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Columbia University Office of the Executive Vice President for Research announced the names of six teams receiving funding through Research Initiatives in Science and Engineering (RISE), one of the largest internal research grant competitions within the University. The annual award provides funds for up to six interdisciplinary faculty teams from the basic sciences, engineering, and/or medicine to pursue blossoming and extremely creative research projects. Each team’s award is worth $80,000 per year for up to two years.
We are proud to announce that Prof. W. Bentley MacLeod, Prof. Miguel Urquiola and PhD alum Evan Riehl's research, The Big Sort, which examines implications of college choice on career and earnings, came in as the 3rd most viewed page of the American Economics Association's list of the 2017's research highlights.
Economist Micheal Best wrote an essay for Microeconomic Insights that focuses on a forthcoming paper in the Review of Economic Studies entitled "Housing Market Responses to Transaction Taxes: Evidence From Notches and Stimulus in the U.K."
ANDREW GELMAN CO-AUTHORED A PIECE IN NATURE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF PUBLISHING FLAWED STUDIES
Political Scientist and Statistician Andrew Gelman joined with other prominent statisticians in calling for reforms to address the publication of flawed studies with unreplicatable conditions.
ALONDRA NELSON WAS FEATURED IN A WIRED MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AND RACE
Sociologist Alondra Nelson was featured in an article in Wired Magazine examining the difficulties and pitfall of taking account of a person's race when programming facial recognition software.
JENNIFER HIRSCH WROTE A PIECE ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT COMMITTED AGAINST WORKING-CLASS WOMEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences Jennifer Hirsch (IRWGS) wrote a piece for the Huffington Post arguing that recent the groundswell of awareness and accountability related to sexual misconduct should encompass the experiences of working-class women.
Sociologist and former Social Science Dean Alondra Nelson was profiled by Indiana radio station WFIU on her work at the intersection of science, technology, and social inequality.