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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.
Haman Mpadire's KUMBE Dance Workshop at Reid Hall blended movement, cultural exploration, and self-discovery, drawing on Busoga traditions to create an inclusive space for participants to connect with their bodies and histories.
The Global Women on Boards Class of 2024 celebrated their transformative six-month journey with a graduation in Paris, showcasing their growth as leaders poised to bring diversity and innovation to corporate boardrooms worldwide.
The Maison des Femmes in Saint-Denis is a resource for women in situations of precarity and violence. The Columbia Global Paris Center looks forward to future collaborations, such as training workshops and public events.
In an article for the UN Chronicle, Anna Stavychenko discusses the 1991 Project’s activities, including the creation of a digital archive for Ukrainian musical scores and the promotion of Ukrainian music globally.
The full-scale invasion of Ukrainian has had a devastating effect on classical music. Russia has strategically targeted of Ukraine's cultural identity, with over 130 cultural figures killed and thousands of cultural sites damaged or destroyed since the war's escalation in 2022. Anna Stavychenko, a Ukrainian musicologist.