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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Here are two more additions to the SIPA student stories series. One student is studying security and spent two years with the Peace Corps in Azerbaijan. The other story features is a dual-degree student who recently won the Brower Youth Award. Let’s see what their lives have been like before and while attending SIPA!
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.
The SIPA Admissions Office, in conjunction with the Development Office, is excited to share with you two more SIPA student stories this week! Read More →
Hi everyone. I realize that now—the decision waiting period—is a stressful time. To lighten the mood, I thought you might enjoy reading about some of the exciting things our PAs have been up to. So I wanted to take the time to share with you a story from our newest PA, Tinsley Corbett, MPA ’15, in which she shares her Fall Capstone experience, which just wrapped up last week.
SIPA workshops, or capstones, apply SIPA students’ practical skills and analytical knowledge to a real-world issue. Small student consulting teams, under faculty supervision, are assigned a substantive, policy-oriented project with an external client. Each team produces an actionable report and an oral briefing. Workshops give students a chance to refine their skills and knowledge, make a positive contribution, and build a network. Traditionally, most SIPA Capstone Projects are completed during the final spring semester, but a lucky and ambitious few may opt to complete it during the fall, like Tinsley did. Here’s her experience with with investment group Ethiopia SouthWest Holdings.
"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
