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Join us for a live-streaming chat on race and policy

Patricia Williams

Dean’s Seminar Series on Race and Policy: A Talk with Patricia J. Williams

Join Dean Merit E. Janow, Vice Dean Miguel Urquiola, and Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law and renowned author, for the inaugural lecture in the Dean’s Seminar Series on Race and Policy. The seminar, which will be live streamed on the Internet, will focus on U.S. policing and surveillance strategies and their export to other nations.

Patricia Williams has published widely in the areas of race, gender, and the law, and on other issues of legal theory and legal writing. Her books include The Alchemy of Race and Rights; The Rooster’s Egg; and Seeing a Color Blind Future: The Paradox of Race. She is a regular columnist for The Nation.

A Talk with Patricia J. Williams
January 28, 2015
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
International Affairs Building, Room 1501
420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027

RSVP here to attend the event. Or access the live stream on SIPA’s website here.

Join us for Twitter Talk Thursday!

We know you’ve got questions…

and we want to answer them.

Our admissions and financial aid officers answer your questions about student life, the application process, fellowships and more, via emails, phone calls and the Admissions Blog. We also host weekly webinars and in-person information sessions. But we want to do more for you.

So we’re trying something new in the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid. Starting this month, we’re introducing a new way to get in touch with us: Twitter Talk Thursdays. This monthly, one-hour chat session will allow you to ask us in real-time your most pressing admissions questions. Not sure how to answer the optional essay? Want to confirm the types of course listings to include on your quantitative resume? Curious about the differences between scholarships and assistantships? Then this monthly event is for you!

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Our ‘Seeple’ did some amazing things last year

Two-thousand fourteen was an extraordinary year, and we can hardly wait to see what 2015 has in store for us. SIPA students, faculty and alumni are flourishing and are accomplishing so many great things across the globe. Last year, SIPA welcomed some notable people to campus, our students explored climate issues abroad, and our staff and alumni even found themselves in the pages and on the teleprompters of the country’s leading media outlets.

The New Year may be in full swing, but we don’t want to forget about our accomplishments last year. So as you put away the twinkle lights, make lists for this year’s resolutions, and dream about tomorrow (and possibly a future at SIPA), we thought we’d share some of our favorite “Seeple” (SIPA people) moments with you. 

Here’s a look at some of our favorite moments from 2014:

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Who’s on ‘The Colbert Report’?!

Courtesy of The Colbert Report

Courtesy of The Colbert Report

As it turns out, it’s not that impossible to make it to the “big” time. One of SIPA’s very own has been featured on a popular, late-night satirical television programJason Bordoff, of SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy, recently appeared on “The Colbert Report” to discuss falling oil prices. In the interview, Bordoff also talks about OPEC’s decision to flood the market with cheap oil in order to weaken the U.S.’s fracking industry.

And boy, did the Colbert Nation take note of what he had to say.

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Jason Bordoff: Why energy leaders need SIPA

Photo credit: REUTERS/DARREN WHITESIDE

Last week, Jason Bordoff, the founding director Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, co-authored the article, “Why Energy Leaders Need to Read Cicero” for Reuters. In it he discusses why energy leaders need the kind of skills taught at SIPA now more than ever.

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"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

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