News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS

Faculty, In the Media

Scientists Say They Revived Dire Wolf Through Biotech Company’s De-extinction Process

Dr. Robert Klitzman, director of the M.S. in Bioethics program, discusses the potential risks and rewards of animal cloning. (ABC News)

Faculty

Trump’s Securities and Exchange Commission Abandons Sustainability Reporting

The SEC’s retreat from carbon reporting is a setback, delaying the development of generally accepted sustainability metrics.

Faculty, In the Media

Consumers Urged to Delete 23andMe Data as Bankruptcy Sparks Privacy Fears

M.S. in Bioethics Program Director Dr. Robert Klitzman speaks on potential 23andMe user lawsuits and what is needed to protect valuable DNA information. (Reuters)

Faculty, School

Columbia SPS Panel Explores How Global Banks Balance Risk and Reward

How do you manage risk while driving sustainable growth in some of the world’s most complex markets?

Faculty

What We Owe Us

IKNS Program Director Christoph Meinrenken on human(e) intelligence and town and gown’s shared responsibility to our collective ingenuity.

Faculty

New York City Gets Serious About Residential Organic Waste

The issue of urban waste management is central to the establishment of an environmentally sustainable city.

Faculty, In the Media

Eight Columbians Named AAAS Fellows

M.S. in Bioethics Program Director Robert Klitzman is one of eight Columbia faculty and researchers who were recently named honorary fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Columbia News)

Faculty

Strategic Communication Program Considers Creativity in the Age of AI

The program’s 2025 Winter Symposium convened communications experts to discuss the synergy between creativity, innovation, and AI.

Faculty, In the Media

In March Madness, the Women Still Have More Stars and Perhaps More People Watching Too

M.S. in Sports Management lecturer Len Elmore on why Americans can't turn away from women's basketball. (The Associated Press)

Faculty

Responding to the Attack on Science

The freezing of federal funding is driving talent away from America’s critical scientific enterprise.

Faculty

Lee Zeldin and the Birth of the Environmental Destruction Agency (EDA)

The EPA of Lee Zeldin is an agency in the process of being dismantled in an unthinking and chaotic manner.

Faculty, In the Media

Oliver Sacks Awakened Us To The Mysteries Of The Brain

Bioethics Program Director Dr. Robert Klitzman speaks on Sack's legacy, curiosity, and groundbreaking work. (Investor's Business Daily)