Hurricane Harvey left the home of Shomik Ghose, SEAS ’23, flooded during his junior year of high school in 2017, marking the beginning of what he considered “the worst year of his life.” Years later, Ghose carried lessons from the experience that have served him well through his time at Columbia and beyond.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and School of International and Public Affairs Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo will teach a new course titled Inside the Situation Room next fall, according to a press release from SIPA.

Upmanu Lall—the Alan and Carol Silberstein professor of engineering and director of the Columbia Water Center—recently won the 2023 Ven Te Chow award for his years of work in hydrology and water resource management, Columbia Engineering announced in a press release on Feb. 8.