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Past Events

September 2026

M.P.S. in Insurance Management Online Information Session

What
Online Info Session
Where
Online
Who
  • Teresa Chan Director, Master of Professional Studies in Insurance Management
  • Tiffaney Palmer Senior Admissions Counselor

May 2026

April 2026

Virtual Office Hour - Online Master's Degrees

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • H.S. Bob Kostakopoulos Deputy Program Director and Part-Time Lecturer, Enterprise Risk Management
  • Charlene Perilla-Iqbal Deputy Program Director, Strategic Communication
  • Cindy Smalletz Program Director, Narrative Medicine CPA and Associate Faculty, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
  • David Kreutter, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer in Applied Analytics; Associate Director, M.S. Applied Analytics
  • Jason Papier Lecturer, Managing Partner, Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management LLC
  • Christoph Meinrenken Professor of Professional Practice; IKNS Program Director; PI, Climate School; Affiliate, Data Science Institute
  • Katherine Mendis Deputy Program Director, Bioethics
  • Kjerstin Pugh Deputy Program Director, M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Lonni Ryan Deputy Program Director, Lecturer & Alumna, Nonprofit Management
  • Shahryar  Shaghaghi Program Director, M.S. Technology Management; Professor of Professional Practice, Enterprise Risk Management; Technology, Risk Management and Cybersecurity Executive
  • Steve Safier Program Director and Lecturer, Human Capital Management
  • Teresa Chan Director, Master of Professional Studies in Insurance Management
  • Viorel Popescu Lecturer in the Discipline of Biodiversity Data Analytics

March 2026

Inside Columbia's Online Classroom: What It’s Really Like to Learn Virtually

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • H.S. Bob Kostakopoulos Deputy Program Director and Part-Time Lecturer, Enterprise Risk Management
  • David Kreutter, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer in Applied Analytics; Associate Director, M.S. Applied Analytics
  • Christoph Meinrenken Professor of Professional Practice; IKNS Program Director; PI, Climate School; Affiliate, Data Science Institute
  • Katherine Mendis Deputy Program Director, Bioethics
  • Charlene Perilla-Iqbal Deputy Program Director, Strategic Communication
  • Viorel Popescu Lecturer in the Discipline of Biodiversity Data Analytics
  • Kjerstin Pugh Deputy Program Director, M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Lonni Ryan Deputy Program Director, Lecturer & Alumna, Nonprofit Management
  • Steve Safier Program Director and Lecturer, Human Capital Management
  • Tracy Schwartz Senior Program Director, Wealth Management
  • Shahryar  Shaghaghi Program Director, M.S. Technology Management; Professor of Professional Practice, Enterprise Risk Management; Technology, Risk Management and Cybersecurity Executive
  • Cindy Smalletz Program Director, Narrative Medicine CPA and Associate Faculty, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
  • Mary Ann Susavidge Lecturer, Insurance Management; Head of Environmental, Bowhead Specialty

Columbia SPS CUNY Fellowship Information Session

What
Online Info Session
Where
Online
Who
  • Melissa Barnes Associate Director, Media and Advertising, School of Professional Studies
  • Fatima Mendez Advisor

February 2026

Inside Columbia's Online Classroom: What It’s Really Like to Learn Virtually

What
Admissions Event
Where
Online
Who
  • David Kreutter, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer in Applied Analytics; Associate Director, M.S. Applied Analytics
  • Viorel Popescu Lecturer in the Discipline of Biodiversity Data Analytics
  • Katherine Mendis Deputy Program Director, Bioethics
  • H.S. Bob Kostakopoulos Deputy Program Director and Part-Time Lecturer, Enterprise Risk Management
  • Steve Safier Program Director and Lecturer, Human Capital Management
  • Blake DiCosola Associate Professor of Practice, Information & Knowledge Strategy (IKNS); Affiliate Faculty of The Data Science Institute at Columbia University (Data, Media & Society); Affiliate Faculty of Columbia | Zuckerman Institute (Mind, Brain & Behavior)
  • Teresa Chan Director, Master of Professional Studies in Insurance Management
  • Cindy Smalletz Program Director, Narrative Medicine CPA and Associate Faculty, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine
  • Kjerstin Pugh Deputy Program Director, M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Lonni Ryan Deputy Program Director, Lecturer & Alumna, Nonprofit Management
  • Charlene Perilla-Iqbal Deputy Program Director, Strategic Communication
  • Shahryar  Shaghaghi Program Director, M.S. Technology Management; Professor of Professional Practice, Enterprise Risk Management; Technology, Risk Management and Cybersecurity Executive
  • Jason Papier Lecturer, Managing Partner, Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management LLC

Columbia SPS CUNY Fellowship Information Session

What
Online Info Session
Where
Online
Who
  • Karen Acampado Associate Director, Career Design Lab, Columbia SPS
  • Tricia Charles Admissions Specialist, School of Professional Studies

Where Risk Meets Reward: Journeys in Actuarial, Insurance and Risk Management Success

What
SPS Event
Where
New York City
Who
  • Frances Luville Enterprise Risk Management Alumni (Fall 2023), Strategic Risk Analyst at Morgan Stanley
  • Aisling Jumper Insurance Management Alumni (Fall 2024), Vice President and Head of Global Underwriting Operations at TransRe
  • David Abramov Actuarial Science Alumni (Fall 2025), Assistant Actuary at New York State Department of Financial Services