COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

you can’t come to us, so we’ll come to you… virtually

As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the best parts of our job in Admissions is meeting new and interesting people who want to make a difference in the world. People make the trip to visit us in New York or find us on the road when we are touring the country and…

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Columbia SIPA 0 Comments

PPIA Fellowship Program 2013

The Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program (PPIA) Fellowship program prepares undergraduates to be competitive candidates for top degree programs in the fields of Public Policy, Public Administration, International Affairs, or a related field through a consortium of over 30 graduate schools of Public Policy and International Affairs in the U.S. Columbia University School…

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Columbia SIPA 0 Comments

What’s new with SIPA admission’s process?

September always seems to start and end too soon. Students arrive and the School is buzzing. Work piles on and project deadlines seem shorter. But the best part is meeting new applicants on the road and at home. The academic year has begun, our students finalized their fall class schedules on Friday after two weeks…

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Columbia SIPA 0 Comments

Brazil

Join Brazil in celebrating its Day of Independence (Sete de Setembro). Today Brazil celebrates its 190-year old independence from the Portuguese. Brazil will also host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. But even bigger news is that Columbia SIPA will be in Rio de Janeiro on Monday,…

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Columbia SIPA 0 Comments

New Student Photo Series 2012 — Post #10 (Orientation Week)

We had a rather quiet summer after saying goodbye to our 2012 graduates in May. You know the summer is over once the hallways begin to buzz with chatter in 44 different languages. The SIPA MIA/MPA Orientation week got underway on Monday. We welcomed over 400 enthusiastic new students to New York from all over…

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Columbia SIPA 0 Comments