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Strategic Communications Graduate Making Waves with Columns

School of Continuing Education, May 15, 2012

Keli Goff, a graduate of the M.S. in Strategic Communications program, has been making waves with her recent columns on Loop21.

The Ten Best Jobs of 2012

School of Continuing Education, May 15, 2012

According to The Wall Street Journal and CareerCast's "Top Jobs of 2012", actuaries have the second best job in the country. Positions were ranked in five key areas of work environment, physical demands, job outlook, income levels and stress.

Are We Our Genes?

School of Continuing Education, May 14, 2012

Ethics and religion writer Bill Tammeus has published a review of Bioethics director Robert Klitzman's book Am I My Genes?: Confronting Fate and Family Secrets in the Age of Genetic Testing on his "Faith Matters" blog.

The Why Factor is Crucial to Success

The Weekend Australian, May 14, 2012

Strategic Communications professor Simon Sinek's new book, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, was profiled by The Weekend Australian. Click below to download the article (PDF).

ComputerWorld: Arthur Langer Turns the IT Education Model on its Head

School of Continuing Education, May 11, 2012

Dr. Arthur Langer, director of the Executive Masters in Technology Management program, was featured in ComputerWorld for his dedication to Workforce Opportunity Services, a nonprofit that uses an outsourcing model to train economically disadvantaged youth and match them with hard-to-fill IT positions.

Faculty Profile: John Genzale - Sports Entrepreneur

School of Continuing Education, May 09, 2012

John Genzale, instructor and co- director of the Master of Science in Sports Management program at Columbia University, is an award-winning journalist. True, his focus and love was always sports, but after graduating from the Columbia School of Journalism, he toiled in virtually every capacity in the newspaper and book businesses, also appearing as a frequent guest on radio and television. Genzale has been the editor and managing editor of a number of daily newspapers.

Have You Missed An Event With Our Bioethics Program Lately?

School of Continuing Education, May 08, 2012

The Bioethics program recently hosted a number of events, and videos of each are now posted to the website. They include: An Evening with Robert Jay Lifton, The Ethics of Erasing Memories 'Eternal Sunshine' Style, Careers in Bioethics with Dr. Alan Fleischman, Dr. Carol Levine, Dr. Llew Keltner and Dr. Thomas Murray, and a special Career in Bioethics presentation on how to get bioethics articles published.

Sharing Office Cubicles... And Diagnoses

Psychology Today, May 07, 2012

Dr. Robert Klitzman, director of the master's degree in Bioethics program, writes on the pros and cons of sharing health diagnoses and problems with the office in his weekly blog with Psychology Today.

Success Story: Richard Mikelinich, 2011 Graduate, Executive M.S. in Technology Management

School of Continuing Education, May 03, 2012

Richard Mikelinich had been working at a major medical center as Director of Information Security. “My career growth was continuing at the medical center, but I was impatient because I was a few steps away from the top position,” he says. He learned about the EMSTM program from an ad in the New York Times, and knew it was exactly what he was looking for, since he had dropped out of two different MBA programs due to lack of interest..

Spotlight on Title IX features Sports Management Professor Val Ackerman

Sports Illustrated, May 03, 2012

Sports Management professor and former WNBA President Val Ackerman discusses how Title IX and the lessons she learned by playing sports helped her in her career.