Columbia University
Pandemic set to leave lasting mark on sport management education
Last year, SportBusiness spoke with Columbia University’s Scott Rosner and Brunel University London’s Vassil Girginov about how the first few months of the Covid-19 outbreak had affected campus life. This year, we checked in with them again to find out about the effects of an entire year under the pandemic, and how they assess its likely long-term impact.
Stadiums and arenas represent key tool in US Covid-19 vaccination efforts
Following last fall's repurposing of many sports facilities as voting centers, an increasing number of venues are now being used as mass vaccination centers, though the logistics to do so remain complex.
Alumni profile, Columbia | Felicia Ganthier, director of operations, community relations, WWE
Felicia Ganthier is director of operations at the WWE and a graduate of Columbia's MS Sports Management
Joe Favorito | The importance of storytelling in sports marketing – and education
Joe Favorito has over 35 years of strategic communications, marketing, business development and public relations expertise in sports, and teaches a course on these subjects and more at Columbia University. The third edition of his book, Sports Publicity: A Practical Approach, was published earlier this year.
Scott Rosner, Columbia University | Commitment to diversity and inclusion offers path through difficult year
Scott Rosner, academic director and professor of professional practice on the Sport Management programme at Columbia University, discusses how an emphasis on inclusion has helped the school guide its students…
How sport management courses faced the Covid-19 crisis
While the Covid-19 pandemic has inevitably touched almost every aspect of modern life, the two sectors with which this publication is concerned were arguably among the hardest hit