Sustainability & Climate

Hazy street in New York

Faculty & Staff

What to Know About New York City's Air Quality Emergency

July 17, 2026

by Grant Currin

Ibrahim Odeh

Faculty & Staff

Building the Future: Ibrahim Odeh on AI, Technology, and the Next Generation of Construction Leaders

June 29, 2026

by Allison Elliott

Students

Building the Fusion Future

June 22, 2026

Eight clear lab vials in a row show bacterial cellulose forming as pale white films on top of liquids of different colors and cloudiness, grown from waste sugars such as spent grains, spent mash, and fruit/vegetable pulp.

Research

Fashion Forward: Columbia and FIT Awarded Bezos Earth Fund Grant for Sustainable Fashion

April 24, 2026

A group of about 16 adults pose together in an event space, smiling at the camera. They stand in two rows in front of a large projector screen and a small banner (with “Gotham Foundry” visible) on a wood-paneled wall.

NYCEDC Hosts Gotham Foundry Pitch Competition, Awards $25K to Four Startups

April 23, 2026

A close-up shot of a woman holding up container of alkaline residue

Faculty & Staff

Turning Waste Into Critical Materials

April 22, 2026

by Francesco Fiondella

Light blue gradient with thin horizontal lines, a central dark blue coil shape, and multiple glowing white circles clustered around it.

Research

Exploring the Future of Fusion

April 22, 2026

by Grant Currin

Close-up of a tilted solar panel mounted on a pole, with a blurred high-rise building of glass windows in the background.

Research

Is that Solar Panel Pointing in the Right Direction?

April 21, 2026

Mud to Metal Solution

Research

U.S. Critical Materials and Columbia University Sign Agreement to Advance Domestic Recovery of Defense-Critical Metals from Red Mud

April 16, 2026

Illustration of how electric vehicles can help balance a city’s power grid as solar generation fluctuates

Research

How Electric Cars Could Help Tropical Cities Run on Solar

April 07, 2026

by Grant Currin

Cryo-TEM image of the gel electrolyte featuring a parasitic salt-phobic network, highlighting the aggregation of fluoroacrylate molecules and their incorporation into the gel matrix after gelation.

Research

A New Electrolyte Points to Stronger, Safer Batteries

February 19, 2026

Ngai Yin Yip holding a lab vial up and pointing at it

Research

A New Method to Unlock Vast Lithium Stores

January 21, 2026

by Grant Currin