Will Specht SEAS’25 is a senior from Massachusetts studying biomedical engineering. Specht is being recognized for impact as one of the co-presidents of Columbia Space Initiative. At CSI, Specht has lead outreach efforts, bringing space-themed STEM education to more than 1,000 NYC middle schoolers, lead a mechanical subteam while working on a boat designed to clean up NYC waterways, and conducted research and design as a part of the space microbiology team. As co-president, Specht has helped bring multiple astronauts to the community along with experts in medicine and biology, and has worked to help mission leads organize their projects and build CSI into the fantastic community it is.