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In conjunction with Congressmember Adriano Espaillat, Columbia University hosted a Career Expo on June 19 in Riverbank State Park that drew a turnout of more than 460 job seekers and nearly 60 participating organizations.
Wallach Art Gallery premiered the first exhibition in its newest location on the Manhattanville campus. The exhibition, called "Uptown", features the work of both established artists and emerging talent who live or practice north of 99th Street in Manhattan. "Uptown" was curated by the Gallery's director, Deborah Cullen, and will be open to the public from June 2 to August 20.
The Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University is pleased to present Uptown, a new triennial surveying the work of artists who live or practice north of 99th Street in New York City. Uptown showcases the work of established and midcareer artists alongside emerging talent from Harlem, El Barrio, Washington Heights and all of northern Manhattan. With this initiative, the Wallach Art Gallery joins as a partner and presenter of northern Manhattan’s vibrant art scene.
In Columbia Magazine, architect Renzo Piano writes about the master plan for the Manhattanville campus, a 21st century vision that embraces the arts, interdisciplinary research and the community.
For the more than 260 years since its foundation, Columbia has been in a state of perpetual evolution, yet always ensuring that each successive generation of students and professors have the tools they need to contribute to the body of knowledge and help solve some of the world’s greatest problems and dilemmas.
Columbia University today announced the creation of a new Center for Veteran Transition and Integration that will provide innovative educational programming and support for veterans making the transition to two- and four-year colleges, graduate and professional schools, civilian life, and the workforce.
Onetime gang member Richard Gamarra ended up in prison at age 19 and felt like he was “in a dark place.” But after meeting Columbia professor Robert Fullilove, who taught a public health course to those incarcerated upstate, Gamarra saw new possibilities for a different life. Next week he graduates with a master’s degree from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray and New York Public Library President Tony Marx, alongside local elected officials, today honored Harry Belafonte by renaming the 115th Street Library the Harry Belafonte–115th Street Library. Harry Belafonte took part in the plaque unveiling ceremony held at the library in Harlem.
The oldest and largest higher education diversity magazine and website, INSIGHT Into Diversity, has named Columbia University a Diversity Champion. Diversity Champions are Colleges and Universities that exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels. Columbia University is one of only 13 colleges and universities across the nation have been selected for this honor.
Children of all ages are now participating in free Saturday Science events at the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute’s Education Lab on Columbia’s Manhattanville campus. Held monthly throughout the school year, Saturday Science is a partnership with the mobile science lab, BioBus and one of several community education and internship programs.
Columbia University offers a variety of programs that help local youth gain valuable work experience. One of these programs is the Columbia University Local Community High School Summer Internship Program, a structured, five-week initiative that provides students with practical work experience before graduation. Students from the thirteen zip codes comprising the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone and from four zip codes in the Bronx Empowerment Zone are encouraged to participate in this program, as well as other youth internship initiatives across Columbia’s campuses.
The eight-floor, 60,000-square-foot Lenfest Center for the Arts opens this spring and will be the second building to open on the University’s Manhattanville campus. It is an academic venue designed for the presentation and creation of art across disciplines, providing a dynamic new home for faculty and students of Columbia University School of the Arts and the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery.
The United States currently leads the world in its incarceration rate, with more than 2.2 million people in its prisons and jails. This figure, which marks a 500 percent increase over the past three decades, means that while the U.S. boasts a mere five percent of the world’s population, it has more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners. The causes and consequences of mass incarceration are numerous and far-reaching, leading many to assert that it is the civil rights issue of today.
At a time when there were no female students and only a handful of female faculty members on Columbia’s campus, a group of civic-minded women joined together to make a difference both locally and globally. In 1942, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1875–1957), who has since been named one of the top 100 important library leaders of the 20th century, sold bouquets of flowers from her own garden to raise money that would benefit the war relief effort.
On March 30, U.S. Representative John Lewis gave a rousing speech to an audience of over 650 in Miller Theatre. Named for New York City’s 106th—and first African American—mayor, the David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum has provided a vehicle for focus and dialogue around the dynamic elements of urban policies, programs, and initiatives for twenty years.