On April 1, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Columbia University/Nevis Labs a $75M multi-year Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) grant to Professors Brooijmans, Parsons and Tuts (PI) to build and manage the construction of key components for the upgrade of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collid

We are pleased to announce that a new accolade, Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), has been established to honor members for extraordinary achievement and service. David Helfand, Brian Metzger, and Jerry Ostriker of Columbia are included among the initial group of more than 200 Legacy Fellows designated by the AAS Board of Trustees.

Dr. Kenneth "Rainer" Corely successfully defended his dissertation:

"Detection, data analysis, and astrophysics of gravitational waves.”

Dissertation Sponsor and Research Advisor: Professor Szabi Marka