News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS
News at Columbia SPS
Promoting But Regulating E-Bikes and Scooters
E-bikes require regulation to reduce their negative impacts while supporting their role in NYC's sustainability transition.
Geo-Structures 2024: A Transformative Experience
Construction Administration senior lecturer Dr. Evangelia Ieronymaki shares insights from this conference, which explored the evolving landscape of geotechnical engineering.
Political Analytics Experts Weigh In on the 2024 Election
In a recent panel discussion hosted by the M.S. in Political Analytics program, experts offered data-driven insights to better understand the 2024 election outcome.
What Are Job Changers Looking For? Maybe … Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?
ERM Program Director Sim Segal details how the field of enterprise risk management offers important, interesting, and varied work in a single career path.
New York City Forest Fires and the Organizational Capacity for Climate Resiliency
We live in a new and more dangerous world, and we need to devote resources and human ingenuity to respond to this riskier world.
Are Critical Thinking Skills Relevant in the Age of AI?
Senior lecturer and associate academic director of the M.S. in Applied Analytics program David Kreutter argues that there is still value in human analytical thinking.
Nonprofit Groups Are in the Trump Administration’s Crosshairs
Dr. Basil Smikle Jr., Nonprofit Management program director and former executive director of the New York State Democratic Party, wrote an op-ed for MSNBC about the House passing a bill that would give the executive branch the power to strip nonprofits of tax exempt status (MSNBC)
A Mission to Advance Global Health Security and Fight Cervical Cancer
Nonprofit Management Lecturer Richard Feiner on his work with the G20/G7 Health and Development Partnership.
Why It Is Important for Business Students to Stay Informed About Current Events
ERM Part-Time Lecturer Celia Kapsomera discusses the value of real-world examples in building risk management knowledge and skills.
Elon Musk and the Search for Government Efficiency and Effectiveness
Enhancing government effectiveness requires detailed, strategic, and often difficult work.
14 Ways to Cope with Depression and Better Your Mental Health
In a guest column for The Washington Post, Bioethics Program Director Dr. Bob Klitzman discusses steps and strategies to alleviate depression. (The Washington Post)
A Conversation on Healing ‘Spiritual Injury’
Bioethics Program Director Dr. Bob Klitzman recently appeared on the First Opinion Podcast to discuss how chaplains play a particular role in patient care and hospital culture.
(STAT First Opinion Podcast)