Past Events

The Teaching Development Program (TDP) offers doctoral and MFA students a means to document and articulate their teaching development at Columbia. Completion of foundational or advanced tracks in the TDP is certified by the CTL and noted on transcripts for doctoral students in Arts and Sciences, SEAS, Mailman, Nursing, Social Work, Business, Journalism, and GSAPP – and for MFA students in the and School of the Arts. For more information or to register, visit the TDP site at https://tdp.ctl.columbia.edu/. Students…

We invite current Columbia graduate students with questions about maintaining an inclusive teaching environment and all other aspects of pedagogy to drop by office hours on Fridays from 2:00–4:00 pm. We also welcome conversations about CTL fellowships, programs, services, job market preparation, and making progress in the Teaching Development Program (tdp.ctl.columbia.edu). No appointment is necessary; you can join us in-person in 212 Butler Library, or via Zoom. To join office hours via Zoom, email CTLgrads@columbia.edu to obtain the link. Learn more about what you can…

Learn about and engage with backward design: a scalable, end-in-mind approach to instruction that will help you effectively plan an activity, a class session, or an entire course. In this workshop for graduate students, we will discuss how to use previously-determined and described learning objectives as part of the backward design approach to drive assignments, feedback, and in-class activities for students. Prior to this session, participants are expected to have completed a 20-minute module on Canvas. To get started on…

Hybrid Event Prospects for Relations with North Korea Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 6:30 PM (ET) The Korea Society (350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10017) Featuring: Keith Luse, Executive Director, National Committee on North Korea Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon Rachel Minyoung Lee, Senior Fellow, Stimson Center’s Korea Program and 38 North Susan A. Thornton, Director, Forum on…

For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 4:00 pm on Feb. 4 for campus access. Names will be submitted for…

CTLgrads Learning Community: Embodied Learning: Object-Based Approaches to Inclusivity in the Classroom (Part 1 of 2) How can pedagogical practices respond more fully to differences in access, ability, learning styles, and prior knowledge? This Learning Community invites participants from across disciplines to reflect on such questions by foregrounding the role of objects and the body in learning. We will reflect on how objects can transform pedagogical experiences, and how teaching with objects can cultivate more inclusive classrooms. The first session…

Event Description: Technological leadership is increasingly central to economic competitiveness, national security, and global governance. China’s rapid development of innovation ecosystems—combined with intensifying U.S.–China competition in artificial intelligence and strategic technologies—has created profound challenges for policymakers around regulation, industrial policy, supply chains, and international cooperation. Join Dr. Clas Neumann, global technology executive and innovation strategist, for an in-depth business and policy discussion on how China’s innovation model operates, what is driving the U.S.–China AI rivalry, and how emerging technologies are…

Join us for a virtual workshop exploring the wide range of East Asian archival resources available across Columbia University Libraries. Archivists from the C. V. Starr East Asian Library and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library will guide you through our collections, demonstrate how to navigate their finding aids, and share practical tips for accessing materials and preparing for research appointments. The session will also highlight a selection of recently processed materials as engaging examples of primary sources. Anyone interested…