Awards & Milestones

Columbia faculty, students, and staff are on the cutting edge of advancements in all fields and their work is fittingly awarded and recognized. Below, find the most recent accomplishments and milestones as well as monthly lists of recent awards.

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Recent Awards & Milestones

Deputy Mayor Robert K.

The search committee for the Dean of Columbia College has concluded its work.

Under, directed by Mark Raso ('12 SOA), written by Raso and Jake Crane (4th year Screenwriting) and produced by Jean-Marceau Sécheret ('11

Columbia University’s environmentally sustainable design and overall project plan for its 17-acre Manhattanville campus in West Harlem has earned L

Five members of the Columbia community—including President Emeritus George Rupp—were elected to the American Philosophical Society, the oldest lear

Six Columbia professors—with expertise ranging from neuroscience and mathematics to journalism and visual arts—were elected to the American Academy

Ten Columbia faculty members have won 2012 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowships in recognition of their “exceptional capacity for productive scholarsh

Columbia University's Northwest Corner Building has been awarded LEED® Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Great teachers engage, challenge, inspire and empower their students. And they draw inspiration from the teachers who taught them.

Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law welcomed U.S.

Andrew Delbanco, who has been called “America’s best social critic,” was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama (CC’83) yest