The Climate and Society Speaker Series continues with guest speakers George Deodatis and Thaddeus Pawlowski, both members of Columbia’s faculty. Sarah Cole, Dean of the Humanities at Columbia, moderates the panel as both experts speak on the setbacks of current infrastructure in New York and how it can be improved to maximize sustainability and the […]

Last Friday, with the Columbia Center for Archaeology, Dr. Lamya Khalidi presented her research on human adaptation to the changing climate in the Afar Lowlands of Ethiopia during the early to late Holocene.

Guest Writer Siria Solorio explores how mankind’s vain quest for meaning and symbolism has significantly neglected our planet and left her in critical condition. If we are to ensure life remains on this planet, then we must learn to rekindle our reverence for nature and engage with our universe through scientific literacy.