Arizona State Professor and Director of the Columbia Water Center, Upmanu Lall, is leading today’s 6th annual "Rethinking Water" Conference. This event brings together experts to solve America's water crisis through sustainable solutions. Learn more about the event: https://bit.ly/4njn7Ur

On the first day of #ClimateWeek, we celebrated the launch of Gotham Foundry, a first-of-its-kind regenerative materials innovation hub. Thanks to our partners and to all the exhibitors who attended the kickoff! Learn more: https://gothamfoundrynyc.org/ 📸: Chris Taggart/Columbia Engineering

Today’s event by @leapstc.bsky.social, led by director Pierre Gentine, will be full of rich discussions on Generative #AI's role in the future of climate modeling. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45WQzJY #ClimateWeek

Fusion energy is a hot topic. 🔥 Today’s event, led by Associate Professor Carlos Paz-Soldan, will feature discussions from leaders in energy policy on how nations are cooperating -- and competing -- to commercialize this revolutionary clean energy source. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45Vc1h3

The Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC) Annual Symposium will feature panels and keynotes exploring future challenges, opportunities, and emerging trends affecting energy storage. CEEC is spearheaded by professors Dan Steingart and Alan West. View the full agenda: https://bit.ly/4mHH47t

This #ClimateWeek, we’re bringing back our first edition of The Lever. Read our exclusive insights from Columbia experts tackling everything from solar storage to AI-driven grid management. https://bit.ly/3VRlVvT Tomorrow’s CEEC symposium will feature many of the faculty highlighted in this issue.

Chemical Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences Prof. @vfmcneill.bsky.social will be leading the #ClimateWeek event “Data and Partnerships for Global Clean Air and Climate." Learn more: https://bit.ly/45ZFbgl @climate.columbia.edu @climategroup.bsky.social‬ ‬‬‬@aqtoolbox.org‪

We sat down with V. Faye McNeill to discuss her work co-leading the Clean Air Toolbox for Cities Initiative. Her upcoming event, happening during #ClimateWeek, will showcase pioneering work by researchers paving the way towards cleaner air and a sustainable climate. https://bit.ly/46bc2iq

New research center focused on blockchain infrastructure @columbiaseas.bsky.social ! Made possible by @ethereumfoundation.bsky.social . Super-excited about this, more to come!

Excited to announce the launch of the Columbia-Ethereum Research Center for Blockchain Protocol Design — a new interdisciplinary hub created in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation. Read the announcement: https://bit.ly/46nGYuE

Join us for the 11th Annual @bloomberglp.bsky.social -Columbia Machine Learning in Finance Conference on Sept. 25! The conference will bring together leading practitioners and academics to share cutting-edge applications of machine learning in finance. Register today: bit.ly/4mz7vw4

Earth and Environmental Engineering Professor Pierre Gentine discusses the future of climate modeling for Columbia Engineering News, noting the innovations paving the way for more accurate, long-term prediction models. Read more: https://bit.ly/4mhqwSu @datascicolumbia.bsky.social

Columbia's Center of Advanced Electrification will host their inaugural Fall Symposium as a part of #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering. ⚡️Explore cutting-edge electrification through sessions on power systems, decentralized grids, and transportation. Register here: https://bit.ly/4ma2etH

In his contribution to our limited-series newsletter, The Lever, Eugene Wu reveals how sandboxed environments, forkable infrastructure, and built-in safeguards can create the guardrails needed for AI to move beyond suggestions and start taking meaningful action. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3Jq2dEm

The Sports AI Innovation Forum has kicked off this morning with remarks from Dean Shih-Fu Chang, Vice Dean of Computing and AI Prof. Vishal Misra, and Managing Director of the Sports AI Innovation Center Eddie Mandhry. Opening remarks by Priya Narasimhan, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Christine Hendon has been awarded the EQT Foundation Women’s Health Breakthrough Science grant, a funding initiative that aims to accelerate bold solutions in women’s health. Congrats to Hendon on this achievement!⚒️ Read more: https://bit.ly/3JQ34yv

🌎 How can Generative AI transform climate science? Join LEAP during #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering for an expert panel discussion on how AI is innovating climate modeling. Register today: https://bit.ly/45WQzJY @climate.columbia.edu ‪@climategroup.bsky.social‬ ‬‬‬@leapstc.bsky.social

The Computer Science Department’s MS Bridge program has awarded Justyn Chang and Ryan Puterbaugh as the next cohort of Lustgarten-Whitney Fellows. Congratulations! Read more: https://bit.ly/4gdKw7b

Columbia Engineering Professors Lydia Chilton, Yunzhu Li and Sunil Agrawal will be featured speakers at this week’s Columbia-Dream Sports AI Innovation Symposium, happening Sept. 12. This event explores AI innovations that are building the future of sports. Register today: https://bit.ly/3HQzJDv

🌊 The 6th annual "Rethinking Water" Conference unites experts to solve America's water crisis through sustainable solutions. Don't miss this key event during #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering! https://bit.ly/4njn7Ur @climate.columbia.edu ‪@climategroup.bsky.social#ClimateWeek

On Sept. 22, Gotham Foundry finally launches! This new sustainable materials hub brings together NYC academic institutions and community partners to support early-stage deep tech startups & research in sustainable textiles, construction & medical materials. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ghxy8I

In his contribution to The Lever, Kostis Kaffes explains why tracking changes, simulating actions, and building multi-layered safeguards are vital precautions in deploying AI agents. Subscribe to The Lever today for more insights: https://bit.ly/4m6lzMp @datascicolumbia.bsky.social

Join @vishalmisra.bsky.social at the 09/12 Sports AI Innovation Symposium. As director of the Columbia Dream Sports AI Innovation Center, Misra will join a panel of speakers to discuss how technology is reshaping competition and performance across sports. Register today: https://bit.ly/4m3nYaL

In just a few weeks, Climate Week at Columbia Engineering kicks off on Sept. 22! Join us for events featuring Columbia researchers and guest experts leading the charge toward a more sustainable future.🌎 Learn more: bit.ly/46Ip1cc ‪‪ @climate.columbia.edu @climategroup.bsky.social‬ ‬‬‬

Ready to explore how researchers and industry are tackling challenges at the intersection of AI and sports? Join us at the Sept. 12 Sports AI Innovation Symposium, hosted by the Columbia Dream Sports AI Innovation Center. Register today: https://bit.ly/4m3nYaL @vishalmisra.bsky.social

In the latest installment of The Lever, Vishal Misra explains why safety layers and guardrails aren't optional when it comes to putting AI agents to work — they're essential. Subscribe to The Lever for insights on navigating innovation without getting lost in the hype. https://bit.ly/3Jq2dEm

AI is rapidly reshaping the landscape of software development. We talked to faculty in the Department of Computer Science about their take on this shift and how they've been rethinking the approach to prep students for an AI-powered industry. Read more: https://bit.ly/4oZejVn

🌟 Join us for "The Race to Fusion Energy: International Cooperation and Competition", happening during Climate Week at Columbia Engineering. Learn from a panel of international energy policy leaders who will provide insights into the future of fusion. Register today: https://bit.ly/45Vc1h3

The annual CEEC Fall Symposium will explore scalable electrochemical technologies, optimal device operation, and critical materials supply chains. Join us for keynotes, panels, and a poster session from CEEC PhD students. Learn more & register: bit.ly/4mHH47t @datascicolumbia.bsky.social

#AI implementation doesn't need to transform your entire organization overnight. Just ask computer scientist and Arklex.AI founder Zhou Yu, who shares in #TheLever why starting with just one specific problem creates the momentum needed for successful AI adoption. bit.ly/3Jq2dEm

📣 Check out LEAP's lineup of Fall 2025 Lectures in #Climate #Data Science! 📣 More details are forthcoming but you can RSVP *now* at leap.columbia.edu/events/2025-... We look forward to welcoming you at the @columbiaseas.bsky.social Innovation Hub and/or via Zoom!

The international race to commercial fusion energy is heating up. Join the FIA and @columbiaseas.bsky.social in NYC on September 24 for "The Race to Fusion Energy: International Cooperation and Competition," happening during #ClimateWeekNYC. ⚡Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-race-t...

“The less time we spend pushing paper, the more time we can spend doing meaningful work,” says Associate Professor of Computer Science Lydia Chilton. “That's the real promise of AI agents." engineering.columbia.edu/the-lever/ai...

💨 Air pollution causes over 8 million premature deaths annually. Join us during #ClimateWeek at Columbia Engineering for the event "Data and Partnerships for Global Clean Air and Climate" to discover how collaborative research is creating innovative solutions. Register today! https://bit.ly/45ZFbgl

In our new issue of The Lever, AI experts at Columbia explain how to safely deploy AI agents to do everything from navigating the web, filling out forms and even making payments. Subscribe to this issue of The Lever today: https://bit.ly/45viKj3 Audio License: David Szesztay, “At the Right Moment”

In a new paper published in @nature.com, Columbia Engineering researchers led by Associate Professor Karen Kasza have developed a novel way to use light to influence an animal's own proteins in order to control folding in live embryos. bit.ly/47FUw6V

Join us for the next Tech CEO Lecture series, happening during #ClimateWeek! 🌎 CEO of Eurolife FFH Insurance Group Alexander Sarrigeorgiou BS'79, MS'80 will discuss how insurance, markets, and policy can build resilience against intensifying climate disasters. Register today: https://bit.ly/4fFMSLU

🏆 Professor Dimitris Anastassiou and distinguished alumnus and University Trustee Fermi Wang MS'89, PhD'91 have received the 2026 IEEE Arun N. Netravali Video Analytics Award for their pioneering contributions to digital video compression technology. Congratulations! : https://bit.ly/47AoxVL

The Department of Computer Science shone at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2025) with two prestigious faculty honored -- Kathleen McKeown and Julia Hirschberg! ✨ Congratulations to these two leading researchers! Read more: https://bit.ly/4lB4c5X

Bacteria and viruses are teaming up to create a therapy that can directly kill cancer cells 🦠 CAPPSID is an innovative cancer therapy that hides cancer-killing viruses inside tumor-seeking bacteria, bypassing the immune system to deliver the therapy directly to cancer cells. https://bit.ly/4oEa7dn

Kristin Myers and her @columbiamed.bsky.social collaborators are working on methods to use individual patients’ ultrasounds to customize digital twins, helping better understand the causes of preterm birth and opening the door to predicting this common and dangerous complication. bit.ly/47vr6Zc

New paper from @elhamazizi.bsky.social, @bleilab.bsky.social & @danapeer.bsky.social labs: Decipher, a deep generative model to track disease trajectories in single-cell data. 📖 Read: bit.ly/4mufVnZ @columbiaseas.bsky.social @columbiacancer.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social

🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to our 2025 Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) + Momentum Fellowship participants on a truly fruitful summer! Things sure are quiet around the @columbiaseas.bsky.social Innovation Hub + @ncar-ucar.bsky.social without you all, but ...

Courses like 'AI in Context' put AI at the center of learning. On the syllabus: 1️⃣ the social impact of AI 2️⃣ how students can be responsible users 3️⃣ its history & philosophy It's taught by faculty across @columbiauniversity.bsky.social: @columbiaseas.bsky.social, philosophy, music, literature.

🌎 Mark your calendars! Climate Week at Columbia Engineering kicks off Sept. 22. bit.ly/46Ip1cc Join us for a week of events featuring Columbia researchers and guest experts leading the charge toward a more sustainable future. #ClimateWeekNYC #Sustainability #ClimateAction #ColumbiaEngineering

Congratulations to @columbiaseas.bsky.social and Columbia Space Initiative (SEDS) on a successful launch and recovery of the first US student-led LOX hybrid rocket!! As a board member of the founding class it's incredible to see how far we've come 🚀🚀 www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/c...

US recycling is not as effective as public thinks, with <24% of waste recycled. Now, waste management is incorporating AI, such as @noaa.gov Sea Grant project by @columbiaseas.bsky.social's Zoran Kostić & LDEO's Beizhan Yan to clean up Hudson River plastic: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/06/18/h...

OpenAI researcher and YouTube Shorts co-founder Shuchao Bi gave a talk at Columbia Engineering that explored AI's roots to its future frontiers. Bi traced the path to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), revealing what's needed to bring these models to reality. bit.ly/4njpIyk

🚨 Only a week left to apply for the 6th Annual Rising Stars Conference! Don't miss the chance to be part of the event taking place October 3-4. The application deadline is July 1 at 5pm! Apply today: www.bme.columbia.edu/rising-stars...

🚀 The Columbia Space Initiative (CSI) Rockets team just reached new heights in the Mojave Desert, successfully launching a hybrid rocket powered by liquid oxygen! "This is literally the next generation of rocket scientists," says Prof. Hod Lipson. We couldn't agree more 🌟 bit.ly/3HttOnh