The Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School

Voting is live on our stories for the next 24 hours! Please vote for ONE of the seven photos across both polls.

Here are the 7 finalist photos for this year’s Chazen Travel Photo Contest!

Parvathy Sathyaprakasan - Sunset in Boracay. Global Immersion Program - Philippines
Kunal Agarwal - View of Mt. Säntis during Appenzell brewery visit in Switzerland. MBA Exchange - Switzerland
Natalie Aresta-Katz - The rare Blue Footed B***y, rarely seen outside of its customary mating season. Study tour - Ecuador
Dilan Badshah - Plant-Based Feast at the farm-to-table experience Stush in the Bush. Study Tour - Jamaica
John Harbour III - Turkiye The Beautiful Basilica Cisterns - Istanbul, Türkiye. Study tour - Turkiye
Brooklyn McDaniels - Standing quietly small beneath something beautifully eternal. Study tour - Bahrain, Oman and UAE
Chandu Pullooru - In Kenya’s wild, a giraffe’s hunger stirs the tree, and a bird is forced to fly before its time. Global Immersion Program - Kenya


Head to our stories at noon on Wednesday 4/15 to vote for your favorite photo. Winner takes home a $100 Grubhub gift card (and bragging rights 🙂)

Thank you Sarwath Hafiz , Sylvana Quader Sinha and Dr. Shakil Ahmed, for sharing your thoughtful insights about the business culture in Bangladesh!

Wonderful conversation on wellness for business travelers with Professor Aamir A. Rehman and CBS MBA students Christian Virgil , Athena Zou and Haneke Manoharan !

Check out the last slide for some top-tier advice on maintaining your health and wellness while traveling for business.

Amazing conversation at the Traveling While Exploring the Hispanic Identity, presented in collaboration with . Thank you so much to monica_bolanos, , , and .uribe for sharing your insights about navigating heritage and global identity, bridging generational gaps, and how travel influences familial and cultural bonds.

After 14 years of helping from across Latin America grow their businesses, the Chazen Institute’s Entrepreneurship & Competitiveness in Latin America (ECLA) program held its first-ever reunion. We were thrilled that more than 30 former participants from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay returned to CBS to take part in new workshops such as Scaling Strategically with Professor Nataliya Wright or Leadership Through Jazz with Professor Paul Ingram, meet with high-level leaders at top companies including and and trade tips, advice, and best practices.

Sound intriguing? If you’re an entrepreneur at a mid-sized Latin American company seeking to compete in today’s global environment, the Chazen Institute’s ECLA program can help provide you with the skills, tools, and networks to professionalize and grow your business.

Applications are open now and close at the end of September 2024. If you would like to learn more, please feel free to reach out to [email protected] or join a webinar. For webinar sign up and schedule, see link in bio!

Aaaand …bragging rights go to our top 3 vote-getters in the Chazen Travel Photo Contest. Out of the top 10 finalists, these 3 photos emerged as the crowd faves. Congrats to Lauren Michelson ’25 who photographed the striking reader’s paradise, “Starfield Library in COEX Mall” on the 2024 Global Study Tour to South Korea; Napon Pouvaranukoah ‘24 who shot the beautiful illuminated marine tableau, “Diving the Vibrant Sea of Lights in Shanghai” on the 2024 Global Study Tour to China; and Supidsara (Mink) Thantanaporn ‘24 who shot a convention of black and white cuties featured in “Beach Party, Penguin Style” on the 2024 South Africa Global Immersion Program.

Voting underway for the annual Chazen Travel Photo Contest. Such amazing photos … this one’s promising to be a nail-biter!😳

We’ve narrowed it down to 10 gorgeous photos shot on Chazen trips over the past year. Believe us when we say it wasn’t easy. But there’s more! Stop by Kravis 470 between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 to vote for your favorites. We’ll have snacks, giveaways, and more. The photographers of the 3 pics that score the most votes will each win $100 GrubHub gift card. (Yum!) Want to get a jump start on making your choices? Here are the 10 finalist photos— taken in India, Korea, Australia, Philippines, Tunisia, Rwanda, South Africa, and China.