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On June 13, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing invited Dr. Yishi Liu from School of Architecture, Tsinghua University to deliver a public lecture on the construction of "new Beijing" in the first decades of the P.R. China. Prof.Ying Qian, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Culture at Columbia University, was the moderator.

The closing day of the World Writers' Weekend 2017 took place at the VIP lounge at La Vallée Village with a series of intimate discussions with Moroccan writers.

The rare opportunity – the first in Africa – is a major collaboration with Columbia University. The ANSRC is a partnership that brings together academic and research institutions across the East African region with the goal of building a PhD training programme in basic research in nutritional and agriculture science. The main aim is to address food insecurity in the region and raise the number of trained manpower in the selected fields of study across East African universities.

A coordination office for the programme has been set up in Nairobi at the Columbia Global Centre (CGC) Nairobi, under the leadership of Dr Murungi Ndirangu.

Les écrivains Achille Mbembe et Felwine Sarr rassemblent les réflexions d'une trentaine d'intellectuels sur le destin de l'Afrique dans un livre décapant.

La capitale parisienne offrira une fois de plus un rendez-vous littéraire autour de l’Afrique et des Caraïbes.

Alain Mabanckou, Emmanuel Dongala, Achille Mbembe et Christiane Taubira sont parmi les invités du « Week-end des écrivains du monde » 

Full-day event discussed themes such as open government, open data, open decision-making processes, transparency and public participation.

Provost John H. Coatsworth has announced the fifth round of grants from the President’s Global Innovation Fund (PGIF) on June 1, 2017. 11 projects received awards this year after being selected by a review committee of senior faculty drawn from both the Morningside and medical campuses.

Strengthening the capacity of East African universities to train PhD and post-doctoral academics in areas such as human nutritional sciences, agriculture, technology, engineering and mathematics is urgently needed to develop local scientific capacity and help the region to achieve its development goals. 

This year, the World Writers’ Weekend will showcase and promote the vibrancy of African and Caribbean writing in the European context.

On June 1st, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing successfully hosted an information session about Columbia Business School. More than 110 individuals arrived on the scene along with more than 12,000 people watched live through iFeng live-streaming.

In May, Marcel Agüero gave a departmental colloquium on his work to understand the evolution of low-mass stars,
developed plans for future joint projects with his collaborator Julio Chanamé.

Come celebrate the summer with “First Light,” a richly curated selection of classics of the international silent cinema, many featuring live musical accompaniment. 

The focus of this year's Alliance workshop series is a timely one.