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Columbia Vs Cornell for Engineering: Which university suits a STEM student?

October 13, 2025 8:37 am

Both institutions carry global prestige, outstanding faculty, and deep research credentials. Yet their approaches to STEM education diverge sharply. The decision ultimately depends on the kind of scientific, technical, and innovation journey one wants to pursue.

A Terblanche family portrait on display at their home in New York in May 2025. Sam Terblanche died alone in his dorm room two days after seeking help at the Mount Sinai Morningside emergency department twice in 24 hours. (Naima Green/The New York Times)

It’s just a virus, the ER told him. Days later, he was dead.

October 07, 2025 8:45 pm

Sam updated his parents by text as he was leaving the hospital on Monday night. “Just a bad virus, will have to advil, vomit, and hydrate it out,” he wrote.

More Indians are studying abroad every year. But not everyone has access to that dream

October 03, 2025 4:35 pm

As India approaches a century of independence, there is growing hope that higher education abroad will become more accessible and inclusive

Rare ‘tooth-in-eye’ surgery restores Canadian man’s sight after 20 years

September 16, 2025 1:19 am

Over the past two decades, Chapman underwent repeated cornea transplants, hoping to restore his vision.

Prominent historian cancels Columbia University course over Trump deal

August 01, 2025 6:52 pm

Columbia also agreed to pay $21 mn to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over alleged civil rights violations involving Jewish employees.

Trump hails ‘historic agreement’ as Columbia prepares to pay $221 million to regain federal funding

July 24, 2025 11:30 am

“Numerous other higher education institutions that have hurt so many, and been so unfair and unjust, and have wrongly spent federal money... are upcoming,” Trump wrote in a social media post.

Amid $400 million funding threat, Columbia University expels students over pro-Palestine protests

July 23, 2025 8:12 pm

Columbia University had become a lightning rod for campus trouble in 2024, following Israel’s war in Gaza which began in October 2023.

FILE — Graduating students during Columbia’s main graduation ceremony in New York, May 21, 2025.

Columbia and Trump near a deal, with school possibly paying millions

July 12, 2025 11:00 pm

The deal, which remains in draft form, would restore at least some of the $400 million in federal research funding the administration canceled.

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$20M or an apology: Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil's renewed demand for justice from Trump administration

July 11, 2025 4:28 pm

Khalil, 30, who was a key negotiator and spokesperson during Columbia University's pro-Palestinian campus protests, has filed the complaint under the Federal Tort Claims Act.