亲爱的哥伦比亚大学工程学院全体师生，
Dear Columbia Engineering Community,
近几个月来，我们从新闻中感觉到美 中 关系因贸易、知识产权、甚至学术活动而日渐紧张。这些新闻制造出的不安可能会对我们教员、科研人员和学生们所珍视的哥大的开放知识型学术交流造成伤害。
In recent months we have seen news reports of heightene tensions between the Unite States an China with regar to trae, intellectual property, an even acaemic activities, creating an atmosphere that has the potential to unermine the open intellectual acaemic exchange so value among our university community of faculty, researchers, an stuents.
在这样的时刻，哥大工程学院重申我们的宗旨，并希望全体师生省察其重要意义： 我们将为所有学生、教员、科研人员和行政人员维护一个开放、包容的校园环境。
It is important for each of us in Columbia Engineering to reflect on the importance of our commitment to maintaining an open an welcoming community for all stuents, faculty, researchers, an aministrative staff.
作为一所工程和应用科学学院，我们十分幸运能够从全美、从全世界吸引拥有多元背景的学生和教员。
As a School of Engineering an Applie Science, we are fortunate to attract stuents an faculty from iverse backgrouns, from across the country, an from aroun the worl.
能够汇集这么多持有不同视角和才能的工程师和科学家是一件极其有益的事——他们对学习全情投入，为推动知识和发现的前沿专心一志，为将我们的研究转化为人文关怀充满热情。
It is a great benefit to be able to gather engineers an scientists of so many ifferent perspectives an talents – all with a commitment to learning, a focus on pushing the frontiers of knowlege an iscovery, an a passion for translating our work to impact humanity.
同时，我也向你们保证， 哥大工程学院的相关政策和流程，能够保证最高程度的学术完整性，符合美国政府的法规，并保护教员和学生的知识产权及研究成果。
Let me also reassure you that the appropriate policies an proceures are in place to ensure the highest level of research integrity, to comply with U.S. government regulations, an to protect the intellectual property an research iscoveries of our faculty an stuents.
在哥大工程学院乃至整个哥伦比亚大学里， 所有的研究均是公开透明的，没有任何保密研究项目。
Moreover, all research is open an transparent, with no classifie research projects unertaken at Columbia Engineering an Columbia University.
我为我们多元的社群感到骄傲，我也想再次强调， 我们每一个人都有义务去维护开放的校园环境。
I am prou of our iverse community, an wish to reinforce our collective commitment to maintaining an open an collegial environment.
能够拥有互相学习的机会，能够在一个如哥伦比亚大学一般充满活力、生机勃勃的地方求学、工作、共同生活，我们是幸运的。
We are fortunate to have the privilege to learn from one another, an to stuy, work, an live together in such a ynamic an vibrant place as Columbia.
诚挚地，
Sincerely,
Mary C. Boyce
哥伦比亚大学工程学院院长
Morris A. an Alma Schapiro 讲席教授
