In This Issue:

Astronaut Alums Take SEAS to New Heights

Biomedical Engineering Meets Art at MoMA

SEAS Establishes New Advisory Board For Entrepreneurship

Philips Electronics Honors Professor Gertrude Neumark

Deodatis Is Named First Calatrava Family Professor

Engineers Without Borders Brings “Power to the People”

Programs That Create Engineers Who Care

Doing Well by Doing Good

BOTWINICK MULTIMEDIA LEARNING LABORATORY

Faculty Notes

TWO SEAS PROPOSALS RECEIVE UNIVERSITY FUNDING

Nayar Elected New Member of National Academy of Engineering

Undergrads Contribute to Research

University Announces New Financial Aid Plan

SEAS Parents Program Formed

SEAS Goes West, Brings Columbia to CA

Reunion Program

Alumni Notes

In Memoriam

SEAS Parents Program Formed

This spring, SEAS launches its first comprehensive Parents Program with the addition of new Parents Program Officer Ryan Car-michael. This new initiative will strive to engage parents of SEAS students to keep them better informed and more connected to the School.

To promote this connection, the Parents Council will be formed. “Establishing a volunteer body for parents is one of the most important steps for the Parents Program,” says Carmichael. “The new Parents Council will be composed of parents who agree to serve as ambassadors for the School, to act as liaisons between the administration and the Engineering Parents Association, and to advance the goals and vision of the School through supporting the Parents Fund. We recognized that parents are an important part of the Columbia Engineering community.”

Carmichael is also planning regional, parent-specific events that will begin next year in major cities around the country. These gatherings will feature the Dean and prominent faculty members.

To subscribe to the SEAS monthly e-newsletter or to learn more about the Parents Program, please contact Ryan Carmichael at 212-870-2404 or rc2533@columbia.edu.