News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS
News at Columbia SPS
CrowdStrike’s Meltdown: The Fragility and Centrality of Technological Interdependence
Interdependence is central to our way of life, but it is fragile and can be disrupted by design, accident, or incompetence.
Wealth Management Students Get Industry Insights at BNY Pershing INSITE Conference
High-profile speakers and expert industry analysis make the annual conference an essential event for financial professionals.
Why Columbia’s Narrative Medicine Program Takes Premed Students’ Career Paths to the Next Level
The program fits a unique niche in health care and the humanities.
How Machine Learning Is Shaping the Future of Credit Risk Modeling
ERM lecturer Christopher Mann shares insights he presented as chair of this year’s Global Financial Markets Institute Credit Modeling Conference.
This Wealth Management Student Used Her Instagram Account to Launch a Successful Financial Coaching Business
Maria Jose Dassum Narino shares how her childhood love of Disney princesses helped inspire an entrepreneurial pivot.
The Fossil Fuel Industry, Electric Utilities, and Decarbonization
The organizational capacity and economic motivation for decarbonization will come from the companies that now use fossil fuels.
Alumni Spotlight: A Journey From Climate Conservation to Corporate Consulting
Sustainability Management alum Alicia Kurnia Liono began her career in wildlife conservation, working with organizations like the World Wildlife Fund.
From Boardroom to Classroom: Angela Jhanji's New Course on Sustainability Value Creation
"Working in sustainability value creation means one must be problem-solving on a minute-by-minute basis—and this course mimics the complexity faced in-house."
SPS Students Take Home Bronze in International Negotiation Competition
A group of students representing two SPS graduate programs was the only American team that advanced to the final round of an international negotiation competition.
The Ethical Imperative of Environmental Protection
We have an ethical responsibility to protect environmental quality.
"The Whale of Wall St.": Unraveling the Biggest Financial Fraud of a Generation
How Columbia professors David Henry Hwang and Winnie O'Kelley covered one of the biggest financial heists in modern history.
Political Analytics Conference Addresses the Turbulent Current Day While Advising the Analysts of Tomorrow
“The stakes simply could not be higher” as Columbia faculty and industry experts addressed challenges in polling, voter persuasion, and election forecasting.