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On April 28 and 29, the Dean of Columbia University's School of Continuing Education, Kristine Billmyer, came to Rio de Janeiro accompanied by Enterprise Risk Management Professor Sim Segal.
Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro Director and the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, were joined by two Columbia deans and the provost at a ceremony on April 16th to sign the agreement for creating the Rio Columbia Innovation Hub.
From March 15 to 20, the Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro had the pleasure to welcome a group from Barnard College in Rio de Janeiro.
The Columbia Global Centers | Middle East hosted the Global Think-In on Time and Trauma: Memory in Global Perspective on April 18. The event included a film screening of "Letter to a Refusing Pilot" by filmmaker Akram Zaatari.
Over the past year China has announced and begun to implement the most important reforms to the legal system in years. On April 23, the Beijing Center was honored to bring to local community three top experts in the field of China's legal studies to discuss the current development of court reform in China. The discussion focused on efforts to increase transparency, reduce external interference in the courts, and professionalize the judiciary.
Columbia Global Centers | Turkey, in collaboration with Professor Edhem Eldem of Bogaziçi University, organizes a workshop and panel on "Time and Trauma", featuring Professors Carol Gluck and Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University.
Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought is going on the road again this month, taking its Global Think-Ins to Istanbul and Amman to extend the conversation about the national and international political tensions in public memory.
Q and A with Professor Carol Gluck
Historian Carol Gluck is the George Sansom Professor of History and Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures.
Columbia Global Centers | Latin America Rio de Janeiro hosted panel discussions on education in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo on March 18 and 19, respectively, featuring distinguished panelists to discuss education in Rio and Brazil.
The Regional Network for Historical Dialogue and Dealing with the Past is now accepting applications through April 13 to its seven-day training program in Istanbul.
“We want students to be well informed and prepared before they apply to their top choice graduate schools.” — Tom Rock
Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi hosted the first ever regional Oral Health Summit that was held from 23 to 24 March 2016. The summit was hosted under a collaborative partnership between the Columbia University Medical Center, University of Nairobi, School of Dental Science and Unilever Africa, to address the topic; “Integration of Oral Health and Health”.
The Rio Center and ENAP – Brazil´s National School of Public Administration are evaluating possibilities of collaborations between ENAP and Columbia University.
Columbia University and Bogazici University are offering an exciting a joint summer program for undergraduate and graduate students which provides a unique opportunity to learn about the history, urban development, and historic monuments of the city of Byzantion/Constantinople/Istanbul.
Columbia Global Centers | Turkey and Studio-X Istanbul hosted special panel discussion, the first of a series of public events designed to elaborate on the issues and themes of "The Good Cause: Architectures of Peace" and the "Vocabulary of Hospitality" exhibition.