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October 1, 2015
Actuary Ranks as the Best Career in America in 2015
According to CareerCast, actuary is the best job of 2015. The career site selected this profession based on criteria including salary, stress level, and potential for growth. An advanced degree is typically required for these jobs, the careers hub noted. CareerCast estimates that actuaries and related math-centric roles earn around $80,000 to $124,000 per year. "I've never met an actuary who said they didn't love what they do,” says Tonya B. Manning, an actuary based in Winston-Salem, NC.
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“Field-based learning changes not only what you know, but how you understand the world and your place in it,” writes Sustainability Science student Sarah Howard.
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Maxim LeFleur recently published “A Void Belonging” in Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature. The essay began as a draft in Claudia Dreifus's Writing About Global Science for the International Media course at Columbia SPS.
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Columbia SPS student Emma Fallside recently had a letter to the editor published in The New York Times as part of an assignment in a course taught by Claudia Dreifus. The assignment encourages students to engage with current issues and submit their writing for consideration by major national publications.
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