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Columbia University adjunct professor Joseph Pfeifer teaching a class.
What a 9/11 Hero Can Teach Columbia SIPA Students About Crisis Leadership

On September 11, 2001, Joseph Pfeifer was the first FDNY battalion chief to report to the World Trade Center with his unit. As Columbia News marks the 25th anniversary of that tragic day, we speak to this “ordinary hero” about what he hopes the United States and the world will remember. 

Recent News

Four years after introducing the “urban doom loop,” researchers revisit the office market, and find many of their boldest predictions are coming true.

True vintage products are moderately aged, iconic, and scarce, according to new research from Columbia Business School that defines vintage style.

A new book co-written by Columbia SIPA professors answers that and other questions.

The June 23 primary will feature ranked-choice voting for local, city, and statewide offices.

At Columbia Business School’s Global Football Forum, leaders from across the soccer community examined how the World Cup can translate the sport’s commercial growth into lasting impact.

Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy announce new task force on the future of foreign assistance.

Columbia University’s Knight Institute brought together experts to examine whether middleware can reshape control over online speech and the digital public sphere.

The center will connect students, scholars, and policymakers to study how law structures economic power in America.

Ronald Schramm covers everything from housing to technological innovation, financial markets, and the workforce.

Columbia University’s Incite Institute offers more than 450 perspectives from the Obama White House and beyond.

Fentanyl is often framed as a single, wide-reaching crisis, but evidence from five major U.S. cities suggests a more fragmented, complex reality.

Experts from the Center on Global Energy Policy at the School of International and Public Affairs weigh in.

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