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In this video, the 2026 Columbia SPS Graduation Student Marshals reflect on the connections, challenges, and experiences that shaped their time at Columbia SPS. Watch the video.

Watch: Mariana Caro, a recent M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution graduate, gives incoming students advice on finding community and building confidence while studying at SPS. 

M.S. in Narrative Medicine alum Sal Marx is using visual storytelling to give chronic illness patients their voices back. Comics, painting, mixed media: their work asks what we can say through art that words alone can't express. From palliative care wards in Vienna to building an archive with the Sick Futures Collective, Marx is treating creative work as a form of care. Read more.

Before ChatGPT became a ubiquitous browser shortcut, Siddhartha Dalal was creating AI algorithms to tackle high-stakes problems—from preventing future disasters like the Space Shuttle Challenger incident to ensuring safety on construction sites. Now, Dalal’s work informs his teaching as a professor in the M.S. in Applied Analytics program. Learn more.

This spring, the future of leadership takes center stage at Frame Your Future 2026, a public event series from SPS. From sustainability and biodiversity to AI, technology, and project leadership, the series convenes practitioner faculty and industry leaders to explore how new tools, shifting markets, and evolving workplace expectations are redefining professional advantage. Learn more and register.