Earth Institute

Sustaining developments

The Earth Institute attributed the decision to a high level of student interest in the existing concentration. The addition of the major thus stands in sharp contrast to the bureaucratic lethargy that bogs down many potentially positive progressions at Columbia: A research institution, largely isolated from the undergraduate population, took students’ considerations into account.

By Editorial Board | Mar 21 10:45 pm ET

Columbia launches sustainable development major

Starting Fall 2010, undergraduates will have the opportunity to major in sustainable development.

By Alix Pianin | Mar 9 03:09 am ET

Students, professor recall harrowing experience in Haiti

Students and professors are responding to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Some recall experiences abroad during the crisis.

By Leah Greenbaum, Elizabeth Scott, and Amber Tunnell | Jan 19 03:23 am ET

Gates, Buffett come to Columbia

Warren Buffett, Business '51, returns to Columbia to chat with students and Bill Gates.

By Gabriela Hempfling | Nov 13 12:25 am ET

SEAS project promotes sustainability

A group of SEAS professors and deans have spent two years planning the Center for Sustainable Engineering. Now, nearly two months after its official opening in March, the center is hosting a number of student projects, all geared toward providing practical solutions to various world-development problems through engineering.

By Tabitha Peyton Wood | Apr 23 10:04 pm ET

Earth Institute to create new major for fall 2010

As issues of climate control continue to make front-page news, the Earth Institute plans to unveil a new undergraduate major in sustainable development for fall 2010.

By Margaux Groux | Apr 15 08:27 pm ET

Sachs Criticizes Press in J-School Speech

Professor and Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs played on an academic buzzword in a lecture at the Columbia School of Journalism, saying that the pursuit of sustainable development must be a “complex interdisciplinary” process.

By Tabitha Peyton Wood | Feb 23 11:24 pm ET

Sachs Urges Support of Millennium Villages Project

A crowd of students and faculty members shuffled into Miller Theater Tuesday evening for the third annual Sachs student lecture, led by Columbia’s celebrity economist, on the challenges confronting

By Maureen Stimola | Oct 28 10:00 pm ET

When the Funding Runs Out

Malaria is a huge medical problem. According to the African Medical and Research Foundation, over 3,000 children die from malaria each day in sub-Saharan Africa.

By Christine Anderson | Sep 14 09:44 pm ET

Earth Institute, Economist Hold State of the Planet Conference

Columbia’s fifth State of the Planet conference kicked off Thursday with a keynote speech by former U.N.

By Monica Varman | Mar 27 11:58 pm ET

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