Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. After residing at two locations for nearly a century and a half, the University moved to Morningside Heights in 1897.

Columbia is one of the top academic and research institutions in the world, encompassing 17 schools with more than 25,000 students and 2,000 international faculty. Eighty Columbians—alumni, faculty, researchers, and administrators—have won Nobel Prizes. Furthermore, eight current faculty members are Nobel laureates in medicine, economics, physics, and literature. Columbians daily continue to conduct path breaking research in medicine, science, law, business, the arts, and the humanities.

The University’s Mission Statement: “Columbia University is one of the world’s most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.”

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Columbia University Events

28 March
6:00 pm8:30 pm

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

28 March
6:15 pm8:15 pm

Should Hospitals Pay the Ransom?

Online
28 March
7:00 pm9:00 pm

TRANSLETTING

29 March
8:30 am1:00 pm

Columbia Law School 8th Annual Human Rights Student Paper Symposium

01 April
12:30 am2:00 pm

Child or Soldier? Adolescents and Armed Conflict

01 April
12:10 pm1:10 pm

David Pozen & Maia Szalavitz on The Constitution of the War on Drugs

01 April
1:00 pm2:00 pm

Disability Ethics, Intersectionality & AI/ML Bias Speaker Series

01 April
4:30 pm5:30 pm

Artivism: The Rise of Purposeful Marketing, with John Rea

Online
02 April
11:00 am12:00 pm

Building the Bridge to Prevention: Using Epidemiology to Inform an Effective Response to Overdose and Gun Violence

02 April
4:00 pm6:00 pm

Impact of AI on Cybersecurity

03 April
6:00 pm7:00 pm

April Narrative Medicine Rounds with Lucy Sante

Online
03 April
6:15 pm8:00 pm

Justice Forum: Music of the Oppressed

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