CIESIN Marks Ten Years at Columbia
See: CIESIN 10th Anniversary Celebration

Ten years ago this month, CIESIN moved to the Lamont campus of Columbia University to become a center within the Earth Institute (EI). As a non-profit organization founded in 1989 in Michigan, CIESIN had established a strong reputation for interdisciplinary data and information development and Internet-based tools and applications, working across the natural, social, and health sciences. The move to Columbia has enabled CIESIN to strengthen its scientific and technical capabilities and partnerships, reach out more effectively to key policy and user communities, and broaden its impact both nationally and internationally. Within the EI, CIESIN now works closely with scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Tropical Agriculture Program (TAP), and other EI centers and programs on a wide range of activities that address human-environment interactions. CIESIN has also taken a leadership role on cyberinfrastructure development, both within the EI and the University more generally. After a decade here at Columbia, and with CIESIN’s 20th anniversary approaching, we plan to highlight not only our past accomplishments and current activities, but also our directions and plans for the future, here on this Web site and in several upcoming events and publications. Please stay tuned!