Morningside Campus/Limited Access

Effective immediately, access to the Morningside campus has been limited to Morningside faculty, students residing in residential buildings on campus (Carman, Furnald, John Jay, Hartley, Wallach, East Campus, and Wien), and employees who provide essential services to campus buildings, labs and residential student life (for example, Dining, Public Safety, and building maintenance staff) Read more. Read More.

Kat Castro

Assistant Director of Industry Relations, Career Design Lab, Columbia SPS

Kathleen Castro, mainly known as “Kat,” is currently serving as Assistant Director of Industry Relations at the CDL, specifically working with the talented Applied Analytics students.

Prior to Columbia, Kat worked in Career Services at her Alma Mater Hofstra University and Marymount Manhattan College. Before her career in Higher Ed, Kat worked in the busy life of television. She scouted locations for the long-run show Law and Order, worked as a Production Manager for NBC Sport’s Football Night in America and managed the NBC Page Program. She started her TV life as an NBC Page, just like Kenneth from 30 Rock!

Kat holds a Bachelor of Arts in Television/Video Production and is a born-and-raised Queens New Yorker, currently residing in Forest Hills with her husband and two daughters Jocelyn (8) and Lucy (6).