Student Stories

Pablo Drake, an astrophysics and history major at Columbia, is performing his global virtual internship with Chile’s Universidad San Sebastián.

In a flourish of literary expression, Columbia MFA in Creative Writing graduates Kai-Lilly Karpman and Zoe Engels presented their works.

Ovais Shah, MS'23 Applied Analytics, participated in not one but two of the global virtual internships offered by the Santiago Center.

Alison Hog, a Barnard College studying sociology, is performing her summer internship with the Transparency Council of Chile.

Haotian Wu works with Chilean NGO Fundación Conecta Mayor to identify the impact of its programs that use technology to engage senior citizens.

Chenlei Zhu is one of the 21 students working this northern hemisphere summer in the Santiago Center-organized Global Virtual Internship Program. 

Elektra Papathanasiou-Goldstein is studying a Dual BA program between Columbia University and Sciences Po.

Marissa Favet will study the relationship between country-wide economic prosperity and public perception of drug abuse.

Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai organized a send-off for new undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students.

Claudia Michaels will stay for six months to research how pension policy can affect health indicators of older adult health and mortality.

Sydney Fontalvo will research the effect of different countries’ levels of individualism on older adult loneliness and depressive symptoms.

We turn the Beijing Center into an exciting, nostalgic space, where the atmosphere is as close to the feel of Columbia’s Commencement ceremony as p