Thanks to its prime location and sterling reputation, Columbia not only carries out all sorts of research projects for the United Nations and major multinational corporations, it manages to draw statesmen and world leaders in business and academia who are visiting New York to give lectures and seminars.
正因紐約地利佳，哥大又是紐約的重鎮，學校不但時與聯合國、跨國大公司合作，安排各種研究計畫，且有許多國家領袖政要到此訪問，因而常能邀得學術、企業界的翹楚前來演講、討論。