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Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate

The mission of the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate at Columbia Business School is to integrate theoretical...

Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro

Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro serves as a hub for Columbia programs and initiatives throughout Brazil.

Columbia Climate Center

The Columbia Climate Center is directed by Peter Schlosser and was established in 2009 as part of the Earth...

Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai

Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai develops programs and activities involving both students and faculty focusing on...

Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy

The Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy develops innovative technology to ensure a sufficient supply of...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory explores the origin, evolution, and future of the natural world.

RESEARCH

Mapping Human Networks of Transnational Architectural Projects

This proposal requests support to fund a pilot research project studying the local impact of...

Air Quality Monitoring

Many Nairobi residents are exposed on a regular basis to elevated concentrations of fine particle...

After Urbanization

What are the socio-technical systems that associate and differentiate people gathered together in...

Transport and Equity: A Smart Approach

Launched in September 2012, this project builds on ongoing work of the core partners: the Center...

Arts, Culture, and Quality of Life in Global Cities

Urban spaces have become a crucible for the transformations of the global era. The Committee on...

Sustainable Investment: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investment

The Committee on Global Thought’s research into sustainable investment fosters collaboration...

INSTITUTES

The Earth Institute

The Earth Institute brings together people and tools needed to address global...

Institute for Sustainable Development Practice

The Institute for Sustainable Development Practice offers governmental and non-...

Institute for Data Sciences & Engineering

Columbia University, in a partnership with New York City, launched the...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory explores the origin, evolution, and future of...

Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS)

The Institute of Latin American Studies focuses on academic programs,...

People

  • Elliott Sclar

    Special Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Urban Development in the Earth Institute; Special Lecturer in Architecture, Planning and Preservation and in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

  • Mabel O. Wilson

    Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Lynne Sagalyn

    Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor Emerita of Real Estate

  • Ah-Hyung Park

    Lenfest Earth Institute Associate Professor of Climate Change

  • Kadambari Baxi

    Professor of Professional Practice

  • Nicola Twilley

    Co-director, Studio-X New York

  • Laura J. Kurgan

    Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Nora Akawi

    Curator, Studio-X Amman

  • Upmanu Lall

    Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Director, Columbia Water Center in the Earth Institute

  • Richard Garfield

    Henrik H. Bendixen Professor Emeritus of Clinical International Nursing; Professor Emeritus of Clinical Population and Family Health; Special Lecturer in the School of Nursing

  • Nickolas John Themelis

    Stanley Thompson Professor Emeritus of Chemical Metallurgy; Special Research Scientist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering

  • Mario Gooden

    Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Mary C. Boyce

    Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

  • Jyoti Hosagrahar

    Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Reinhold I. Martin

    Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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