The event - supported by the Santiago Center - brought together distinguished leaders from the public and private sectors in Chile and the region.
The goal is to expand on the exchange program with the University's Research Center on Society and Health.
The group of 14 is the inaugural cohort of the Columbia Climate Corps Chile & Argentina Program.
A junior at Columbia College, he is interning in Chile thanks to contacts established by the Santiago Center.
GSAS' Javiera Irribarren is researching Transmedia & Graphic Narratives, New Media & Latin American Science Fiction Literature.
Thanks to the efforts of Columbia faculty, Kirberg managed to escape the Pinochet regime and start over as a free man.
Additionally, following his graduation from Columbia, José María started working as a Copy Editor at Telemundo 47.
Columbia Global to highlight World Refugee Day and the plight of millions around the world forced to flee their homelands.
He will co-teach a course on jurisprudence and current challenges of the International Court of Justice.
The Chilean engineer is a member of the inaugural cohort of the Center for Global Energy Policy's Charif Souki Global Energy Fellowship.
Barnard College student Izabella Lizarazo is studying in Chile, through the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA).
Josefina Streeter was drawn to the program due to its interdisciplinary nature and rigorous scientific foundation.