Mission
❄️ NEW WEBSITE — 2026 WINTER LINEUP ❄️
We are in the process of updating our brand-new website, which will contain much more information about our upcoming events. It will also be a new experience and way for you to handle your membership and connect with our growing community! In the meantime, below is a list of events planned for the Winter 2025-2026 Season! Tickets and Event Details will be made available closer to each date.
- December 18, 2025: Holiday Party @ The Standard Hotel. Will be awesome night!
- January 12, 2026: UN Ambassador to Syria. Discussion & Reception.
- January 27, 2026: Columbia Club Networking Night at the Penn Club of New York.
- February 3, 2026: Trivia Night!
- February 24, 2026: Rich Lerner – Emmy winner for NBC’s Olympic coverage and veteran play-by-play host on Golf Channel’s Golf Central and PGA Tour broadcasts – will be graciously joining us at the Penn Club of New York. Details being finalized.
- March 2, 2026 (TBC): Join Columbia Professors Lisa Sachs and Jeffrey Sachs for an engaging and timely conversation exploring global development, sustainability, and policy, thoughtfully moderated by Columbia Club member Vincent Sandow-Straesser. Details forthcoming.
- March 2026: Joint evening with Notre Dame Club of New York.
- April 21, 2026: Sports Psychology with Dr. Darby Bonami.
- April 24, 2026: Investigative Journalist Gerard Ryle (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)– Panama Papers lead) and special Columbia guest (TBC). Details forthcoming.
Additional social gatherings and member events will be announced throughout the season — stay tuned!
The Columbia University Club of New York’s mission is:
- To provide a social and cultural community to the alumni, students, faculty, administration, and staff of Columbia University, Teachers College, and Barnard College.
- To provide an off-campus continuum of Columbia University’s intellectual, academic, and professional impact on New York City and the world.
- To provide a superior quality club experience by offering excellent facilities for the social, business, and certain recreational needs of members and their families.
- To provide a Midtown forum for cross-disciplinary pollination of ideas, cultures, and learning.
- To provide the basis of a global community for Columbia University’s alumni, students, faculty, administration, and staff through its reciprocal domestic and international club memberships.
- To instill a deep and abiding pride in Alma Mater and to engage alumni further in University affairs.