More than 200 UN leaders, government officials, and business and philanthropic executives will gather on September 20 Student rapporteurs including seven current SIPA enrollees will take part in this week’s Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees, a gathering of more than 200 UN leaders, government officials, and business and philanthropic executives who will discuss the…
SIPA was spotted on the Nasdaq Tower this week! The glossy, digital imprint announced that SIPA was awarded the Nasdaq Educational Foundation Grant in support of our initiatives in entrepreneurship and public policy.
The Spring 2017 application deadline is a month away, and there are plenty of reasons you should join us sooner rather than later. 1. The program starts sooner This one is pretty obvious, but sometimes applicants forget how fast the turnaround is for our spring class. While the pressure to submit a completed application by the…
They say a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down,” says comedian Negin Farsad ’02GSAS, ’04SIPA. “For me, the medicine is challenging stereotypes. And the sugar is a really sophisticated poop joke.” Farsad admits that scatological humor is the last thing that people expect from her — a relentlessly cheerful, Iranian-American, Muslim comedian with…
August 5, 2016, marked the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. This is the first time that a country in South America has ever hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In an effort to learn from the experiences of previous host cities, the Rio Olympics Committee has given strategic focus…
