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The Columbia Global Center Athens officially launched the Lab to Market Initiative on January 16 at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), marking a new partnership between Columbia University and NTUA aimed at bridging academic research and entrepreneurship in Greece.
Speakers and panel discussions at this year's International Nursing Symposium in Athens focused on a critical challenge in health care: the sustainability of the nursing workforce amid rising burnout and staffing shortages.
Top takeaways from the Athens Road to COP30 webinar in October.
More than 200 students, researchers, and other stakeholders attended an information session about the Athens Center's new Lab to Market initiative to learn how they can transform scientific ideas into viable companies.
A panel discussion on how Greek businesses are working to meet the EU's new directive on human rights and environmental impacts.
The Global Leaders in Construction Management (GLCM) team, accompanied by Professor Ibrahim Odeh, recently held a productive meeting at the Columbia Global Center in Athens, bringing together industry leaders, students, and local experts.
On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at the 109th Rectors' Summit organized by Panteion University, Dr. Stefanos Gandolfo, Director of the Athens Columbia Global Center, delivered a presentation on the Center’s activities and its role in fostering academic collaboration and global engagement in Greece.
The Joint Workshop on Infrastructure and Energy Sustainability in a Changing Climate, held on June 24–25, 2025, marked a further milestone in the collaboration between Columbia University’s School of Engineering, the Columbia Global Center in Athens, and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). This two-day event, hosted at NTUA's Main Campus, brought together leading faculty from both institutions, including several NTUA students and alumni, to engage in high-level discourse on critical global challenges related to sustainability, climate adaptation, energy systems, and infrastructure…
On July 1, 2025, the Columbia Global Center in Athens, in collaboration with the Columbia Alumni of Greece, organized a send-off reception to welcome the newest students from Greece joining Columbia University this fall. Held at the Tsakos Energy Navigation headquarters in southern Athens, the event brought together incoming students, alumni, and friends of the University, celebrating the start of their Columbia journey.
During June, Columbia students enrolled in the Greek Epigraphy course participated in a unique academic experience through the Epigraphy Seminar Study Trip in Athens, led by Paraskevi Martzavou, Professor in the Department of Classics. Organized in collaboration with the Columbia Global Center in Athens and supported by the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Foundation, the program offered hands-on engagement with ancient inscriptions in their original archaeological settings. Over a week, students explored the city’s rich epigraphic landscape, studying inscriptions in their original archaeological…
We're proud to announce the launch of "Avato," a new exhibition by Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative (SNFPHI) awardee Latent Community (Sotiris Tsiganos and Ionian Bisai), with the support of the Columbia Global Center in Athens.
