For those of you who are planning a visit to SIPA in the coming weeks (hint, hint, Admitted Students’ Day), don’t be surprised if you see a dignitary, Nobel-Prize winner or president’s daughter walking the same path as you. In fact, don’t be surprised if they strike up a conversation with you! These well-known Seeple (and Seeple friends) have a lot of knowledge to share and they aren’t afraid to impart that knowledge on you during an elevator ride, brown-bag lunch or keynote address. One of our students, Affan Javed, MPA ’16, recently had a run-in with former NYC Mayor David N. Dinkins. Since then, he can’t seem to stop daydreaming about whom he may see next.
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Now that questions about admissions are starting to die down, I thought it would be a good time to share some additional student-life stories with all of you. SIPA’s newest mini-series, “Week in the Life” offers snapshots into what it’s like to be a student in the MIA/MPA program at SIPA. So without further introductions, here’s our first snapshot!
Hi everyone,
As you may already be aware, decisions rolled out Monday afternoon. While the majority of decisions have already gone out, we plan to release the remainder over the next few days. It hasn’t been easy issuing a mix of decisions to hundreds of qualified candidates, but the Admissions Committee has done a fantastic job nonetheless. While not all decision letters have brought happy news, I know you have questions about what to do next. Thus, I thought this would be a good time to recap what it all means; from waitlists to appeals, and everything in between.
Everyone at the Office of Admissions wanted to wish our PA, Selim Can Sazak, MIA ’15, a big congratulations on co-authoring an article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists! His article asks, “Will there be a next generation in the fight for nuclear nonproliferation?” SIPA News sat down with him to discuss the article and the question it poses for the future of nuclear disarmament.
I’m sure some of you have read the news this year related to sexual assault on university campuses across the country. So I feel it’s important to share with all of you a new awareness initiative on campus requiring all Columbia students to participate in new programming as part of their degree requirements (from workshops and films to group reflections and panel discussions).
As SIPA Dean Merit E. Janow put it, “Columbia University is undertaking a major initiative to explore the ethics around sexual respect, one that encourages everyone to reflect on what it means to be a citizen of our Columbia community. At Columbia and around the country, issues around sexual assault and harassment, dating and intimate partner violence, and stalking are being examined in robust and challenging ways.”
"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
