Alumna shares thoughts at Diversity Symposium

  Last Friday, SIPA’s Office of Admissions hosted its 3rd Annual Diversity Symposium, Policies and Principles: Diversity in the Domestic and International Communities. This free symposium allowed prospective students to meet current students and faculty, and to discuss the importance of diverse communities at schools of public policy and international affairs, including at highly sought-after graduate programs like ours. The symposium began with a…

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What’s with the Globe?

If you’re following us on Instagram, you may have a noticed a globe pop up in the photos from time to time. (Wait, you’re not following us on Instagram? Well, you should be! @Columbia.SIPA) The globe is our digital signature every time—well almost every time—the Admissions staff is attending an event and engaging with prospective students. Those…

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Seeple Spotlight: Rina Lila, MIA ’15

One of our very own students, Rina Lila, MIA ’15, will lead the first focus group discussion about a positive digital media registry about Kosovo. Lila’s organization, Kosovo Diaspora will host “From a Concept to Success: Focus Group on the Diaspora Virtual Registration,” this Friday, November 14 at 6:30 p.m., in room 1302 of the…

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An Upcoming Event: Digital Censorship

  What information is—or should—be censored online? How can we measure online censorship? And what challenges does online censorship present? These are all questions SIPA alumni are faced with every day in their jobs at intelligence agencies, nonprofit research institutes, and  journalism organizations, among others. If you’re interested in learning how censorship techniques are forever changing the digital…

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November 11, 2014 Veterans Day

SIPA honors Veterans Day today! We have a number of military veterans in our student body and are proud to recognize their service today. November 11th is a time to pause and thank our military veterans for the sacrifices they have made by serving our country in the defense of our freedom. I am proud…

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