The Columbia University alumni series spoke with 1994 SIPA graduate Elizabeth Rose Daly, who created Liz Daly’s Culture Digest as a way to share her love of New York City’s amazing cultural offerings and showcase some of the lesser known arts and cultural presentations.
Fall 2017 New Students Series: Dian Dong
In today’s installment of our New Students Series, we’re welcoming Dian Dong from Hangzhou in Zhejiang, China. Dian studied sociology at the University of Maryland in the United States, and is currently working on education and student privacy issues. While working on US-China relations, she found her calling in international affairs and technology and hopes to strengthen those skillsets while at SIPA. Dian describes reading her SIPA admission letter as “one of the happiest moments in my life,” and she plans to make every second at SIPA count.
2018 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program applications are live
The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program is now accepting applications for the 2018 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program at www.rangelprogram.org. This is a great professional development opportunity, which will put you in a better position for graduate school. Read today’s blog post to learn more about the Rangel Program and who qualifies.
Meryl Streep was on campus last week and I totally missed it
Last week I was walking like a lighting bug across campus in between meetings. I silently cursed my luck as a traffic jam of pedestrians appeared up ahead along College Walk (the main drag off 116th Street). But the really the large group of students stopping to take selfies and apply Snapchat filters weren’t the normal parade of sight seekers. In fact, there was a special event on campus that day.
The Beatles and the Dawn of Global Culture
Steven Cohen talks about the idealism of The Beatles, who “came into being at the dawn of our global culture. I strongly believe we are nowhere near its dusk.”
