This piece was co-authored by Julia Chung, my fellow program assistant at the Admissions Office. For those of you who don’t know the International Affairs Building, where SIPA is housed, is directly attached to Columbia Law School. It is a very subtle reminder of the decision we, Julia and Samantha, made two years ago before…
Avery Library: Everything a Study Space Should Be
Before coming to SIPA, when I thought of the Ivy League I would immediately picture immense, neoclassical and gothic style buildings, foreboding structures made to resemble the campuses of Oxford and Cambridge. This style has always been appealing to me; something about the brick buildings and carved names of famous alumni and scholars is particularly…
Course Recommendations by Concentration and Specialization
If you’re in NYC and have some time to visit SIPA, sit in on a class! As some of you have read in my self-introduction, the class I sat in on way back in Spring 2017 was what made me send in that deposit and come to SIPA. Here are some second-year students’ recommendations for…
Ed tech startup “Learnabi” co-founders met at SIPA
SIPA Class of 2018 alumni Niara Valério and Rahel Tekola (pictured above in the graduation caps) are co-founders of the ed-tech startup, Learnabi. We’re excited to feature their journey from SIPA to startup. Tell us about your startup, Learnabi. Niara: We are an NYC-based ed tech company that wants to bring personalized learning to all schools across the U.S….
Wishing Everyone a Happy Valentine’s – and Galentine’s! – Day
A Look Back on SIPA Love Stories SIPA is the most global policy school that attracts a diverse, accomplished, interesting, and curious community of students, and it’s no surprise that many of them get interested in each other. Our collection of SIPA Love Stories will warm your heart in this winter cold. Dyanna met her wife Miki…
