Jeffrey Sachs

“Whenever, wherever, we’re meant to be together.” Well, not us—but Latin American heads of state and Jeffrey Sachs will join pop singer Shakira to discuss children’s poverty together on Sept. 24 at Columbia.

Columbia’s own in-house celebrity, Jeffrey Sachs, appeared Monday evening in front of a packed Miller Theater to take on the world’s problems—including the lack of sustainability in our current consumption habits and the need for new technologies to conquer an increasing crisis in natural resources.

Over 500 people crowded into Low Library’s rotunda for the Earth Institute’s Global Health Equity event last night, with people spilling into the aisles and even standing for over an hour.