Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is the institutional home that comprises faculty from the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences divisions in five different schools within Columbia University.
Recent News
September 09, 2026
Columbia to Lead $20 Million National Research Center on Organismal Resilience
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Synthesis Center for Organismal Resilience will leverage real-world data and innovative AI techniques to improve understanding of how plants and animals build resilience in dynamic environments.
September 08, 2026
A Career Spent Collecting Earth’s Seismic Clues
Professor Göran Ekström tracks incidents like landslides and glacier collapse using tools once used only to monitor earthquakes.
September 08, 2026
Arts and Sciences Welcomes 26 New Full-Time Faculty
This year’s new faculty include path-breaking mathematicians, political scientists, biologists, anthropologists, scholars of language and culture, and many others.