to a new study by the Norwegian National>>>

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Professor Simon Brendle Wins Breakthrough Prize

Oliver Philcox, a junior fellow in the Simons Society of Fellows, hosted at Columbia, was also recognized with Breakthrough’s New Horizons in Physics Prize for early-career researchers. Philcox>>>

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Jhumpa Lahiri Returns to Barnard as a Professor

Jhumpa Lahiri, who holds a B.A. in English from Barnard, returns this fall as the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program. She is a bilingual writer>>>

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The Secrets of Black Rock Forest

Somewhere in a hilly, deep-green wilderness fifty-five miles north of Morningside Heights, where the New York–New Jersey Highlands meet the Hudson River basin, a turtle climbs onto a rock to bask in>>>

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The July News Quiz: Blockbuster Edition

Quiz Photo by Haoyang Yu (SEAS’20) This summer has been scorching, but Columbians have been keeping cool at movie theaters, in city parks, and conducting research on the frozen tundra. Test>>>

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