Latest Impact Stories

A Tech-Savvy Nurse Practitioner Bridges the Medical-Digital Divide

With a mix of clinical and IT experience, Meghan DeRocchis, '22SPS, is exploring ways to improve healthcare through technology.

Businesses Need Stewards of Information to Navigate the Future of Work, says IKNS Alumna

Now the VP, Director of Strategy at TBWA\WorldHealth, Myrlene Laroche is using her degree to power up marketing through data.

Sustainability Management Alumna Marissa Cuevas Heard “The Third World War Will Be About Water.” She Created a Solution for That.

Cuevas created microTERRA, which seeks sustainable water solutions. Her team won first place in the Greater Good Challenge.

Helena Economides: Finding Ways to Give Back and Virtually Connect with Nonprofit Management Students

When the pandemic hit, the arts administration professional sought ways to give back to her graduate school community.

HBCU Fellow Timia Whitsey Secures a Spot at ViacomCBS Ahead of Graduation

Once reluctant to attend grad school, Whitsey has already started her new role as Development PA at the entertainment company.

Gabriel Amor: Balancing Speed & Authenticity in PR will be the Next Gen’s Great Challenge

"It’s an energy you feel that can’t be replicated anywhere other than on this campus," says the SCOM lecturer.

Peter Lichtenthal: How the E3B Program Inspired the Pursuit of Graduate Work in Conservation

"The classes ended up being extremely rewarding in helping me flesh out what I wanted to do."

Strategic Communication’s Don Waisanen Helps Students Put Storytelling At the Center of Their Work

“Storytelling is at the center of everything that [students] have done and will do in their lives.”

A Year After Graduation, Applied Analytics Alumna Jing Li Continues Tapping into Columbia’s Unmatched Network

Now at Google, Li says most of her career opportunities came through connections, many from Columbia's Applied Analytics program

Sayantanee Das: Bringing Prison HIV Care Research to the Global Stage at the World Bioethics Conference

"The small class sizes and clear devotion from the professors fostered very meaningful connections."

Raisa Ramalho: How the Pandemic Redefined Human Capital Management and the Importance of Thinking Strategically

How the pandemic redefined human capital management and the importance of thinking strategically, in the words of our student.

Marianne Casgrain: Finding a Foothold for Pivoting a Career

"The program gave me the time to figure out what I wanted to do and the necessary skills to pivot my career."