News at Columbia SPS Category - Any -AlumniFacultyImpacts and InsightsIn the CommunityIn the MediaKnowledge BaseOffice of the DeanPress ReleaseResearch & PublicationsSchoolStaffStudent Faculty, Student Construction Administration Students Explore the Social Impact of Urban Renewal Four alumni reflect on visiting an in-progress housing project as part of their Construction Capstone, experiencing firsthand how neighborhoods and communities were affected by Robert Moses’s construction projects. School Strategic Communication Program Convenes Symposium on the Future of the Discipline On January 19, leading figures in the field of strategic communication joined students, faculty, and alums to discuss the urgent need for strong communication in turbulent times. Faculty Preparing the United States Workforce for the Future of Tech The Columbia School of Professional Studies’ Career Design Lab hosted a listening session on the USG NNSCET to examine emerging standards for new technologies. Faculty The Politicizing of Electric Vehicles EVs will replace gas-powered vehicles when they are less expensive, more feature-packed, and more reliable than cars with internal combustion engines, writes Senior Vice Dean Dr. Steven Cohen. Student SPS Student Saxon Stahl On How to “Do the Right Thing” Stahl discusses the SPS DEIA committee and the work they hope to achieve. Student VR Experience Opens SPS Students to a New Tool in Conflict Resolution and Empathy Building Negotiation and Conflict Resolution students reflect on the role of new technology in conflict resolution and the challenge of depicting the true horror of violence when trying to build empathy. Alumni Actuarial Science Alum Shares How the SPS Program Has Been Critical to His Success Kyle Cai (‘17SPS, Actuarial Science) shares the surprising link he learned between actuarial science and storytelling—and how his final project at the program became a talking point in job interviews. Faculty Why Organizational Justice Can Have an Enormous Impact on the Workplace Human Capital Management’s Edna Chun discusses how fairness and equity are key to a positive workplace environment. Faculty How to Cover the Biggest Story on Earth: The Future of Climate Reporting Sustainability Management instructor Claudia Dreifus shares the challenges of reporting about climate change—and offers valuable advice for students interested in a career writing about it. Faculty, In the Media Public Safety Hinges on More Than Just Policing, Writes Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Associate Professor Dr. Peter Dixon Why thinking of public safety "as a question of policing alone" does not make us safer. (The Fulcrum) Faculty New York City’s Gradual Transition to a Sustainable City New Yorkers know that a sustainable city is attractive, exciting, and capable of winning the global competition for talent and business, writes Senior Vice Dean Dr. Steven Cohen. Faculty, In the Media Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45 Bioethics Program Director Dr. Robert Klitzman shares his experience working on the Empire State Stem Cell Board with disability rights advocate Brooke Ellison. (The New York Times) Load More