Workshop in Development Practice

Kelly Heindel is a SIPA student who recently spent her spring break focusing on her Workshop in Development Practice course. I asked Kelly to talk about the project and to share some pictures. Thanks Kelly! One of the main reasons I decided to attend SIPA was for the Workshop in Development Practice course taught during…

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Waitlist Consideration at SIPA

I have been meaning to shed some light upon how waitlist process is handled by the Admissions Committee SIPA.  I will start off by saying that the process of considering applicants placed on the waitlist can possibly best be described as “organic.” What I mean by this is that the process of making waitlist offers…

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The Darfur Debate

The Institute for African Studies (IAS) presents, “The Darfur Debate” with Professor Mahmood Mamdani and John Prendergast of the Enough Project. A human rights activist and an Africa scholar will debate issues not limited to: Is the violence in Darfur really genocide? Have advocacy movements like the Save Darfur Coalition helped or hindered the search…

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$2 Million to Help Fund The Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR): The Fund for Global Environment and Conflict Resolution Masters Fellowship Program, 2009-2010

If you have had the opportunity to attend an information session at SIPA that I have led you might remember that I take a minute or two to talk about applying for outside awards and scholarships.  Part of my speech is to always be prepared.  In the instance below, if you are qualified admitted applicant,…

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Inspiration to Action

There is an expression you might have heard, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.”  Well for me, it was the reverse – March certainly went out like a lion for me.  I was spread in a couple of different directions and found it hard to keep up over the…

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