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Columbia Ethics Bowl (CEB)

Overview (April 2026)

MISSION STATEMENT

To promote nuance and reason over spectacle and certainty, the Columbia Ethics Bowl (CEB) seeks to foster principled and respectful deliberation on some of the most difficult ethical issues of our times. As a part of the national community of collegiate Ethics Bowl organizations, CEB competes intercollegiately, supports the National High School Ethics Bowl, and is committed to accessible ethics education at large.

 

CORE OBJECTIVES

  1. Represent Columbia at the annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl® regional and national competitions.

  2. Maintain active relationships with ethics bowl organizations at peer institutions and organize frequent scrimmages and exhibition matches.

  3. Support the National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) by sending judges and moderators to regional and national competitions.

  4. Host high school ethics bowl invitationals at Columbia in the pre- and off-seasons every year.

  5. Organize outreach programs in support of ethics and philosophy education on and off campus.

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

  1. We have reached out to Philosophy, German, English and Comparative Literature, and Core Curriculum faculty members/administrators who have expressed support and willingness to get involved with the project. 

  2. We established a working relationship with the Director of the National High School Ethics Bowl at UNC-Chapel Hill, who expressed interest in collaborating with CEB in creating invitational programs for NYC area high schools.

  3. We formed a team and committed to a scrimmage competition with Harvard Ethics Bowl in April 2026. 

  4. Our two student organizers served as official competition judge and moderator for the 2026 national high school qualifiers in New Jersey, Long Island, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and DC, and will serve as judges at the national championship held at UNC-Chapel Hill in April. 

 

NEXT STEPS

  1. Become recognized as an official student group by the Activities Board of Columbia (ABC) in the Undergraduate Student Life office. 

  2. Prepare for the Harvard Scrimmage.

  3. Prepare for the 2026-27 Intercollegiate Competition Season.

  4. Plan for a Spring 2027 High School invitational competition.

 

STUDENT ORGANIZERS

Steven Cui CC’29

rc3849@columbia.edu

Economics-Philosophy (intended) and Piano @ Juilliard

 

Edward (Dio) Gelman CC’29

emg2257@columbia.edu

Philosophy and German (intended)

 

Both student organizers previously won the NJ Regional and placed 6th in the National Championship.

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