Engineering for Humanity

Trevor van Eeuwen, Natalie Fardian-Melamed, Sir Len Blavatnik, and Barbara Bosch pose together at the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists ceremony, with van Eeuwen, Fardian-Melamed, and Bosch wearing award medals.

Research

Breakthrough Nanosensor Research Earns Columbia Engineer Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists

October 20, 2026

by Ellen Neff

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

Black stethoscope chestpiece placed on a small UV disinfection unit on a clinical work surface.

Students

Columbia Announces Ignition Grant Winners and Engineering for Humanity Grant Winners

August 06, 2026

by Jennifer Ernst Beaudry

Hazy street in New York

Faculty & Staff

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

July 17, 2026

by Grant Currin

Blue grid background with a bright circular glow in the center, overlaid with a collage of black-and-white vintage images: a robotic arm, a suited man’s portrait, a hand pressing a button on a control panel, a domed building with columns and crowds outside, a small figure balancing on a globe, an emblem, a close-up of a foot on a platform, and a transmission tower.

Campus

As America Turns 250, a Look at Columbia Engineering's Role in Shaping the Nation

July 01, 2026

Students

Building the Fusion Future

June 22, 2026

Christine Hendon, associate professor of electrical engineering, who develops innovative imaging technologies to study human tissue and disease.

Research

Transforming the Future of Women’s Health

February 18, 2026

The Fusion Research Center hosted tours of its labs during Climate Week NYC in the fall

Students

New Minor Prepares Students for Fusion Industry

January 27, 2026

Research

Columbia University and Partners Awarded Up to $25M to Build Off-the-Shelf Engineered Liver Tissue

January 16, 2026

by Meeri Kim

A color-enhanced microscope image showing an exosome (in blue) with PD-1 proteins on its surface (in brown). The black arrow points to the ring of PD-1.

Research

Inhalable Therapy Aims for One-Two Punch Against Advanced Melanoma

January 05, 2026

by Meeri Kim

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

The BISC implant shown here is roughly as thick as a human hair

Research

Silicon Chips on the Brain: Researchers Announce a New Generation of Brain-Computer Interface

December 08, 2025