Student Organizations

The mission of the Columbia Chemistry Careers Committee (C4) is to educate undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs on career options for chemists.

Supporting women in chemistry, both in and out of the department, through outreach and other events.

The Graduate Student Council represents the students in the Department of Chemistry on a variety of matters and acts as the main liaison between the students and the faculty and administration.

The Chandler Society is Columbia’s undergraduate Chemistry club. They host events including lunches with Columbia Faculty and the Grandpierre Memorial Lecture.

Moments in Materials “MiMs” is a symposium held every summer at Columbia University. We invite undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and professors interested in Material Science to our forum to gather and interact.

SACNAS+ at CU also acknowledges the goals and aspirations of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) and intends to be all inclusive (+) with members of other underrepresented, first-generation, low-income communities beyond those explicitly named.

Women in Science at Columbia is an interdepartmental group for female scientists and their allies that promotes the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.

PhD for a Day exposes middle school students to the life of Columbia graduate students and doctoral candidates.

Columbia Chem-GEM (Chemistry Graduate Education Mentoring) connects students with Columbia chemistry graduate students to demystify graduate school.