The University’s graduates during this time were equally accomplished—for example, two alumni of Columbia’s School of Law, Charles Evans Hughes and Harlan Fiske Stone (who was also dean of the School of Law), served successively as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court . Research into the atom by faculty members I . Kuv. Rabi, Enrico Fermi, and Polykarp Kusch brought Columbia’s Department of Physics to international prominence in the 1940s . The founding of the School of International Affairs (now the School of International and Public Affairs) nyob rau hauv 1946 marked the beginning of intensive growth in international relations as a major scholarly focus of the University . The oral-history movement in the United States was launched at Columbia in 1948. Columbia celebrated its bicentennial in 1954 during a period of steady expansion .
ការសិក្សាពីវិទ្យាសាស្រ្តនេះបានរីកចំរើនរួមជាមួយនឹងសិល្បៈសេរីនេះ. លោក Franz Boas បានបង្កើតវិទ្យាសាស្ដ្រសម័យទំនើបនៃនរវិទ្យានៅទីនេះក្នុងដើមទសវត្សនៃសតវត្សទី twentieth នេះ, ទោះបីជាលោកថូម៉ាសលោក Hunt Morgan បានកំណត់ជាការពិតណាស់សម្រាប់សម័យទំនើបពន្ធុវិទ្យា. ក្នុង 1928, -Columbia បាន Presbyterian មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលវេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ, មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលដូចជាលើកដំបូងដើម្បីបញ្ចូលគ្នានូវការបង្រៀន, ការស្រាវជ្រាវ, និងការថែទាំអ្នកជំងឺ, ត្រូវបានបើកជាផ្លូវការថាជាគម្រោងរួមគ្នារវាងសាលារៀនវេជ្ជសាស្រ្តនិងមន្ទីរពេទ្យ Presbyterian.