News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS

Faculty

Shaping the Future of Actuarial Science

Interim Program Director Regina Dolgoarshinnykh shares how she is empowering students not just to navigate risk but to lead the charge.

Faculty

Understanding Geopolitical Risk: Insights from Columbia Experts on Business, Energy, and Security

Are businesses truly prepared for the next geopolitical shock?

Faculty

The Impact of the Mindless Attack on Regulation and Trade on America’s Political Stability and Economic Power

An unstable regulatory environment undermines America’s central role in our political and economic world.

Faculty

On Managing Operational Risk: Setting the Record Straight

Enterprise Risk Management lecturer Penny Cagan shares the evolution of the field of operational risk and dispels some of its most common misconceptions.

Faculty

Simplified Method for Predicting Building Response to Tunneling

Construction Administration Associate Director Evangelia Ieronymaki’s research advances a structural model that may improve the safety and efficiency of tunneling projects.

Faculty

How Make-A-Wish Creates Experiences of a Lifetime for Children Facing Extraordinary Challenges

Phil Lussier, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York, joined in a recent Nonprofit Management webinar.

Faculty

New Course Presentation: Third Party Risk Management - Financial Services

Watch: Shahryar Shaghaghi, professor of professional practice in M.S. in Enterprise Risk Management and director of the M.S. in Technology Management program, present his new course. (YouTube)

Faculty

The Sustainable City Needs to Reduce Motor Vehicle Traffic

An environmentally sustainable city requires infrastructure that makes mobility possible without personal transportation.

Faculty, In the Media

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Bioethics Program Director Dr. Robert Klitzman speaks on de-extinction of the dire wolf. (TIME)

Faculty

Disruptive Trends: A Conversation with Matthias Kuhlmey on the Future of Wealth Management

Wealth Management senior program director Tracy Schwartz speaks with the Wealth Management lecturer about the generational wealth transfer as a major catalyst for change, the integral role of digital assets and blockchain technology, and how succession is a relevance crisis.

Faculty

Technology Is a Language: How One Columbia Lecturer Is Shaping the Future of Tech Leadership

Katja Schroeder, M.S. in Technology Management associate program director and senior lecturer, discusses global communications, her teaching strategy, and her advice to students.

Faculty, Impacts and Insights

Knowledge Managers Bring Collectivity, Nostalgia, and Selectivity to AI

IKNS lecturer Kate Pugh and colleagues propose a framework to use AI more effectively within organizations.