Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship

Collage of headshots of four Columbia Blavatnik Award finalists and laureate.

Faculty & Staff

Columbians Named Blavatnik Award Finalists and Laureate

September 23, 2026

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Students

Columbia Announces Ignition Grant Winners and Engineering for Humanity Grant Winners

August 06, 2026

by Jennifer Ernst Beaudry

Two women examine and adjust a clear scale model of a suspension bridge on a table at an indoor exhibit, with posters and display tables in the background.

Students

A Showcase of Student Innovation

June 11, 2026

Four panelists sit at a table with a “Columbia Engineering” tablecloth during a talk; one man in a suit speaks into a handheld microphone while three women listen, with an audience visible in the foreground.

Campus

Greek Student-Entrepreneurs Pitch their Ideas During Tech Week NYC

June 08, 2026

Hollis Lehv

Alumni

Designing Games for Everyone

June 08, 2026

by Kate Cammell

man wearing a black cap and glasses speaks into a handheld microphone and gestures with his arm extended during a presentation; two other participants with name badges stand nearby, with a large screen and blue-and-white balloons in the background.

Campus

Columbia Entrepreneurs Shine at Millard Chan ‘99 Tech Challenge

April 27, 2026

by Ava Slocum

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Alumni

Lessons in Leadership from McKinsey Veteran Asheet Mehta BS’87

March 31, 2026

by Beatrice Mhando

An artist’s rendering of micro phase shifting.

Research

Columbia’s 3D Vision Technology Powers Factory Automation

February 17, 2026

Celebrating the launch event in Greece for “Lab to Market: Bridging Innovation and Entrepreneurship.”

Columbia University and the National Technical University of Athens Create the Next Generation of Global Leaders

January 23, 2026

Team leader Jacqueline Deprey ’26MBAxMS presents her 60-second pitch for Daia Diabetes.

Campus

Fast Pitch Competition Puts Columbia Entrepreneurs in the Spotlight

December 08, 2025

by Beatrice Mhando

robotic hand holding an egg

Faculty & Staff

Columbia Robotics Featured in the Wall Street Journal

October 27, 2025

Dan Steingart, CEEC Director and Stanley-Thompson Professor of Chemical Metallurgy

Campus

Deploying Electrochemical Energy Tech in the Real World

October 23, 2025

by Grant Currin