Columbia has opened submissions for its 2026 America 250 poster, offering a $1,000 award and national exposure for the winning design.

Time to finish this. This irreverent tag line is just one of the many that grace more than 60 posters that comprise Project 270, a “Get Out the Vote” initiative by Mana Urban Arts Project (MUAP).

Whether in academia or industry many of us -pre-pandemic- waded through crowded poster halls at conferences to get quick glimpses at snapshots of research projects presented in this condensed form.