News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS
News at Columbia SPS
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.
From Shaping Chile’s Electric Mobility Policies to Columbia’s Classrooms
Luksic Scholar Gustavo Hunter has helped advance sustainable transportation across Chile’s public and private sectors. At Columbia, he is building on that experience to address the next generation of electric mobility challenges.
Examining the Doctor-A.I. Relationship
M.S. in Bioethics Program Director Robert Klitzman explores AI’s role in medical education and patient care. (The New York Times)
Khionne Awer on Teaching, Community and the Multiplier Effect of Financial Knowledge
Wealth Management Advancing Opportunity Fellow Khionne Awer brings more than 16 years of advisory experience and a commitment to financial literacy, trust and multigenerational impact.
Welcoming the 2026–2027 Columbia SPS CUNY Fellows to the School
Eight recent CUNY graduates join Columbia SPS graduate programs as the third cohort of Columbia SPS CUNY Fellows.
Technology Causes Pollution but Also Enables the Circular Economy and a Sustainable Lifestyle
While technology can drive pollution, it can also enable a circular economy and more sustainable lifestyles.