News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS

Faculty, In the Media

Hospice and MAiD: Collaboration and Cooperation, Building a Continuum of Care

Bioethics Professor David N. Hoffman spoke with Jeremy Boal, a physician, medical director, and person living with ALS, to discuss how hospice and MAiD providers can align their models of care to best serve patients at the end of life. (YouTube)

Faculty

American Scientific Research May Be Down, but It’s Not Out

Despite recent turmoil, America’s scientific capacity is still robust and has local, national, and global economic importance.

Student

How Strategic Communication Rebuilds Trust In Our Divided Digital World

What SPS students learned from Melissa Fleming, UN under-secretary-general for global communications, about fighting misinformation and inspiring change.

Faculty, In the Media

How Does Nature Contribute to the Economy? These Environmental Accountants Are Trying to Find Out

Viorel Popescu, lecturer and director of the M.S. in Biodiversity Data Analytics program, comments on investor interest in environmentally friendly companies and the value of the new SPS master’s program. (Inside Climate News)

In the Media

Data-Driven D.C. Panel Presented by the M.S. in Political Analytics Program

Sara Fagen of Tunnl and Andrew Markoff of Three Point Media share what skills matter most in an analytics-driven world, how political media has evolved in just five years, and more. (Capitol CNCT)

Alumni

Celebrating Our Graduates and Welcoming Them to the Alumni Family

Check out some photos from the Countdown to Graduation event.

Student

Turning Ideas Into Action: How SPS Student Government Treasurer Dinandra Arhisy Is Shaping Tech Leadership at Columbia

Learn about how this M.S. in Technology Management student is applying real-world strategy to leadership and learning.

Student

Technology Management Program Partners with NY Tech Meetup to Spotlight Student Innovators

In a special “Columbia SPS Edition” of NY Tech Meetup, students demoed their ventures and networked with leaders in the NYC tech scene.

Student

How Luksic Scholar Victoria Escribano Piazza Found Her Purpose in Sustainability Management

“Sustainability isn’t just a career path for me; it’s an ethic, a lifelong commitment to care and give back,” says Luksic Scholar and Sustainability Management student Victoria Escribano Piazza.

Student

Insurance Management Student Drives Change Through SPSSG Leadership

Anthony Guzman shares how serving in SPS Student Government allows him to elevate student voices while building leadership skills that extend beyond the classroom.

Faculty

Closing the Gap Between Biodiversity Commitments and Measuring Nature

M.S. in Biodiversity Data Analytics Program Director Viorel Popescu examines why biodiversity commitments are running into a data wall—and how new science can break through it.

In the Media

My Family Fled Germany During the Holocaust. In 2025, I Became a Citizen.

“The historical reversal has healed something for me,” writes Claudia Dreifus, an instructor in the M.S. in Sustainability Management program. (New York Magazine)