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Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN)
The Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN) works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.
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Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) partners with faculty, students, and colleagues across the University to support excellence and innovation in teaching and learning. The CTL is committed to advancing the culture of teaching and learning at Columbia through all of its programs, services, and resources.
Center on Japanese Economy and Business
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business is the preeminent US academic center focused on promoting knowledge of Japanese business systems in domestic, East Asia, and international contexts.
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Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of Columbia Law School and Columbia Climate School at Columbia University, is the only university-based applied research center and forum dedicated to the study, practice, and discussion of sustainable international investment. It develops practical approaches for governments, investors, communities, and other stakeholders to maximize the benefits of international investment for sustainable development. Applying its legal, economic, and policy expertise, CCSI addresses sustainable investment holistically, bridging investment law, natural resource management, human rights, economics, political economy, and environmental management. It works to strengthen the sustainable development potential of international investment, and to ensure that international investment is mutually beneficial for investors and the citizens of recipient countries.
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Community College Research Center
The Community College Research Center studies community colleges because they provide critical access to postsecondary education and are uniquely positioned to promote equity and social mobility in the United States. Our mission is to conduct research that helps these institutions strengthen opportunities and improve outcomes for their students, particularly those from underserved populations.
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Harriman Institute
The Harriman Institute, Columbia University, is one of the world's leading academic institutions devoted to Russian, Eurasian and East European studies. Their mission is to serve the community at the University and beyond by supporting research, instruction, and dialogue, sponsoring vibrant, multidisciplinary events that bring together our extraordinary resources of faculty, students, and alumni. They are committed to training the next generation of regional specialists to play leadership roles in setting the academic and scholarly agenda, making policy, and challenging accepted truths about how we study our rapidly changing world.
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
The mission of the IRI is to enhance society’s capability to understand, anticipate and manage the impacts of climate in order to improve human welfare and the environment, especially in developing countries. The IRI conducts this mission through strategic and applied research, education, capacity building, and by providing forecasts and information products with an emphasis on practical and verifiable utility and partnership.
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Libraries
As vital partners in the University's research and learning ecosystem, Columbia University Libraries connects users with rich and distinctive collections, fosters meaningful learning experiences, and provides innovative research support for a large, diverse user population. The Libraries has an open-access policy and the research of its employees is featured here.
Mailman Digital Learning Studio
The Digital Learning Studio partners with faculty and staff to create equitable and effective online learning experiences for public health professionals at every stage of their career. The Digital Learning studio provides training, support and resources for online learning excellence, develops new, online, and hybrid educational programs, and works to facilitate collaborations across departments and units to provide online learning resources for faculty and consistent online learning experiences for students at the Mailman School.
National Center for Disaster Preparedness
The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Earth Institute works to understand and improve the nation’s capacity to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.
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Oral History Master of Arts
Columbia University’s Oral History Master of Arts Program is the first program of its kind in the United States: a one-year interdisciplinary MA degree training students in oral history method and theory. Through the creation, archiving and analysis of individual, community and institutional histories, we amplify the critical first-person narratives that constitute memory for generations to come.
The Delacorte Review
The Delacorte Review believes in writers, and what they can accomplish when unencumbered by anxiety, terror, despair, and fear of rejection. We believe that writers — both emerging and experienced — who feel supported and confident can produce their best work, and that readers benefit. We want our readers to discover new, original works of ambitious narrative nonfiction. If the best fiction is propelled by imagination, we believe that the best narrative nonfiction is propelled by the relentless and often-lonely business of finding out things that are often maddeningly difficult to find. In a word: reporting.. The Delacorte Review appears four times a year and is published in cooperation with the Columbia Journalism School and The Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism.
Tow Center for Digital Journalism
The Tow Center for Digital Journalism hosts a variety of diverse research projects that explore innovation at the intersection of journalism and technology.
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Urban Climate Change Research Network
The Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) is a global consortium of urban climate change knowledge providers, whose mission is to provide research that enables cities and their metropolitan regions to lead on mitigation and adaptation, with a focus on action, equity, and sustainable development. Based at Columbia University’s Climate School, UCCRN aims to institutionalize a sustained, state-of-the-knowledge assessment process of climate change science, policy recommendations, and case studies tailored for urban needs, drawing on the experiences from diverse, international cities and encouraging urgent climate action. Now comprising 2,000+ members in over 150 cities with 15 Regional Hubs, the heart of UCCRN is its world-class researchers, many of whom are leading academics, IPCC authors, and practitioner scholars from universities, think tanks, and expert groups around the world.
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