In the Press

On this page, you'll find media coverage of the Mumbai Center's initiatives and commentary from its team. If you have a media-related inquiry, please send us an email. 

Ian Lipkin Rediff Mail
Can COVID-19 live in your fridge?

July 22, 2020 | Rediff News

Ian Lipkin Rediff Mail
'If everyone wore a face mask, this thing will be gone tomorrow!'

July 22, 2020 | Rediff News

Ian Lipkin
Virologist Lipkin’s 'medical intelligence' initiative prepares for the next pandemic

July 9, 2020 | The Hindu Business Line

Mid Day Richard Pena
Now showing, pandemics

May 7, 2020 | Mid-Day

Wafaa El-Sadr IndiaSpend
COVID-19: WHO to push for equity in health-tech access

April 25, 2020 | IndiaSpend

Columbia University's Urban works innovation challenge for start-ups in India
Columbia University's Urban works innovation challenge for start-ups in India

November 5, 2019 | Business Standard

Air Pollution
Indoor, outdoor pollution puts women at higher risk: Studies

December 4, 2019 | The Times of India

Gary Miller
‘We don’t test the cumulative effects of chemical exposure’

March 3, 2019 | The Times of India

Manjula Padmanabhan
Human Herds

February 22, 2019 | The Hindu Business Line

Times litfest
India's Rivers have their own Rhythm, Western Currents won't Renew them

December 15, 2018 | The Times of India

Wildlife and Infrastructure
Film On How Careful Infrastructure Planning Can End Human-Animal Conflict

December 2, 2018 | Mid Day

Aging Panel
Three Things to do Today (Attend a Lecture)

October 8, 2018 | Mumbai Mirror

Architect and Interiors India
Urban Works bats for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

October, 2018 | Architect and Interiors India

CoWrks Foundry
Urban Works Challenge open

September 24, 2018 | The Hindu Business Line

Inside Outside Magazine
Revolutionizing India’s Workspaces

September 2018 | Inside Outside Magazine

Innovation Challenge
Innovation Challenge
Innovation Challenge

September 13, 2018 | Deccan Herald

Urban Works Innovation Challenge
Columbia University’s Engineering School launches design challenge in Mumbai

September 17, 2018 | The Economic Times

Urban Works workshop
Work with Columbia University faculty on this Innovation Challenge
Work with Columbia University faculty on this Innovation Challenge

September 12, 2018 | Hindustan Times

Zach Burt
Few Indian engineers are opting for Civil and Environmental Engineering

July 30, 2018 | The Times of India

Jerry Pinto
Jerry Pinto On Growing Up In A Multilingual Bombay

July 2, 2018 | Mid-Day

Ganga Exhibition in New Delhi
Mapping the Ganga

June 4, 2018 | Times of India

Tejaswini Ganti
The Value of Surprise

May 25, 2018 | The Afternoon

Richard Peña
Professor Richard Peña on Decoding Film Studies

April 2, 2018 | Times of India

Richard Peña
How to Become a Successful Filmmaker

March 21, 2018 | Hindustan Times

Adam Sobel Scroll
Researchers Warn a Massive Cyclone Could Hit Mumbai in Future

January 2, 2018 | Scroll.in

Adam Sobel ToI
Hurricane Sandy Shows Why Mumbai Should Prepare for Even Small Chance of Cyclone

December 12, 2017 | Times of India

MoM HT
Not So Run-of-the-Mill: Tour Mumbai’s Textile Hubs, Years after their Closure

November 25, 2017 | Hindustan Times

Mary Boyce IE
Now is an Incredible Time to be an Engineer

November 24, 2017 | Indian Express

MoM Quartz
Tracing Mumbai’s Evolution from a City of Mills to a Metropolis

November 23, 2017 | Quartz

MoM Asian Age
Girangaon: The Lost Charm of Mumbai

November 23, 2017 | Asian Age

MoM Mid Day
Know About the Mill Lands of Central Mumbai through an Interactive Exhibition

November 21, 2017 | Mid-Day

India Water Portal Article
Romancing the Ganga

October 10, 2017 | India Water Portal

Anthony Reuters
India Must Regulate Tubewells as Water Becomes Scarce with Urbanization

September 4, 2017 | Reuters

Ganga Mumbai Mirror
Mapping the Ganga by Hand and Foot

August 25, 2017 | Mumbai Mirror

Ganga The Hindu
Adventures of a Self-Made Cartographer

August 21, 2017 | The Hindu

Ganga ToI
Ganga Basin is One of the World's Most Hyper-Engineered Places

August 18, 2017 | Times of India

Ganga Midday
Ganga is World's Most Densely Populated, Agriculturally Productive River System

August 16, 2017 | Mid-Day

Ravina Aggarwal
A Portrait of a Village on the Border

August 11, 2017 | Livemint

Groundwater Hindu
The Alarming Levels of India’s Groundwater

July 11, 2017 | The Hindu

Ravina Aggarwal
Will Tech Supremacy Have a Detrimental Impact on Teaching and Learning?

May 31, 2017 | Education Times

Greywater Hindu
Mumbai Needs to Recycle its Grey Water

April 13, 2017 | The Hindu

Richard Peña
Richard Peña, World Cinema's High Priest

March 17, 2017 |  Livemint

Richard Pena
How Hollywood has Stereotyped Latin America

March 9, 2017 | Hindustan Times

Richard Pena
Walk the Talk Film: The Celluloid Revolution

March 8, 2017 | Mumbai Mirror

Ravina Aggarwal
Putting the E in Empower

January 22, 2017 | The Hindu

Adam Sobel
Climate Change Could be Making Mumbai More Vulnerable to Cyclonic Storms and Flooding

January 21, 2017 | Scroll.in

Ambedkar
Jazz, Justice and a Dalit Icon

December 7, 2016 | Mid-Day

Columbia Health Team
Columbia Team to Help Officials in Delivering Better Healthcare

February 16, 2012 | The Hindu

Jeffrey Sachs
India's Prospects Good, But Challenges are Big: Jeffrey Sachs

February 4, 2011 | NDTV

CGC Launch
Columbia Univ to Open Global Center in Mumbai

March 9, 2010 | Rediff.com