News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS
News at Columbia SPS
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.
One Eager Student’s Successful Day at Columbia SPS’s Career and Networking Expo
Angela Zhuo was determined to make a good impression on employers, but she walked away with larger lessons that she didn’t expect.
From Biology to Analytics: Kadiatou Bah on Using Data to Improve Health Care
CUNY Fellow Kadiatou Bah discusses her path from Medgar Evers College to Columbia SPS, building new technical skills, and her goal of bringing analytics and technology into a future career in medicine.
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.
From Law to Sustainability: Francisco Loyola Wants to Strengthen Responsible Business in Chile
The 2026–2027 Luksic Scholarship recipient is pursuing an M.S. in Sustainability Management to deepen his expertise in sustainability science and finance, and bring that knowledge back to his work advancing responsible business practices in Chile.
Emerging Frontiers Symposium Explores the Future of Biodiversity Research
Researchers and practitioners gathered at Columbia to examine how artificial intelligence, genomics and community science can converge to advance biodiversity research and conservation.
How Columbia ERM Prepared an Alum for a Global Risk Career at JPMorgan Chase
Zhengtian Ge (’22SPS, Enterprise Risk Management) reflects on how the ERM program has contributed to his approach at JPMorgan Chase four years after graduating.
Wildlife Populations Have Plunged Globally, But Some Buck the Trend
A new report by leading conservation nonprofits found populations of thousands of vertebrate species dropped 73 percent on average from 1970 to 2022. (Inside Climate News)
Columbia NECR Partners with Schranner Negotiation Institute for Advanced Student Workshop
Students explored new strategies for navigating conflict, deadlock, and high-stakes negotiations.
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.