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Sumar Frejat's path to GS is both unique and inspiring. Since fleeing Syria in 2010, he has explored the worlds of music, medicine, and academics. Now preparing to apply to medical school, Sumar has continued to take an active role on campus and reflect on his path to GS.
This spring, seven GS students, including three in the Dual BA Program Between Columbia University and Sciences Po, have received competitive scholarships to study foreign languages over the summer.
Three GS alumni were recently selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.
Application Deadline: Wed., May 1
The NYU Neuroscience Institute is now accepting applications for their Research Associate Recruitment Program for positions beginning summer 2019.
Hundreds of veterans, leaders, scholars, and guests came together last Friday to celebrate Columbia University’s distinguished student veteran community at the 9th annual Military Ball.
Vice Dean of the Columbia University School of General Studies (GS) Curtis Rodgers was honored with the Peter J. Awn Lifetime Service Award at the 9th Annual Columbia University Military Ball on Friday, March 29. The award, named in memory of the late Dean Emeritus of the School, honors a lifetime of outstanding support for military veterans and service members.
Jesse Chase-Lubitz '18 has been chosen by the Henry Luce Scholarship Foundation to join the 2019-2020 class of Luce Scholars. Aimed at the enhancement of the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society, the Program places students in various host countries within Asia for an immersive living and working experience.
Hundreds of veterans, leaders, scholars, and guests will convene this Friday to celebrate Columbia University’s distinguished student veteran community at the 9th Annual Military Ball on Friday, March 29.
On February 27, faculty, staff, friends, and family gathered at Columbia’s Faculty House to celebrate the induction of 70 students into the School of General Studies Honor Society.
Dean Awn was one of the most beloved and, as President Bollinger eloquently states, impactful people in the history of our School. No one cared more for our entire School community—students, staff, alumni, friends, and family—than Dean Awn.
On Saturday, February 9, around 500 prospective medical students and 32 volunteers gathered in Lerner Hall for the 2019 Medical School Fair.
The Spring 2019 entering class comprises a truly diverse body, boasting 37 U.S. military veterans, 15 veterans from foreign militaries, and international students representing 24 countries.
For one to be met with adversity only makes the accomplishment of one’s goals that much more rewarding. Economics major Joan Bolanos Martinez can back this statement up with his account of a path that started in a small town in Venezuela and has led him to the financial epicenter of the world.
Today, more than 230 incoming GS undergraduate and Postbac Premed students, along with GS staff and Orientation Leaders, convened in Roone Arledge Auditorium in Lerner Hall to usher in the beginning of the spring semester and begin the weeklong New Student Orientation Program
Before even attending medical school, Postbac Premed Program student Ivan Dominguez had become a part of medical history by being a part of the team that filmed the first face transplant surgery ever performed at NYU Langone Health. However, the path he followed to get to this point began with a passion for music, which he credits with leading him to his current passion: medicine.