Centers & Institutes

Side-by-side portraits of Carlos Paz-Soldan (left) and Thomas Klinger (right).

Research

Columbia University and Max Planck Society Team Up to Advance Fusion Energy Science

October 20, 2026

by Mohamed Abdelfattah

Dean Shih-Fu Chang speaks at a podium during the Gotham Foundry Symposium at Columbia Engineering.

Campus

Climate Week 2026 in Photos

October 13, 2026

Dean Shih-Fu Chang and Helen Lu pose with representatives from Gotham Foundry, Green Economy at NYCEDC, the CUNY Graduate Center, and Genspace at the Gotham Foundry symposium.

Campus

Gotham Foundry Symposium Showcases the Future of Materials

October 13, 2026

Hod Lipson speaks to students seated around a table working with robotics equipment in a Columbia Engineering lab.

Research

New $20M NSF Grant to Further Power Physical AI

October 12, 2026

Dan Esposito speaking into a small wired microphone while standing beside three seated panelists, a projected presentation, and a Climate Week at Columbia Engineering banner.

Campus

Remaking the Energy System with Electrochemistry

October 08, 2026

Greeshma Gadikota moderating a panel during the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy at Columbia University.

Campus

Critical Minerals, New Energy Sources, and the Race for Resilience

September 30, 2026

by Sophia Ramirez

Four members of Columbia’s National Synthesis Center for Organismal Resilience leadership team in individual portraits.

Research

Columbia to Lead $20 Million National Research Center on Organismal Resilience

September 09, 2026

Large group of attendees, some wearing name badges, posed in rows outdoors in front of a building with autumn foliage in the background.

Research

Five More Years: NSF Renews Funding for AI-Powered Earth System Modeling Center

September 02, 2026

A man in a red-and-black plaid shirt presents a research poster, gesturing toward charts and diagrams while speaking to another person in the foreground at what appears to be a conference or poster session.

Research

Improving Connectivity and Energy Consumption After the AI “Inflection Point”

July 20, 2026

by Sophia Y. Ramirez

A man wearing a blazer smiling for a photo with his arms crossed. The glass behind him reads "Columbia Engineering"

Students

Designing Photonic Multi-Chip Modules to Break Data Bottlenecks

May 15, 2026

by Andrea Galliano

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