Supporting Shane Colombo's Family

As many of you know, on September 2nd, the same day he arrived in Chicago to begin his doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Northwestern, Shane Colombo was tragically caught in crossfire and killed. 

Shane touched each and every person who knew him. He brought his vivacious smile into our lab every single day, caring deeply for the people around him. His heart was so full of love and his positive attitude persevered through the most challenging circumstances. Words can't describe how much we all already miss having him in the Lab.

Shane was also was a brilliant scientist whose potential could only be matched by his passion as a researcher. I've never known someone to defy so many odds and work as hard as he did to get himself to grad school. We were all immensely proud of him and feel lucky for the time we got to spend with him.

While we grieve the tragic loss of our beloved friend and colleague, I want to provide a way for us to support his fiancé, Vincent, and his family by raising money to help cover the associated costs of funeral services.  Please give whatever you can.

With love and appreciation,
The Columbia University Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab