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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYColumbia
516
Total Mentions
484
Documents
14,393
Connected Entities
Private Ivy League research university in New York City
Columbia University appears in the Epstein files primarily in incidental contexts—mentions in newsletters, market reports, and geographic references—with no evidence of direct institutional connection to Epstein's activities.
The vast majority of mentions are low-signal: market analysis reports listing Colombia (the country) alongside other nations, newsletters about Brexit and financial markets, and geographic references that appear unrelated to Jeffrey Epstein. A few mentions reference Columbia University's research (climate science, public health studies) in forwarded articles or documents. Notably absent are flight logs, personal correspondence, financial records, or court documents connecting the institution to Epstein. While research shows Columbia received approximately $100,000 in Epstein-facilitated donations to its dental school for diabetes research, and prominent donor Mortimer Zuckerman (who had business dealings with Epstein) signed Epstein's 50th birthday book, these connections do not appear in the document mentions analyzed here.
Key Highlights
- •Most mentions confuse 'Colombia' (the country) with 'Columbia' (the university) in market reports and newsletters
- •One mention references Columbia University's climate scientist Kate Marvel in a TED conference document
- •Another mention cites Columbia University's School of Public Health dental research in a health article
- •No flight logs, financial records, or direct correspondence involving Columbia University found in the analyzed mentions
- •External research reveals $100,000 in Epstein donations to Columbia's dental school, but this doesn't appear in the document set
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Document Mentions (20 of 484)
EFTA00006487 - EFTA00006586
8 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
7/26/06 New York, NY 4:03 PM (F) 2 - $ S 7/26/06 White Pls, NY 5:00 PM (F) 1 - $ 7/26/06 White Pis, NY 5:01 PM (F) 1 - $ 7/26/06 Columbia, MD 5:02 PM (F) 2 - $ $ 7/26/06 New York, NY 5:03 PM (F) 3 - $ 7/26/06 White Pis, NY 5:07 PM (F) 20 - $ 7/26/06 White PIS, NY 528
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Page: EFTA00006534 →EFTA00005971 - EFTA00005993
4 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
TO: =Albany 0 Albuquerque 0 Anchorage 0 Atlanta 0 Baltimore °Birmingham (=Boston (=Buffalo =Charlotte =Chicago o Cincinnati °Cleveland =Columbia Dallas °Denver =Detroit cEl Paso oFBIHQ =Honolulu (=Houston o Indianapolis c= Jackson 0 Jacksonville 0 Kansas City O Knoxville =Las Vega
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Page: EFTA00005971 →EFTA02707384.pdf
3 mentionsEFTA02707384
kraft AS Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec Felda Global Ventures Holdings Proventus AB The Earth Institute. Columbia University USA Switzerland USA France Israel USA Switzerland Norway Qatar Norway Turkey Canada Malaysia Sweden USA World Economic Forum Annual Meetin
e Vice-President. Manufacturing and Engineering Senior Vice-President, Head of Corporate Strategy World Economic Forum Annual Meeting DCI Group Cisco Columbia University Hua Dan Agility Interpeace UBS AG SRG SSR UBS AG Unilever Belgium USA USA France USA Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
e of Technology (Caltech) Google Inc. Petrofac Services Ltd SouthWest Energy (HK) Ltd Islamic Relief Worldwide Alcoa Inc. USA Belgium India Colombia Brazil United Kingdom USA USA USA United Kingdom Ethiopia United Kingdom USA EFTA_R1_02105155 EFTA02707387 Jarg Asmussen Ibrahim Abdul
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EFTA01394342.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01394342
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Repirldfic of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
EFTA01391518.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01391518
anti regulations. Neither the products. or the Management Company/Issuers hare aria will not be registerer, with the Soperinteriaence of finance of Colombia. Potential Colombian investors should rn:Jke their own cep:ion *Miler this Mantra! protruct meets their investment retgeutrver am, tisk tolerance le
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petdrc of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
EFTA01393979.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01393979
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
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EFTA01389922.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01389922
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
EFTA00630287.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00630287
ressive foreign partner like BP or ExxonMobil. * Argentina re-ignites the Falklands crisis: At an April 15-16 Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia—the one at which US Secret Service agents were caught fraternizing with prostitutes—Argentina sought fresh hemispheric condemnation of Britain's co
a regular contributor to The New York Times, is writing a book about Egypt's revolutionaries. He is a fellow at The Century Foundation, teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and blogs at thanassiscambanis.com. He is also the author of A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah's Leg
EFTA01383130.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01383130
lendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal thridakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Repirldfic of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
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EFTA01389495.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01389495
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
TED2017: The future you
2 mentionsHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014951 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014971
Source: House Oversight Committee
l its flight behavior. tomassaraceno.com @tomassaraceno Ingrid Betancourt Writer, peace advocate Ingrid Betancourt was a presidential candidate in Colombia in 2002 when she was kidnapped by guerilla rebels. After six years in captivity and a high-profile rescue, she now writes about what she learned abou
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014957 →assse Kate Marvel Climate scientist Climate scientist Kate Marvel looks at the big picture of environmental change. Kate Marvel is a scientist at Columbia Universitv and the NASA Goddard Institute of Space studies. She uses computer models and Page 11 of 21 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014961 --- PAGE BREAK --- TED2017: Th
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014962 →EFTA01391223.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01391223
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
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EFTA01392549.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01392549
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
EFTA01393733.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01393733
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal disdakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
EFTA01353976.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01353976
Glendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal thridakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Sepik:hr. of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
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EFTA01354406.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01354406
lendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal thridakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Repirldfic of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with decree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
EFTA01354833.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01354833
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
lendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal thridakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Repirldfic of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
EFTA01355534.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01355534
Glendower Capital SOF IV, LP. 7 Legal disdakners for perjure In Columbaa. This rnarkettng material does nisi constitute a public offer in the Republic of Colombia it is being distributed under orcurnstame, which Co nrA co
ant t regulations. Neither the proilocts. or the Management Canpanyibstiers have aria will nor be registereh with the ca,perintencence of finance of Colombia. Potential Colombian investors should snake o'er Cain reosion *heft this firancial pontuct meets their investment objective: am; tisk tolerance ie-v
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EFTA01364503.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01364503
lendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal thridakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Repirldfic of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
EFTA01386438.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01386438
lendower Capital SO( IV, L Legal thridakners for persons In Casaba Thic rratkettng material does not constitute a public offer in the Repirldfic of Columba; it is being distributed under orcurnsuoitec wh:di yo,-A constitute a petsho of ferhig securities wider applicable Colombran securrtres Nees anti r
arid risks irreolv,41, and as to legal. tax aim feinted matter:: cancer-Sri; an ::vestment in the producas.This riMek fling material is mattered rr: Colombia or prow:eel to Cokerd...ian residents in conerhance with Cerree 2555 of 2010 and other applicable roles anti re.g.olations relater to the promotkun
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Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
223 docs223 co-mentions
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LocationCountry located primarily in North America
121 docs121 co-mentions
Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
112 docs112 co-mentions
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Leon Black
PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1951)
108 docs108 co-mentions
George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009
101 docs101 co-mentions
Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
100 docs100 co-mentions
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OrganizationUnited States Department of Justice, federal executive department responsible for law enforcement
93 docs93 co-mentions
Marc Rich
PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)
80 docs80 co-mentions
Prince Charles
PersonKing of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 2022 (born 1948)
80 docs80 co-mentions
Virginia Giuffre
PersonAdvocate for sex trafficking victims (1983–2025)
79 docs79 co-mentions
Joe Biden
Person46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
79 docs79 co-mentions
Chile
LocationCountry in South America
77 docs77 co-mentions
New York
LocationMost populous city in the United States
75 docs75 co-mentions
Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
73 docs73 co-mentions
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OrganizationAmerican privately held financial, software, data, and media company
72 docs72 co-mentions
Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017
71 docs71 co-mentions
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Emmy Taylor
PersonFormer assistant to Ghislaine Maxwell, appeared in Epstein flight logs and court documents
70 docs70 co-mentions
Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
66 docs66 co-mentions
Stephen Hawking
PersonBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
65 docs65 co-mentions
Julie K. Brown
PersonAmerican journalist
63 docs63 co-mentions