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- Food FARMacia Breaks the Link Between Food Insecurity and Obesity in Children: For children living in food-insecure families, access to free, healthy food in a Food FARMacia has measurable health benefits.
- Four Faculty Elected to Academy of Community and Public Service: The Academy of Community and Public Service inducted aculty members from across CUIMC in recognition of their exceptional community and public service efforts.
- Fitness Program Aims to Improve Health of Local Seniors: Every Tuesday at the Armory, over 100 local seniors gather for an hour of exercise, fitness lessons, and conversations with Columbia faculty and students.
- High School Students Experience "A Day in the Life" of an Anesthesiologist: A group of 20 students from in and around Washington Heights had the hands-on experience of “a day in the life” of an anesthesiologist at the Margaret Wood Center for Simulation and Education.
- Summer of Science: Students from historically Black colleges and universities joined Columbia biomedical research laboratories for a summer of science as part of the Ernest E. Just Biomedical Research Scholars program.
- Undergraduate Mentorship Program Supports Young Black Scientists: Columbia’s Black Undergraduate Mentorship Program in the Biological Sciences—BUMP Bio—helps budding scientists take their first steps toward a career in science.
- Project Medical Education Returns: Local residents, community leaders, and policymakers spent a day on campus to learn about day-to-day activities at an academic medical center.
- Local High School Students Showcase Cancer Research: High school students from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center's summer science program presented their research findings to Columbia scientists at a poster session.
- Summer, Science, and Drosophila: New Program Shapes Future Scientists: Students from University Heights High School in the Bronx got hands-on research experience in a new summer program launched by Columbia's Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- Columbia Stem Cell Labs Open Doors to Next Generation of Scientists: Columbia stem cell researchers opened their labs for one day to dozens of 8th to 10th-grade girls to inspire the next generation of female scientists.