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September 30, 2026
Critical Minerals, New Energy Sources, and the Race for Resilience
Columbia Technology Ventures co-sponsored the Climate Week panel with Columbia Engineering, Columbia Climate School, and Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.
September 30, 2026
Tangent Robotics Raises 4.5M in Pre-seed Funding to Advance Fine Motor Skills for Robot Dexterity
Tangent Robotics was spun out of Columbia Engineering's Robotic Manipulation and Mobility Lab and co-founded by Dr. Matei Ciocarlie, Dr. Ioannis Kymissis, and Dr. Pedro Piacenza.
August 19, 2026
New Chip Mimics How Cancer Spreads
Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic and her team have developed a multi-organ chip that mimics how cancer cells spread from vascular flow to distant organs, the first model of cancer metastasis of its kind.