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Summer Sessions at Columbia offer access to undergraduate and graduate-level courses and certificate programs in over 50 subject areas. The Summer Sessions have classes for students already enrolled in degree programs, students looking to improve their knowledge in anticipation of applying for higher education programs, and professionals who want to move towards the next step in their career.

Students from a wide range of Columbia programs have been visiting Istanbul in recent months to take advantage of new learning opportunities.

The African Nutritional Sciences Research Consortium (ANSRC) held a two-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 24th to 25th January 2013. In total, 43 participants attended the ANSRC workshop, with regional representation drawn from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, and also from Tunisia (ADB representatives), USA and Italy.

With the opening of the center in Nairobi, faculty, students, alumni and friends will have a new home base for engaging with the people and complex issues that confront Africa.

University officially inaugurates seventh international hub for expanded academic partnerships, and student and alumni affairs.

President Lee C. Bollinger is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Safwan M. Masri as Vice President for Global Centers. Professor Kenneth Prewitt, who has served in that capacity since the position’s creation in 2009, will remain in a senior advisory role helping to chart the future course of Columbia’s globalization efforts. Today there are eight Columbia Global Centers located in Amman, Beijing, Paris, Mumbai, Istanbul, Santiago, Nairobi, and Rio de Janeiro.

The  Advisory Board of Columbia Global Centers | Turkey held its inaugural meeting on June 7, 2012.