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Dendroarchaeological analysis of the Terminal Warehouse in New York City reveals a history of long-distance timber transport during the Gilded Age
Dr. Edward R. Cook, Ewing Lamont Research Professor at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was part of a study recently published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports:
How will the world respond to the European Union’s proposed carbon border tax?
Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia University, was quoted in an article by Marketplace on Monday:
Ira Katznelson Finishes Term as Mary Boyce Becomes Provost
Ira Katznelson is officially stepping down as Interim Provost, after a nearly two-year tenure that saw Columbia through a period of singular challenge and change. He is the Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History and Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects and will return, full time, to his work as a scholar and teacher. His successor, Columbia Engineering Dean Mary Boyce, begins her term as Provost on July 1, 2021.
How Data Collection Can Boost the Pandemic Response in Africa
Wilmot James, ISERP Senior Research Scholar, and Lawrence Stanberry, dean for international programs at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, are interviewed about the purpose and activity of the new Vaccine Safety and Confidence-building Working Group for the Columbia News series Taking Action.
Wilmot James, ISERP Senior research Scholar, and Abigail Pyne were published in the Daily Maverick.
Sharing vaccine doses with Africa is not just a moral imperative, it is an act that will protect the G7’s own citizens, economies and health systems. Unicef has proposed that G7 members donate 20% of their available vaccines, which would allow one billion doses to be quickly administered to nations in need, saving thousands of African lives.
NYC’s Crime Spike Puts Policing in the Spotlight of Mayor’s Race
Robert Shapiro, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government, was quoted in Bloomberg.
New York City is gearing up for the last month of a mayoral race that is coinciding with a spike of gun violence the city hasn’t seen in decades, including a 166% increase in shootings in April from a year before and a shooting in Times Square that’s rocked the city....
Nikhar Gaikwad, Assistant Professor of Political Science, published a peer-reviewed article in the American Political Science Review with co-author Gareth Nellis.