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Volunteer Hours Opportunity! During the Fall 2026 Open House events, there will be two Pre-Med & Pre-Health presentations on Sunday October 4, 2026 at 2pm – 3pm and Saturday November 14, 2026 at 2pm – 3pm. Current Pre-Med and Pre-Health students and alumni are needed as panelist to offer insights from the student and applicant perspective.
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Columbia University Bioethics Department is calling all undergraduate students and recent graduates for a Bioethics Op-Ed contest!
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Guidelines:
- Only students who are currently enrolled undergraduates in an accredited college or university, or students who received their bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 are eligible to participate.
- Essays should make an op-ed style argument on a topic in bioethics, and should not be more than 1,500 words in length.
- Your submission must be original work, and no part of the essay may be written by generative AI. All sources used must be cited according to one of the accepted formats (e.g. APA, AMA, Chicago, etc.)
- All submissions must be in the form of a Microsoft Word document. Essays that are submitted as PDF documents will not be reviewed.
Columbia University Bioethics Department is calling all undergraduate students and recent graduates for an AI and Ethics Op-Ed Contest!
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Guidelines:
- Only students who are currently enrolled undergraduates in an accredited college or university, or students who received their bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 are eligible to participate.
- Essays should make an op-ed style argument on a topic in bioethics, and should not be more than 1,500 words in length.
- Your submission must be original work, and no part of the essay may be written by generative AI. All sources used must be cited according to one of the accepted formats (e.g. APA, AMA, Chicago, etc.)
- All submissions must be in the form of a Microsoft Word document. Essays that are submitted as PDF documents will not be reviewed.
