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Columbia University Events
Climate Change and Health Boot Camp
Online
June 4-6, 2025 | Livestream, virtual training
The Climate Change and Health Boot Camp is a three-day intensive course that will prepare clinicians, scientists, and other members of the research, health, and public health communities for informed, effective engagement with climate change issues in their professional lives.
This three-day intensive boot camp combines content on the mechanisms and health impacts of climate change with practical approaches to mitigation and adaptation that participants can apply to their professional work. Led by physicians and public health experts with specialized training in Climate Change and Health, this workshop will integrate content-oriented lectures, skills-oriented class exercises, and group discussion of broader themes, challenges, and opportunities. Upon completion of the course, participants are expected to have an understanding of key topics in climate change and health and a personal action plan for engagement with these issues in their professional work.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following topics:
- Causes of climate change and the contribution of the health system to climate change
- Current, evidence-based mechanisms connecting climate change to health impacts
- Implications of climate change for health equity
- How to access climate projections, information on projected health impacts, and information to support long-term planning and research
- Clinical actions to consider in climate-affected patients
- Principals of healthcare system and public health resilience planning in the context of climate change
- Principals of climate and health communication with a variety of stakeholders
- Case studies on successful engagement with climate and health issues by individuals, institutions, and communities
AUDIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS
Professionals from any institution and from all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate. There are two requirements to attend this training:
- Participants are expected to attend all sessions and come prepared to participate in group discussions, undertake brief in-class exercises, and share their experience/expertise with other learners.
- Participants will be expected to have a working laptop or tablet with video and audio capabilities.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Subscribe for updates on new Boot Camp details and registration deadlines.
- Contact the Climate Change and Health Boot Camp team.
Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.
Cerebral Palsy Community Day 2025


Venue
- Haven Plaza
- Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street
TICKETS/REGISTER LINK
Join us for some fun, food & friendship on CP Community Day 2025, our biggest community event dedicated to cerebral palsy! Enjoy the outdoors with hundreds from the CP community. Admission is free, lunch and giveaways included.*
We have activities for everyone, including:
- Food trucks
- Singing performance by the Cambridge Commong Voices
- Seated yoga
- Raffle prizes with fan and store experiences from the Giants and Hill House Home
- Goodie bag from Colgate-Palmolive
- Health screenings
- Therapy animals
- Equipment and loaners
- Research study opportunities
- Adaptive sports
- Arts & crafts
- Resources for the CP community
Check our website and social channels (Instagram, Facebook, X) for updates on our activities and exhibitors.
Special thanks to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, our presenting sponsor for making this event possible.
*While supplies last
Día de la Comunidad CP 2025
Únete a nosotros para disfrutar de la diversión, comida y amistad en el Día de la Comunidad CP 2025, ¡nuestro evento comunitario más grande dedicado a la parálisis cerebral! Disfruta al aire libre con cientos de personas de la comunidad de la parálisis cerebral. La entrada es gratis, con comida y regalos incluidos*.
Tenemos actividades para todos, incluyendo:
- Camiones de comida
- Actuación de canto de Cambridge Common Voices
- Yoga sentados
- Sorteos de premios con experiencias de fans y de la tienda de los Giants y Hill House Home
- Bolsa de regalos de Colgate-Palmolive
- Exámenes médicos
- Animales de compañía
- Equipos y préstamos
- Oportunidades de realizar estudios de investigación
- Deportes adaptados
- Arte y artesanía
- Recursos para la comunidad de PC
Un agradecimiento especial a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, nuestro patrocinador principal por hacer posible este evento.
*Hasta agotar existencias
Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center
212-305-2700
cpcenter@cumc.columbia.edu
Manhattanville Community Day Summer 2025


Venue
- The Forum at Columbia University
- 601 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027
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Website
https://theforum.columbia.edu/ -
The Forum, located on the corner of 125th Street and Broadway, is a unique community gathering space that serves as the gateway to Columbia University's developing Manhattanville campus. Open to the entire university as well as the local New York City community, The Forum is a multi-use venue that houses a state-of-the-art auditorium, meeting and event spaces, and communal work areas.
TICKETS/REGISTER LINK
Welcome Today and Every Day
Join us on the Manhattanville campus on June 7, 2025, for a free, fun-filled celebration of community! Immerse yourself in the arts through youth programming, indulge in Uptown cuisine with local vendors, have fun with science activities, plus so much more.
We invite our neighbors surrounding Columbia’s campuses in Morningside Heights, West Harlem, Harlem, and Washington Heights, as well as Columbia affiliates, to partake in this day of celebration.
129th St. between W. 125th St. and Broadway will be closed for BioBus and other community activities.
Schedule of Events
The Lee C. Bollinger Forum (Community Day Entrance)
601 W. 125th St.
At The Forum, volunteers will be at the ready for any questions, along with community tables sharing programs, resources, and free goodies. There will also be live music, movie screenings in the auditorium and atrium, as well as kids’ programming and light refreshments.
Food Samplings & Restaurant Crawl
Multiple Locations
Food samples from clients of the Harlem Local Vendor Program will be available during Community Day from vendors such as Pabade Bakery, Mama One Sauce, and Chef Marshall LLC. The Restaurant Crawl features free bites from local restaurants in partnership with Community Day.
- 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (125th St. & 12th Ave.)
- 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Dear Mama Coffee (129th St., bet. Broadway & 12th Ave.)
- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: To Be Announced
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
605 W. 129th St.
The Jerome L. Greene Science Center will hold a festival related to neuroscience, arts and creativity, and health and wellness. Come explore the workings of the brain at Saturday Science, a free monthly event for kids of all ages. We’ll have fun, hands-on activities in the Education Lab and the BioBus mobile lab parked on 129th Street.
Register for Saturday Science here.
Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W. 129th St.
Lenfest Kids presents Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid
Chaplin’s first full-length feature is a masterpiece about a tramp who takes in an orphaned child. Chaplin directed, produced, and starred in this film, and also composed the score. Ben Model returns to Lenfest to perform live musical accompaniment for this silent comedy classic.
- 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Kid’
Click here for more information about the screening.
Wallach Art Gallery
615 W. 129th St., Ground Floor Lobby
Wallach Kids: Animation Exploration
Calling all kids! Bring your drawing to life as you make a thaumatrope—one of the earliest animation devices. Using paper discs, kids will discover how simple animations involve optical illusions. All materials provided.
- 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Columbia Alumni Association Activities
Multiple Locations
Columbia Alumni will host multiple interactive activities, including an AI photobooth, as well as fun giveaways.
Epidemiology of Police Violence – episummer
Online
The course provides a broad overview of police violence in the United States through the lens of epidemiology. It focuses on (1) the limitations of public health data collection on killings and injuries inflicted by police, (2) the ways in which limits to epidemiologic knowledge can lead to a lack of accountability for police violence, and (3) the influence of police violence on population health and health inequities. Knowledge gained from the course will also be applicable to other areas of study such as injury epidemiology, legal epidemiology, and measurement of health inequalities.
Financing the Future: Strategies from the Climate School
Online
Climate change is reshaping financial markets, altering risk profiles, and creating new imperatives for capital allocation. Investors, institutions, and businesses must grapple with both the physical and transition risks of a changing climate—requiring a deeper integration of climate science into financial decision-making. At the same time, achieving a low-carbon, climate-resilient future demands unprecedented levels of investment and innovation in financial tools.
Climate finance sits at this intersection: mobilizing capital for climate action while also enabling leaders to navigate the evolving risk landscape and identify emerging opportunities.
Join the Columbia Climate School on June 11 for a lunch-hour webinar to learn more about this critical field—and how our new MS in Climate Finance program is preparing the next generation of professionals to lead it. Moderated by Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson, this panel will explore the program’s unique approach to integrating climate science and financial expertise, and share ways for businesses and partners to engage with our students through internships, capstone projects, speaker series, scholarships, and more.
Alexis Abramson – Moderator
Professor and Dean, Columbia Climate School
Lisa Sachs
Associate Professor and Director, MS in Climate Finance, Columbia Climate School; Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), Columbia Climate School and Columbia Law School
Bruce Usher
Professor, Columbia Business School and Columbia Climate School; Faculty Director, The Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
If you have questions, please contact development@climate.columbia.edu. Registration is required.
Medicine Grand Rounds with Maya Sabatello


Venue
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- 622 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032
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Website
https://www.nyp.org/
Category
TICKETS/REGISTER LINK
Data sharing in genomic research: Ethical challenges and responsibilities
Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
Co-Director, Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics and Culture Project, Columbia University
Associate Professor, Center for Precision Medicine and Genomics, Department of Medicine
Associate Professor, Division of Ethics, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics
Lecture 12:00-1:00 pm
Event Contact Information:
DoM
medicinegrandrounds@cumc.columbia.edu
Cadmium Exposure in the United States


Venue
- Allan Rosenfield Building
- 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032
Category
TICKETS/REGISTER LINK
On June 12, Marisa H. Sobel will be presenting her final PhD Defense, “Cadmium Exposure in the United States: Environmental Sources and its Effect on Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease.”
Join us in person in the ARB 8th Floor Auditorium or via Zoom. In-person attendance is only available to Columbia affiliates. Affiliates outside of Columbia are welcome to attend via Zoom.
Distinguished Lecture: Shuchao Bi, OpenAI


Venue
- Schapiro CEPSR
- 530 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
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Website
https://operations.cufo.columbia.edu/content/schapiro-cepsr
Category
TICKETS/REGISTER LINK
On behalf of Columbia Engineering, you are invited to participate in a distinguished lecture with Shuchao Bi, researcher at OpenAI and co-founder of YouTube Shorts, as he presents “Advancing the Frontier of Silicon Intelligence: the Past, Open Problems, and the Future.”
Schedule
- 10:30AM-11:00AM Registration
- 11:00AM-12:00PM Lecture
Advance registration is required for both Columbia affiliates and non-affiliates.
Venue
Join us on Columbia University’s Morningside Campus in New York City. Campus map/directions/parking
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
DISTINGUISHED LECTURER: SHUCHAO BI, OPENAI
Shuchao is currently a researcher at OpenAI, with a focus on multimodal and reinforcement learning. Before OpenAI, Shuchao spent 11 years at Google. Shuchao co-founded YouTube Shorts six years ago and led the algorithm org of YouTube Shorts.
ABOUT THE LECTURE
“Advancing the Frontier of Silicon Intelligence: the Past, Open Problems, and the Future”
We will first review how we got where we are over the past 15 years, share some intuition and historical context. Then we will spend some time discussing the current open problems and what the future could look like.
Campus Access
In accordance with the University’s current visitor guidelines, all non-Columbia guests will receive a QR code within 24 hours of the event date. The code will be sent to you via email from CU Guest Access and must be presented for campus entry, along with a government-issued ID. Please note, this is not the same as the Eventbrite ticket code.
Accessibility
Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. If you require disability accommodations to attend an event at Columbia University, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 212.854.2388 or access@columbia.edu.
Photography/Videography
Columbia Engineering reserves the right to capture and use images (including video, photo, audio) of student participants at this event in its current or future marketing materials. These materials include but are not limited to: social media, digital and/or print posters, email and web-based materials. By attending and participating in this event, you are consenting to having your image captured for these purposes. If you have concerns about your likeness being used, please reach out to engineeringcommunications@columbia.edu and we will accommodate your request.
Microbiome Data Analytics Boot Camp
Online
June 12-13, 2025 | Livestream, virtual training
The Microbiome Data Analytics Boot Camp is a two-day intensive training of seminars and hands-on analytical sessions to provide an overview of 16S rRNA gene sequencing surveys including planning, generating and analyzing sequencing datasets.
This two-day intensive workshop will provide a rigorous introduction to the theory and methodology underlying the design, generation, and analysis of Amplicon Sequence Variant (ASV) based investigations of microbial communities. The workshop will introduce state-of-the-art techniques using the R language and environment. A team of leading experts in microbiome data analytics and statistics will offer a hands-on experience in learning how to implement these techniques by integrating publicly available data and R packages to explore and understand some of the pitfalls and information drawn from 16S rRNA data analysis. This workshop specifically trains participants in the use of the R programming environment for the analysis of microbiome sequence data, including the implementation of the DADA2 and phyloseq software packages.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following topics:
- The theoretical basis underpinning 16S rRNA investigations
- Methodologies for generating 16S rRNA sequence data
- 16S sequence data quality control
- Amplicon sequence variant inference
- Taxonomic annotation
- Biodiversity estimation
- Principal Component Analysis and PERMANOVA
- Taxon-covariate correlation and regression modeling
- Introduction to machine learning in microbiome data
- Phylogenetic analysis
Audience and Requirements
Investigators from any institution and from all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate. There are three requirements to attend this workshop:
- Each participant must have an introductory background in statistics.
- Each participant must be familiar with R.
- Each participant must have a computer with either Chrome or Firefox installed (latest update).
Instructors
Maude David, PhD, Oregon State University.
Thomas Sharpton, PhD, Oregon State University.
Additional Information
- Subscribe for updates on new Boot Camp details and registration deadlines.
- Contact the Microbiome Boot Camp team.
Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.
Eid-Al-Adha


Venue
- Haven Plaza
- Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street
Category
TICKETS/REGISTER LINK
The Islamic Cultural & SWANA Employee Resource Groups invite you to celebrate Eid on Thursday, June 12th from noon to 2pm on Haven Plaza —we’ll have entertainment and light refreshments for the community.
Eid-al-Adha also known as the ‘Feast of sacrifice’ is the joyous three day celebration to commemorate the obedience of Prophet Abraham to God.
Registration is not required and all are welcome
NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp
Online
The NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp is a two-day intensive boot camp combining lectures, hands-on activities, and discussions to demystify the NIH application process. This training will prepare participants to submit an NIH grant proposal that turns reviewers into advocates, positioning the applicant for success.
February 18-19, 2025 || 10am – ~5pm EDT || Livestream online training
The 2-day NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp: Building a Strong Foundation for Funding Success will provide comprehensive training that supplies researchers with the tools to write persuasive, effective grant proposals. Through a combination of seminars, discussions, examples, and hands-on activities, with a particular focus on navigating between-the-lines on how to tailor your proposals to grant reviewers, this training will orient you to all aspects of the academic funding process (i.e., grant writing and grant strategizing), including:
- How to identify and apply for the right funding opportunities with the NIH (and beyond);
- How to position your research and yourself to make reviewers your research advocates;
- How to target your application to the right place at the right time; and
- How to write clearly, effectively, and persuasively when telling your scientific story.
Audience and Requirements
Investigators from any institution and from all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate. No prior experience in preparing or submitting NIH grant applications is necessary. However, each participant should be prepared to share* and work on an NIH Specific Aims page and an NIH biosketch. Participants who have not previously written an NIH-style Aims page and/or biosketch will have an opportunity to draft their page and receive initial feedback ahead of the on-site workshop. There are no other requirements to attend the NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp.
*Hands-on activities will use participant aims pages, and we therefore request that all participants respect the confidentiality of other attendees. Any participant who prefers not to share their research ideas may create a mock aims page to use during the boot camp.
Additional Information
- Subscribe for updates on new Boot Camp details and registration deadlines.
- Contact the NIH Grant Writing Boot Camp team.
Capacity is limited. Paid registration is required to attend.