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New podcast: Dean Boyce sits down with Computer Science alum Janet Lustgarten to talk about bringing diverse voices into computer science, translating technical skills into business acumen, and taking the nontraditional path. Listen to the full episode here: https://bit.ly/3mDMf92

How can you make sure your vote counts, while minimizing the risk of in-person voting? BME Prof. Elizabeth Hillman has been working closely with frontline healthcare workers since the pandemic began, including designing personal protective equipment (PPE). Hillman shares six tips for in-person voters based on WearingisCaring, an information campaign that she and a group of Columbia students and post-docs launched this summer. Columbia University in the City of New York Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University

Columbia engineers are changing the rules of the modeling game! Whether assessing the safety of nuclear waste or verifying the robustness of an aircraft carrier, our built world relies on models with such detailed understanding of materials that they can accurately predict performance far into the future. And as new materials and properties are discovered and created, the onslaught of new data requires models that can keep pace with discovery, taking into account not just pro...perties from the micro- to the macroscale, but how these properties work together. Enter reinforcement learning (RL), a type of machine learning that the tech and finance industries have embraced to optimize performance. To learn how Prof. Steve WaiChing Sun is applying RL models to civil engineering, read the full story in this fall's Columbia Engineering Magazine! https://bit.ly/2J8E2en See more

Today at 6pm EST: Don't miss a timely #ColumbiaGivingDay conversation between Columbia Engineering faculty, alumni, and graduate students on cyber security and its role in policy and voting. Join us (virtually) to better understand topics like organizational hacking and weaponizing leaks, how to improve our voting infrastructure, and smart practices to counter an ecosystem of polarization and disinformation.

This Giving Day we are thrilled to launch the James R. Priest Scholarship, which will support students who are leaders in the African-American community here at SEAS. Named in honor of the first Black graduate of Columbia University and Columbia Engineering (then the School of Mines), every gift on Giving Day to the James R. Priest Scholarship will be matched up to $200,000. Give now: https://bit.ly/34yBYVe

Today is the day! This #ColumbiaGivingDay, you can make a critical impact on the students, faculty, and researchers at Columbia Engineering who are turning their knowledge into action and changing the world. Give now: http://bit.ly/SEASFB20.

Today at 6pm: Join Civil Engineering Prof. George Deodatis and Lamont Doherty Director Maureen Raymo for a fascinating talk on solutions for communities facing the threat of sea level rise.

Today at 1pm: check out this event on engineering and the artful brain.

Our researchers have identified a promising COVID-19 therapeutic, in combination with other antivirals.

Climate change and aging infrastructure pose big risks to America's water supply. We're using AI and big data to find solutions.

Jawbones are among the hardest bones to replace in the human body. Columbia engineers may have just figured out how to do it.

Columbia Giving Day is TWO weeks away! On Wednesday, October 28, support our resilient students, faculty, and researchers who are changing the world for the better. Get involved: http://bit.ly/CAA2FB20

Rising sea levels are threatening communities around the globe. Register now for this important conversation on potential solutions: https://bit.ly/372o0ww Read more about how we're working to protect coastal communities here: https://bit.ly/34SW6jZ