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Columbia Business School students win first place in Turnaround Management Association's 2010 Carl Marks Student Paper Competition

Researchers at Columbia University found a high correlation between a participant's stance on global warming and how he perceived the outdoor temperature on the day he was asked about it. Study subjects were also more likely to say they would donate to a global warming charity on days they perceived to be unusually warm. For Eric J. Johnson, the director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School and a co-author of the study, the findings highlight the pitfalls of policymaking by poll, given that opinions on such a complex issue appear susceptible to highly impertinent data.

What it takes to make a successful brand such as Old Spice.

The Harmony Institute wants to change your mind at the movies. In the last few weeks, a little-noticed nonprofit with big ideas about the persuasive power of movies and television shows quietly began an initiative aimed at getting filmmakers and others to use the insights and techniques of behavioral psychology in delivering social and political messages through their work.

Differences in what appeals to media companies versus media consumers.

How Verizon is adapting to the modern digital era. Honing in on the importance of digital access to today’s customers.

The Ariane de Rothschild Fellows Program, organized in part by the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center, provided executive education for social entrepreneurs and encouraged cross-cultural dialogue between the Muslim and Jewish communities.

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Please join Wall Street analysts, investors, economists, and policy experts for: WALL STREET, REGULATION & BROADBAND: Assessing the Impact Washington Will Have on Jobs, Investment and U.S. Economic Recovery Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:30 ?? 3:30 PM New York Law School 185 West Broadway ( Leonard St.) New York, NY

PSI's Science Meets Practice Workshop series is featured in the Summer 2010 issue of Columbia Business School's alumni magazine, Hermes.

Media Alumni Profile: Jennifer Anderson '01, Independent Film Consultant

Featured in the Japan Times Online, Professor Michael Morris's research on U.S. and Japanese media coverage of corporate scandals shows differences in the public's direction of blame and responsibility.

With recent talks in Albany on benefit corporations, the SEP and Grameen Creative Lab are organizing a Social Business Lab.

The Private Equity Program is excited to continue highlighting alumni accomplishments within the private equity industry, and encouraging involvement of the industry with the School and the Columbia community at large. Starting in its inaugural year, 2007, the Private Equity Program introduced a mentor program between Executive MBAs with private equity experience and full-time MBA students seeking to develop their potential in the industry.

Being part of the solution is all the fashion on B-school campuses these days. For some MBA grads, it's more than a dream.

The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics co-hosted the May 27 event with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

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Professor Eric Johnson's ideas for improving retirement income are featured in this New York Times article.

The Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board hosted a student panel discussion on ethical dilemmas while working in government and with NGOs as part of Leadership and Ethics Month.