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2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

For weeks, a new dog had been waking up P&S faculty member Joachim Frank early each morning, but...

Zika: Not Just Yesterday’s News

Zika virus may have left the headlines, but research on it has continued at P&S since the first...

Deciphering the Columbia Seal, Motto, and More

This year is the 250th anniversary of the founding of Columbia’s medical school in 1767, known since...

Anniversary Soundtrack: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and “Hit the Road, Jack”

Batter Up

On April 28, P&S celebrated its 250th anniversary with the New...

The Rockefeller Connection in the Medical Center’s Beginnings

In 1928, P&S and Presbyterian Hospital opened the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center at 168th...

Early Ophthalmological Instruction in New York

A small donation received this summer documents what may be the earliest known ophthalmological...