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Columbia Global Centers

Columbia Global Centers

The Columbia Global Centers network creates opportunities in research, scholarship, teaching, and service; engages...

Columbia University Earth Engineering Center for Sustainable Waste Management (EEC)

The Columbia University Earth Engineering Center for Sustainable Waste Management focuses on advancing the goals...

Studio-X Global Network

The label “Studio-X” refers to Columbia Graduate School of Architecture’s advanced laboratories for exploring the...

Columbia Global Centers | Paris

Columbia Global Centers | Paris creates new programs that explore the consequences of globalization and...

Columbia Water Center

The Columbia Water Center, in collaboration with other Earth Institute units and external partners, is leading...

Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS)

The Institute of Latin American Studies focuses on academic programs, fellowships, grants, scholarship, research,...

RESEARCH

Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments: Part Two

Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments: Part Two Started June 9, 2014 Part Two- Project Grant A Survey and...

Badami

This project for conservation and heritage-based development of the historic town of Badami in...

After Urbanization

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

Air Quality Monitoring

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

Sustainable Investment: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investment

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

The Istanbul Research and Documentation Project

The Istanbul Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) was conceptualized and founded by Professor...

INSTITUTES

Institute for Sustainable Development Practice

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

The Earth Institute

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

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

  • Vijay Modi

    Professor of Mechanical Engineering

  • Mark A. Wigley

    Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Sam Szoke-Burke

    Legal Researcher

  • Lisa E. Sachs

    Associate Research Scholar in the Faculty of Law; Director, Center on Sustainable Investment; Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs

  • Ibrahim S. Odeh

    Lecturer in Construction Engineering and Management in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

  • Richard A. Plunz

    Professor 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

  • Kartik Chandran

    Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

  • Lynne Sagalyn

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

  • Klaus S. Lackner

    Adjunct Senior Research Scientist in the Earth Institute; Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

  • Mario Gooden

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

  • Li Hu

    Director, Studio-X Beijing

  • Mabel O. Wilson

    Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Ruth S. DeFries

    University Professor
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