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Researchers from Columbia University, including a Turkish scientist, have discovered a genetic change that reduces the risk of Alzheimer's by 71 percent.

Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni is visiting New York, prioritizing the US market as part of efforts to enhance traditional inbound tourism destinations in line with the ministry's action plan for 2024.

The aim of her visit is to solidify Greece as a top-choice tourism destination for US travelers, aiming to boost revenues by enhancing the country's tourism image and identity.

NEW YORK - Serbian Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation Jelena Begovic, who is on a working visit to the US, met with Columbia University representatives in New York to familiarise herself with their work and present Serbia's BIO4 Campus project.

Fatih Karahan, a former senior economist at the U.S. online retail giant Amazon, was appointed as the new head of Türkiye's Central Bank to replace Hafize Gaye Erkan on Saturday, according to the Official Gazette.

Fatih Karahan's appointment follows the resignation of Erkan after less than a year in office.

A three-day conference commemorating the 50th anniversary since the restoration of Greek democracy, a period known as the Metapolitefsi, is scheduled to take place from February 29 to March 2 at the National Gallery in Athens.

Özgenur Çelik, one of the top 25 Turkish graduates from Columbia University, is making waves in the United States with her groundbreaking work in biomedical engineering with her project to teach the immune system to heal itself.

Georgi Gospodinov's acclaimed novel, "Time Shelter," has been integrated into the curriculum of New York University's contemporary novels course, confirmed by the Bulgarian Consulate General in New York.

The course, helmed by Margaret Boe Birns, an expert in contemporary world literature and award-winning teaching, focuses on new literary works by emerging and renowned authors.

"Russia has become a global pariah," says Giulio Gallarotti, professor of government and environmental studies at Wesleyan University and adjunct professor of political science at Columbia University, at the end of his interview with Kathimerini.

Renowned author and academic Jina Politi passed away on Wednesday at the age of 93. The award-winning author was born in Athens in 1930 and studied English Literature at Columbia University before earning her PhD.

Columbia University professor Mark Lilla, a perspicacious liberal critic of the contemporary right and left, has an essay in the latest issue of Liberties Journal analyzing the appeal and perils of nostalgia.