Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship

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Students

Columbia Announces Ignition Grant Winners and Engineering for Humanity Grant Winners

August 06, 2026

by Jennifer Ernst Beaudry

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Students

A Showcase of Student Innovation

June 11, 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Alumni

AI, Cybersecurity, and the Power of Networks

October 21, 2025

by Beatrice Mhando