Columbia University School of Professional Studies

09/13/2025

Are you ready to change the world? Join the 6th annual Greater Good Challenge and bring your innovative solutions to life! The Career Design Lab at Columbia School of Professional Studies invites students, alumni, and professionals to pitch visionary ideas that tackle the social, economic, technological, and environmental challenges of our time.

The Challenge has launched numerous successful startups and empowered winners to go on to win further competitions, secure funding, and turn their ideas into reality.

Applications are open now through October 24 at 11:59 PM ET. Learn more and register today! https://bit.ly/3K0WmFM

02/09/2025

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04/09/2024

Earn Columbia University credit and get fully funded on-campus housing as a Focus Area Ambassador.

Visiting students have the opportunity to apply for a Focus Area Ambassadorship where they foster a community of peers and share their student journey and summer in NYC. Ambassadors’ Columbia experience is enhanced by special events, professional development, and full funding for their on-campus housing.

Visiting Student application deadline: April 10. Learn more and apply today! https://bit.ly/41T0V9Y

The Visiting Students program offers hundreds of courses, many of which fall under four Focus Areas that are designed to help visiting students hone...

04/07/2024

This past February, the American Language Program (ALP), held its annual winter conference on the subject of teaching the subtleties of teaching English, particularly American English. The organizers also had sessions on how AI impacts this instruction.

"English remains an important global language, and for over 100 years, the American Language Program has helped students from all over the world achieve their language learning goals and achieve professional, academic, or personal success," said Mary Pickett, director of ALP. "The ALP Winter Conference began ten years ago as a way to share the vast wealth of faculty knowledge with the wider English language teaching community in the tri-state area."

Learn more about the conference here:

The subtleties of teaching American English were the subject of the 2024 American Language Program Winter Conference.

04/06/2024

Don’t miss bestselling author and ecologist Carl Safina’s talk “What Flaco Taught Us: Thoughts on Urban Wildlife and Human Connection” at Columbia University’s Butler Library – next Tuesday, April 9th at 6 PM ET!

This is an open session of Professor Claudia Dreifus’s class “Writing about Global Science for the International Media” for the M.S. in Sustainability Management Program.

The event will include a Q&A session, book signing, and refreshments.

RSVP here:

Join us on April 9, 2024.

04/05/2024

📣 Calling current college students! Interested in studying in NYC this summer?

Enrolled summer visiting students at Columbia have the opportunity to apply for a Focus Area Ambassadorship where they can foster a community of peers and share their student journey and summer in NYC. Ambassadors’ Columbia experience is enhanced by special events, professional development, and full funding for their on-campus housing. Please note that spots are limited and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Learn more about Columbia’s Visiting Student Summer Program, the Program’s new Focus Areas, and how to apply to be a Focus Area Ambassador here. https://bit.ly/41T0V9Y

The Visiting Students program offers hundreds of courses, many of which fall under four Focus Areas that are designed to help visiting students hone...

04/04/2024

Join the Office of Student Life on April 9 at 5 PM ET for SPS Next, our annual student speaker event!

SPS Next is a platform for students to share their insights, ideas, and experiences with the SPS community with a goal of learning and inspiring on another, and this year we’re pleased to showcase more insights from our diverse community of creatives, innovators, and change makers – including Kristen Dillard (M.S. in Sustainability Management), Gigi Etienne (M.S. in Columbia University Technology Management), Aditi Singh (M.S. in Applied Analytics), and Thomas Farndon (M.S. in Nonprofit Management).

Open to the public. RSVP today!

Join the Office of Student Life for SPS Next, the annual student speaker event at SPS! This event will showcase our diverse community of creatives,…

04/03/2024

On April 10, join us for a lecture with Elif Duman, Ph.D., lecturer in Columbia University department of psychology, for an introduction to analyzing psychological issues by anatomical, physiological, and pharmacological methods.

This lecture is part of a preview series for Columbia Summer Session courses and our new Focus Areas for Visiting Students, including the Foundations of Pre-Medicine.

Join us for a lecture preview with Elif Duman, Ph.D., Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, for an introduction to analyzing psychological issues...

03/27/2024

“Be better at doing good” is more than a tagline for the M.S. in Nonprofit Management program. The Nonprofit Accelerator event series, a collaboration with Columbia Community Service (CCS), is helping program leaders fulfill that mission.

The series is designed as an opportunity for CCS grant recipients, Harlem/Morningside Heights nonprofit leaders, students, alumni, and faculty to come together to collaborate, network, and share knowledge through informational workshops.

Learn more here:

The series brings together local nonprofit leaders and practitioners, students, alumni, and faculty for networking and informational workshops.

03/24/2024

Announced on January 13, 2024, the 28-member COP29 climate committee consisted of 28 men—and no women.

"In an era in which conversations about inclusivity and diversity are at the forefront of global decision-making," Columbia University M.S. in Sustainability Management Program student Sanaya Kriplani writes, "the lack of women in these influential positions undermines the effectiveness and legitimacy of the COP process and makes me wonder: Are we moving forward at all?"

The absence of female representation in influential positions undermines the effectiveness and legitimacy of the COP process, writes M.S. in Sustainability Management student Sanaya Kriplani.

03/22/2024

On March 28, join us for a lecture with Christopher Burney, MFA, a Tony-nominated producer and adjunct assistant professor at the Columbia University School of the Arts, to examine the rich legacy of theater in New York, which laid the foundations of American theater and continues to shape the contemporary theatrical landscape.

This event is a preview of an upcoming Columbia Summer Session course and our new Focus Area for Visiting Students, Arts and Culture in NYC.

RSVP today!

Join us for a lecture preview with Christopher Burney, MFA, a Tony-nominated producer and adjunct assistant professor at the Columbia University...

03/20/2024

“When my grandmother was born, there were 10 million African elephants roaming the continent,” shared Sustainability Management lecturer Wendy Hapgood at the recent Solving the Biodiversity Crisis panel discussion at Pulitzer Hall.

“By the time I was born, which was in the ’70s, there were only a million left. And today, that number of African elephants has dropped to just over 400,000."

Hosted by Columbia University M.S. in Sustainability Management Program and Columbia University M.S. Sustainability Science Program, the event sounded plenty of alarms about the dangers of biodiversity loss, but still offered hope for the future.

A panel discussion on the dangers of biodiversity loss sounded plenty of alarms but still offered hope for the future.