Events

Foundations for SMA physical therapists provides essential knowledge and skills to manage individuals with SMA across the lifespan and phenotypic spectrum. The registration fee will cover your participation across all 3 components of the foundations program. The workshop component of this program will be held at: Stanford University, California January 23-25, 2026 Registration should only be paid following acceptance into the program.

Join us for lunch and a lecture by Dr. Prager to learn how physicians partnered in the Nazi regime and what lessons can be learned. Event co-hosted by Columbia's Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and CUIMC's Jewish Employee Resource Group. Dr. Prager is Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of Medical Ethics, and Co-Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee at Columbia University Medical Center. He was a member of the Ethics, Professionalism, and Human Rights Committee of the American College of Physicians. Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979393595528?aff=oddtdtcreator All attendees must have a CUID/NYPID to attend this event. Please email ethics@cumc.columbia.edu if you have any questions.

A fireside chat with Elisha Wiesel: A conversation on Remembrance, Tolerance and Responsiblity. CUID Required. Please register at https://columbiabarnardhillel.org/event/wiesel/ Elisha Wiesel Chairman of the Board, The Elie Wiesel Foundation  and son of Elie Wiesel Elisha Wiesel (born June 6, 1972) is an American businessman, hedge fund manager, social activist, and philanthropist. He is the only child of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.  Wiesel spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, where he held various leadership roles before leaving in 2019. He is a Founding Partner and Chief Risk Officer of ClearAlpha Technologies, where he co-manages the Niche Plus fund. He also serves as Chairman of Entrio, an Israeli financial technology start-up, and is a member of the board of directors of FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solution provider dual-listed on NYSE and NASDAQ.  He is the Chairman of The Elie Wiesel Foundation, where he  is leading efforts to revitalize the Foundation’s mission and further his parents’ legacies as humanitarians and educators. Elisha also continues his father’s commitment to the Jewish people by speaking publicly against antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric.  Wiesel’s father, Elie Wiesel, was a Holocaust survivor, author, professor, and human rights advocate who founded The Elie Wiesel Foundation with his wife, Marion Wiesel, also a Holocaust survivor.  Raised in New York City, Elisha attended the Ramaz School, a Modern Orthodox yeshiva, and later Yale University, where he earned a B.S. in Computer Science. Following graduation, he received basic military training in Israel.  He has two children with his wife, Lynn Bartner-Wiesel. 

Yael David, PhD Associate Member, Chemical  Biology Program Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center "Diabetes, Cancer, and CAR T Cells: Targeting a Metabolic-Epigenetic Axis to Improve Immunotherapy"