Past Events

Past Events at Columbia SPS
Date Range

February 2026

Visiting and Summer Session Information Session

What
Online Info Session
Where
Online
Who
  • Jessica Tong Assistant Director, Summer Session and Continuing Education
  • Tiffaney Palmer Associate Director, Recruitment and Admissions

Bioethics Virtual Office Hour

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • Jenna Lefkowitz Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions

Narrative Medicine Virtual Office Hour

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • Jenna Lefkowitz Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions

January 2026

2026 Winter Symposium

What
Public Event
Where
New York City

Online Office Hour (Non-Degree)

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • Tiffaney Palmer Associate Director, Recruitment and Admissions
  • Joel Gorveatte Assistant Director, Recruitment
  • Summer Brown Admissions Counselor

Current Challenges in Reproductive Ethics

What
Online Info Session
Where
Online
Who
  • Robert Klitzman Program Director, Bioethics; Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • David N. Hoffman Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Columbia University
  • Arthur Kuflik Lecturer, Bioethics
  • Barbra Bluestone Rothschild Lecturer, Bioethics
  • Anne Zimmerman Advisory Board Member, Bioethics; Editor-in-Chief, Voices in Bioethics; Founder and Chair, Innovative Bioethics Forum / Modern Bioethics; Chair, New York City Bar Association Bioethical Issues Committee
  • Jenna Lefkowitz Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions

Learn About Columbia University's M.S. in Sustainability Management Program

What
Online Info Session
Where
Online
Who
  • Steve Cohen Steven Cohen, Ph.D. Senior Vice Dean, School of Professional Studies; Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
  • Chandler Precht Director of External Affairs & Communications, Graduate Programs in Sustainability Management & Science, Academic Affairs, Columbia Climate School; Lecturer in Professional Studies, Sustainability Management
  • Ali Speede, MBA Senior Admissions Counselor

Online Office Hour (Non-Degree)

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • Joel Gorveatte Assistant Director, Recruitment
  • Summer Brown Admissions Counselor
  • Tiffaney Palmer Associate Director, Recruitment and Admissions

Columbia University's Narrative Medicine M.S. and CPA Virtual Information Session

What
Online Info Session
Where
Online
Who
  • Mary E. Sormanti Program Director & Lecturer, Narrative Medicine; Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia School of Social Work
  • Cindy Smalletz Program Director, Narrative Medicine CPA and Associate Faculty, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
  • Sayantani DasGupta Senior Lecturer in Discipline, Narrative Medicine
  • Stacey Quartaro Director, Administration, Narrative Medicine
  • Jenna Lefkowitz Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions

Virtual Office Hour - Online Master's Degrees

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • H.S. Bob Kostakopoulos Part-Time Lecturer, Enterprise Risk Management
  • Shahryar  Shaghaghi Program Director, M.S. Technology Management; Professor of Professional Practice, Enterprise Risk Management; Technology, Risk Management and Cybersecurity Executive
  • Steve Safier Program Director and Lecturer, Human Capital Management
  • Charlene Perilla-Iqbal Deputy Program Director, Strategic Communication
  • Lonni Ryan Deputy Program Director, Lecturer & Alumna, Nonprofit Management
  • Viorel Popescu Lecturer in the Discipline of Biodiversity Data Analytics
  • Michael Karbowiak Associate Director of Administration, Information & Knowledge Strategy (IKNS)
  • Christoph Meinrenken Professor of Professional Practice; IKNS Program Director; PI, Climate School; Affiliate, Data Science Institute
  • Kjerstin Pugh Deputy Program Director, M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Katherine Mendis Deputy Program Director, Bioethics