Columbia University Presents at GAI AgTech Investment Summit, May-02-2013 11:15 AM. Venue: New York, United States. Speakers: Bruce Kahn.

Columbia University Presents at 2013 Global Emerging Markets Spring Investor Conference, Apr-20-2013 02:30 PM. Venue: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 1330 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, District Of Columbia, United States. Speakers: Guillermo Calvo, Professor of Economics, International and Public Affairs.

In an ongoing strategy to broaden Columbia's already extensive global presence and perspective, Columbia University opened a Columbia Global Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--the University's second in South America. In addition to Rio, Columbia has opened centers in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris and Santiago. Columbia Global Centers promote and facilitate international collaborations, research projects, academic programming and study abroad, enhancing the University's historic commitment to global scholarship and problem-solving. Initial programs and projects based in Rio include a close partnership with Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, which has already opened a Studio-X laboratory in the city for experimental work in urban design. The Center is facilitating Brazilian projects for Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School, Columbia University Medical Center and the School of International and Public Affairs. Columbia's School of the Arts is looking to launch film projects in Brazil, and the Global Scholars Program also seeks a Brazilian component. The Rio center occupies about 2,500 square feet of office space in the centre of the city's commercial center, with close proximity to local universities, research centers and the city transportation system. It houses a small classroom, a seminar room, and offices for use by faculty, students and staff.