Our students, faculty and alumni, and their innovative endeavors and accomplishments are at the heart of Columbia College. Here we highlight a few of their numerous achievements in the 2017–2018 academic year.
- The Class of 2021 will be the first to have My Columbia College Journey in place for all of their undergraduate years at Columbia.
- Academy-Award winning producer Dede Gardner named Class Day speaker
- Two College alumni elected to Columbia University Board of Trustees
- Nine Columbia College affiliates awarded 2018-2019 Fulbright U.S. Student grants
- Student awards for teaching and publishing awarded to Gareth Williams and Gauri Viswanathan
- Young Joon Kim ’20 and Arjun Srivatsa ’20 part of The Columbia Design Challenge winning team
- Columbia College announces 2018 John Jay Award honorees
- University Trustee Jonathan S. Lavine ’88 honored at Alexander Hamilton Dinner
- Lulu Cerone ’21 named L’Oréal Paris Woman of Worth
- Tomas Luksic ’18 named Schwarzman Scholar
- Matt Malone ’18 wins prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- David Vasquez ’13 selected for Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program
- Leena Dai ’18 named Yenching Academy Scholar
- Ben LaZebnik ’18 selected for Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs
- Alex Braslavsky ’18 wins prestigious Clarendon Scholarship