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As we bid farewell to 2024, we take a moment to reflect on a year of remarkable achievements that strengthened the ties between Columbia and Chile.

Professor William Moseley delves into the key arguments of his transformative book, Decolonizing African Agriculture

Students from 12 countries and 13 universities explored urban disaster recovery in 2024 at the Istanbul Center.

The project will support the municipalities of Alto del Carmen, Coquimbo and San José de Maipo.

Our recent webinar, moderated by Dr. Anil K. Rustgi of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC), brought together leading experts from India and the U.S. to explore cutting-edge advancements in breast cancer genetics and treatment.

Brenda Rain, a Luksic Scholarship recipient, is compiling a register of initiatives at Columbia and Chile to identify collaboration opportunities.

These interviews introduce the inspiring projects led by the inaugural awardees of the Resilience Fund.

“I learned that resilience is as much about human connection as it is about policy.”

In honor of Human Rights Day, we share the story of Giorgio Solimano, a Chilean physician, public health expert, and human rights advocate.

Collaborations seeded in the Yusuf Hamied Faculty Fellowship Program are poised to improve public health in India in potentially dramatic ways.

 

The 1991 Project has successfully delivered dozens of instruments to young musicians and schools in Ukraine to preserve their cultural heritage.

In November, the Columbia Global Paris Center hosted a number of events, notably celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of Helen Rogers Reid's gift of Reid Hall to Columbia University.

Hands-on activities foster interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle urban climate risks with data-driven insights and resilience strategies.

On December 4th, the Columbia Global Centers in Tunis and Nairobi, in collaboration with Columbia University Press, hosted William Moseley, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography at Macalester College, for a discussion on his latest book, "Decolonizing African Agriculture" (CUP, 2024). The event explored why many agricultural and food policy approaches have failed in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Moseley critiquing the dominance of Western, colonial agricultural science that has been deeply entrenched in power dynamics across the continent.