Neelanjana Gupta is the newest edition to the Class of 2017. Neelanjana double majored in economics and international studies at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. After graduation, she went back home to India to work as a policy analyst at Jana Urban Foundation, a think tank tied to one of the largest urban microfinance organizations in India. At SIPA, she hopes to learn even more about finding solutions to issues plaguing the development world, including helping young girls earn an education. Everybody, welcome Neelanjana to the class!
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I hope you enjoyed our first installment of Local Eats Mini Series! Today, we’re discussing Manhattan-area restaurants, and there are some interesting locations on the list! As you read this week’s post, make sure you keep score to see how many you’ve actually dined at. And don’t forget to check back next Wednesday for our final post in this mini series, which will be all about the outer boroughs!
Position is responsible for faculty recruitment and faculty development
Eric Verhoogen, an associate professor at SIPA and in Columbia’s Department of Economics, has been named as SIPA’s new vice dean for academic affairs by Dean Merit E. Janow.
As vice dean, Verhoogen will be responsible for faculty recruitment and faculty development. He replaced Miguel Urquiola, who held the role for three years, on July 1.
“Since joining the SIPA faculty more than a decade ago, Professor Verhoogen has distinguished himself as a scholar, teacher, and colleague, and also as a leader in the creation and ongoing work of our Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP),” Janow said. “As vice dean, he will play a central role in the School, and I look forward to collaborating with him to further enhance SIPA’s standing as a leading center for research and education on global policy issues.”
“I’m excited to be taking on the job of vice dean,” Verhoogen said. “SIPA’s faculty are already world leaders in a number of important intellectual areas, and I look forward to continuing to broaden and deepen our faculty and building on our existing strengths.”
A leading scholar of development economics, labor economics, and international trade, Verhoogen joined the Columbia faculty in 2004 and became a tenured associate professor in 2010. He received the SIPA Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2007.
As the co-director (and former founding director) of the Center for Development Economics and Policy, Verhoogen helps lead the Center’s important research into poverty reduction, human capital, innovation, and conflict in developing nations.
Among his many activities outside of Columbia University, Verhoogen serves on the board of directors of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), the leading network of development economists, and is a research program director of the International Growth Centre, an international research consortium. From 2009 to 2013 Verhoogen was co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics, the top field journal in development.
Verhoogen holds a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, an MA in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an AB in history and science from Harvard University.
For Part 7 of our series, meet Ximena Mata Zenteno. Ximena is a driven young woman, who’s currently working at the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations, and has learned how to use sports as “a tool for development and peace,” she says. She hopes to instill a love of sports and develop strong sports-related policies in her community in Puebla, Mexico after graduating from SIPA.
On Thursday, we’re hosting Summerfest NYC, an event for applicants interested in attending SIPA or another public policy school. Many of you will be coming in to town early Thursday. And since you probably don’t want to stray too far from campus (that subway system can be tricky for some!), I asked around to see which local restaurants our staff and graduating PAs enjoy the most. Thus, the Local Eats Mini Series was born!
"The most global public policy school, where an international community of students and faculty address world challenges."
—Merit E. Janow, Dean, SIPA, Professor of Practice, International and Economic Law and International Affairs
