News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS
News at Columbia SPS
The Enduring Legacy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030
PlaNYC 2030 reshaped NYC’s approach to urban planning, environmental policy, & climate resilience.
The FSB’s AI Practices: From Principles to Quantitative Evidence
The FSB’s new framework for responsible AI adoption highlights a challenge risk managers know well: Controls need evidence, not just documentation.
Financial Crimes Compliance & Consequences: Bank of America’s Costly Lesson
ERM part-time lecturer Naana Asare examines what Bank of America’s 2026 enforcement actions reveal about escalation, remediation and management accountability in financial crimes compliance.
The Hiring Bottleneck in Healthcare Is a Capacity Problem, and Hospitals Are Solving It with AI Agents
Health systems can only staff as fast as they can hire. AI agents are lifting the cap that talent acquisition headcount has put on hiring, and the effects show up well beyond recruiting.
After Wealth Management
A Conversation with Matthias Kuhlmey on agentic advice, consumer control and the future of financial advice.
How Do You Regulate an Industry You Don’t Understand?
In Columbia Magazine, Steven Cohen discusses the need for transparency, independent oversight and accountability in AI regulation. (Columbia Magazine)
Resisting the Impact of Zeldin’s Environmental Destruction Agency
Attacks on environmental protections and scientific expertise threaten public health and sustainability.
From Knowledge to Impact: A Course Designed for the Moments You Can’t Script
A new SPS elective uses improvisation, behavioral science, and performance practice to help graduate students turn knowledge into presence, adaptability, and real-time professional impact.
Follow Me: A Lasting Leadership Legacy of 9/11, 25 Years On
Project Management Professor Howard N. Apsan reflects on the enduring lessons of 9/11 and the leadership-by-example legacy of the first responders who ran toward danger.
Advancing Environmental Science and Earth Observation
Environmental scientists monitor and analyze planetary conditions to develop data-driven solutions to sustainability challenges.
The Future of Urban Transportation Should Be Underground
Project Management Program Director Evangelia Ieronymaki reflects on how underground transportation infrastructure can help dense cities reclaim surface space while balancing engineering, environmental and operational trade-offs.
Third-Party Risk Has a Ghost Problem — and It's Called the Fourth Party
Rimla Khawaja brings two decades of third-party risk management experience into the classroom, including the lesson that your risk doesn’t stop with the vendor you hired.