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October 21, 2015

New Technique Prevents Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Patients (NewYork-Presbyterian)

LYMPHA, offered exclusively in the United States at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, is safe and effective for the prevention of breast cancer-related lymphedema, according to a recent study.
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October 20, 2015

SEAS Teams Dominate at NYC Media Lab Summit (Columbia Engineering)

Teams from Columbia Engineering won the grand prize ($1,000), as well as second ($500) and third place prizes ($250) at NYC Media Lab's Annual Summit this fall.
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October 19, 2015

No Increased Dementia Risk Found in Diagnosed Celiac Patients (CUMC Newsroom)

A new and comprehensive study by investigators at the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center has found that celiac patients are at no increased risk for dementia before or after their diagnosis of celiac disease.
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October 19, 2015

Changing How App Developers Diagnose Software Bugs

Today there are more than 1.6 million Android apps on GooglePlay, a number that has more than doubled in the last three years. Successful apps are sleek, fluid, and, above all, fast.

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October 06, 2015

Saeed Tavazoie Wins Transformative Research Award (Columbia Systems Biology)

Saeed Tavazoie, a professor in the Columbia University Department of Systems Biology, has been named a recipient of a 2015 National Institutes of Health Transformative Research Award.
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September 29, 2015

Professor Kartik Chandran Wins MacArthur “Genius” Grant (Columbia Engineering)

Kartik Chandran, associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow for his work in “transforming wastewater from a pollutant requiring disposal to a resource for useful products, such as commodity chemicals, energy sources, and fertilizers.”
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September 25, 2015

HP to Use Prof. Sal Stolfo’s Cybersecurity Technology for Embedded Devices (Columbia Engineering)

Computer Science Professor Sal Stolfo and his former student Ang Cui PhD’15, whose cybersecurity research has discovered dozens of serious flaws, have developed Symbiote defense technology that significantly reduces the threat of embedded device malware attacks on end users and organizations.
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September 23, 2015

Prof. Barclay Morrison Lecture Underscores Advances in Brain Injury Research (Columbia Engineering)

When someone suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the damage is often just beginning. Over hours and days, the primary injury can set off a cascade of secondary injuries as the body activates various cellular and metabolic processes ultimately responsible for the majority of cell death.
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September 22, 2015

What Do Animal Viruses Have to Do with Human Health? (Mailman)

Simon Anthony has discovered viruses in dolphins, seals, and flying fox monkeys. He’s even had the chance to name new viruses.
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September 22, 2015

Diagnostics Breakthrough Brings Viral Sequencing to Doctors’ Toolkit (Mailman)

Until now, there hasn’t been a fast, efficient way to broadly screen for viral infections. A breakthrough genetic testing method promises to change this situation by giving clinicians a powerful new tool to detect and sequence viruses.
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