Latest Impact Stories

Alumni

Tara Shahbazi: Finding Focus and a Business Foundation for a Career in Tech

“You’re not just doing an MBA or a law degree. You’re really differentiating yourself.”

Faculty

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Highlighting Strategic Communication’s Sonya Keshwani and Her Line of Head Wraps for Cancer Patients

"I decided that if the answer to my problem didn’t already exist, I would have to create it myself.”

Student

Jonathan Tsarouhis: Making the Most of COVID-19 Uncertainty with HyFlex Courses in Columbia’s Business Certificate Program

"My experience with HyFlex courses has been excellent."

Alumni

Sharon Feldman: Bioethics Alumna and Cleveland Clinic Fellow Seeks to Contribute to Australia’s Emerging Clinical Ethics Field

Now a Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic, Feldman recalls the most enriching features of Columbia's M.S. in Bioethics program.

Student

Adina Isenberg: Confronting Breast Cancer, COVID-19 and Making a Return to Columbia 16 Years After Starting

COVID-19 presented an opportunity for this Breast Cancer survivor to return to the Strategic Communication program online.

Student

Scarlett Liu: HyFlex Applied Analytics Student Uses the Power of Storytelling in Her Data Analyses

"I feel like a student again," says Scarlett Liu, who is currently taking HyFlex courses in the Applied Analytics M.S. program.

Student

Kuniko Sakai: Stuck at Home During the Pandemic, But Sharpening English Language Skills One Virtual ALP Class at a Time

"I was impressed that the teachers had created such a high-quality online class in such a short period of time."

Alumni

Michael Menconi: Dual-Degree Bioethics/ Public Health Alumnus Aspires to Make Sound, Ethical Sense of New and Longstanding Dilemmas in Healthcare

Menconi, who earned a Bioethics M.S. & M.P.H. from Columbia, credits the program with bolstering his law school application.

Alumni

Dhaval Khamar: Forever a Part of the Bioethics Community, Even as Medical School Begins

"I want to use the communication skills I learned in the clinical ethics curriculum to improve the care I provide patients."

In Their Own Words: Four Ways Columbia’s Actuarial Science Program Sets Students Apart

Four students and alumni from the M.S. in Actuarial Science program at Columbia University share the impact of the program.

Student

Deheta Emma Akue: Business Certificate Student Sharpens Financial Skills Through Columbia’s HyFlex Courses

"“I’ve had a good experience in HyFlex courses. My favorite experience has been group projects."

Alumni

Nicole Drepaul: Helping Young People ‘Rewrite’ Their Narratives to Reduce Conflict

"I learned how to tailor my actions and words to successfully ask for what I want."