Latest Impact Stories

Faculty

Insurance is more ahead of the game than you think.

Insurance helped to make some of our favorite innovations happen long before they reached consumers, says Sandra Bograd.

Student

Valentina Giagnoni: Lessons on Managing Communications from the Center of the Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy

Valentina has led the UniGroup's strategic internal communications from the center of the COVID-19 crisis in Milan, Italy.

Alumni

Dr. Andre Lijoi: The Necessity of Practicing Narrative Medicine During a Pandemic

Dr. Lijoi is using narrative practices to help patients and colleagues weather the anxiety of the current COVID-19 crisis.

Faculty

Operations and Insurance Management is Instrumental and Vital to Everyone

Marguerite DeMartino discusses the future of insurance management as permeating in and out of the industry.

Student

Kyoko Adachi: COVID-19 Proves a Real-Time Lesson on the Importance of Strategic Communication at Olympus Corporation

"This crisis confirms just how interdependent we all are," says Adachi, '21SPS, Executive M.S. in Strategic Communication.

Alumni

Benjamin Moore: Adding Strategy to an Accelerating Career of Service with the United Nations Studies CPA

Benjamin Moore is a UN Peacebuilding Coordination Specialist in South Sudan and pursued a United Nations Studies CPA.

Student

‘Serving Isn’t Only Going to War:’ U.S. Air Force Contracting Officer and SPS Student Joins National COVID-19 Task Force

Second Lieutenant Adam C. Grant, '22SPS, was selected to join the United States Air Force COVID-19 RAPiDx Task Force.

Student

How This SPS Student (and CEO) Puts His International Relations CPA to Work

Dr. Wayne R. Wesley oversees educational examinations across the Caribbean and came to SPS for a CPA in International Relations.

Student

With Downtime During the Coronavirus Pandemic, SPS Strategic Communication Student Learns Coding to Pursue Venture Idea that Helps Others in the Job Search

Given extra downtime in the transition to learning from home, Julia Zhang decided to do something she'd always wanted to try.

Student

A Navy Vet Finds Purpose and Passion in Nonprofit Management

Paul Martin, '21 SPS in Nonprofit Management, applies what he learns in real-time to his work on behalf of veterans.

Student

Huixian Zhu: Finding A ‘True Passion’ on the Path to a Master’s in Strategic Communication

"The Strategic Communication program helped me find the value proposition and passion for myself."

Alumni

How Askar Baikov, ’19SPS, Technology Management, Pivoted from Cybersecurity to Tech Growth

Read how a Technology Management alumnus found a new opportunity through the Columbia Graduate Consulting Club.