Lab to Market Pitch Competition Awards €50,000 to Athens Innovators
15 teams pitched bold ideas at the Athens Conservatoire, with Wastechain, Pharos Maritime AI, and MedivaRX taking top honors
Nikolas D. Pateras makes $500,000 donation in memory of his sister Maria D. Pateras to advance medical innovation and collaboration with Greek hospitals
The Athens Columbia Global Center recently convened a Scholarship Recognition and Scholar Presentation, bringing together the leadership of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, a generous benefactor, and the first student to participate in the landmark dual degree program started by Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and NTUA in 2021.
In May 2026, the Columbia Climate School and the University of Western Macedonia (UoWM), in partnership with Columbia Global Center Athens, launched their inaugural joint Summer School in Greece.
Columbia Global Center Beijing hosted the faculty dialogue exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping society and how universities can help guide this transformation. The event also marked an important milestone for Columbia Global Center Beijing as it celebrates its 17th anniversary.
A landmark conference co-organized by Columbia Global Center Athens reflected the growing institutional collaborations between Columbia and Greek academic institutions, as scholars gathered to discuss area studies in China and Russa.
Columbia Global Beijing Center and the China Global Philanthropy Institute co-hosted a seminar in Beijing exploring the latest trends and future directions of China-U.S. philanthropy.
Specialists concur: migration must be seen as an engine of social transformation and not solely from an emergency perspective.
15 teams pitched bold ideas at the Athens Conservatoire, with Wastechain, Pharos Maritime AI, and MedivaRX taking top honors