May 05, 2013

What Is the Best Way of Innovating for Social Change?

Profs. Fisman and Usher, co-directors of the Social Enterprise Program, discuss the importance of equipping student entrepreneurs with the framework and ideas that will help them in innovating for social change. Read more...

March 29, 2013

Columbia Business School would like to invite you to our new Spark Social Venture Workshop series!

Columbia Business School would like to invite you to our new Spark Social Venture Workshop series!? ? Spark provides Social Innovators with an opportunity to explore resources, connections and potential solutions to help their social ventures, by tapping the collective knowledge within Columbia University, and the larger entrepreneurial and social impact community in the New York area and beyond. This workshop is open to all who are willing to bring their ideas, experience, and connections to help solve social and environmental challenges that these social innovators aim to address. This event is supported by the?Social Enterprise Program, the?Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center and the?Social Enterprise Club?at Columbia Business School. Read more...

February 21, 2013

Bruce Usher Named First Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director of Social Enterprise Program

The generous endowed gift will support the teaching, research, and ancillary activities related to Usher’s role as the SEP’s co-director. Read more...

January 30, 2013

Risk, Innovation, and Social Value

Bruce Kogut, the director of the School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics, discusses the center's latest perspective about making the financial sector work for Wall Street and Main Street after the financial crisis. Read more...

November 27, 2012

MBA Real Estate Program Evolves with the Times

Columbia Business School’s innovative real estate cases and new Social Impact Real Estate Investing and Development are highlighted in a November 26 Financial Times article about real estate curricula at leading business schools. Read more...

November 16, 2012

Business School Professor Creates Executive Program for Local Nonprofit Leaders

More than 20 executives of nonprofit groups in Harlem came together at Columbia Business School for a leadership training program, "Strengthening West Harlem Nonprofits." Read more...

October 19, 2012

The Real Deal- Kesha Cash '10, a social entrepreneur and an activist for the next generation of change-makers.

For Kesha Cash '10, being an impact investor means doubling as a social entrepreneur and as an activist for the next generation of change-makers. Read more...

May 04, 2012

A Recycling Czar for New York City

The article discusses Prof. Gonen ’04 and his appointment as New York City’s deputy commissioner for recycling and sustainability. Read more...