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SIPA Veterans Welcome Lt. General Pete Osman
The Columbia SIPA Veterans Association celebrates its launch by hosting Lt. General Henry P. “Pete” Osman (Ret) of the U.S. Marine Corps. General Osman will share his thoughts on current events in Iraq and Afghanistan, veterans in the classroom, the new GI Bill, and the future of the U.S. military.
November 23 at 7 p.m. More
Columbia Approves New SIPA Dual Degree In Brazil Columbia's University Senate has approved SIPA's establishment of a dual degree in São Paulo, Brazil with the Fundação Getulio Vargas Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV). Pending approval from the state of New York, SIPA and FGV plan to enroll the first class in the fall of 2010. More
Students Question George Soros on Open Society
SIPA students participated in a global video-conference featuring businessman and philanthropist George Soros. The lecture was hosted by Central European University from Budapest, Hungary. Mr. Soros addressed the concept of open society, and SIPA students in New York City posed questions via video-conference. The series was sponsored by the Financial Times, where the lecture is available for viewing.
A Choice for Peace? The Story of Forty-One Days of Mediation in Kenya
After post-election violence in Kenya in 2007, a panel chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan led a 41-day peace process. A paper by Elisabeth Lindenmayer, director of SIPA's UN Studies Program, and Josie Lianna Kaye, assistant director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution, details the events which led up to this agreement. The paper was published by the International Peace Institute. 
Alumnus Bill de Blasio (MIA '87) was elected NYC public advocate. More from the New York Observer.
Professor Stephen Sestanovich joins the National Endowment for Democracy Board. More
"Urban Policy, Global Challenges": A Conversation with Syed Mustafa Kamal, Mayor of Karachi, Pakistan. More 
Professor Gary Sick blogs in the Daily Beast on his role in the sentencing of Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbaksh.
Capstone Workshop: Women and Property Rights in Uganda. More
Ashley Cotton (EMPA '09) named to City Hall magazine's "Rising Stars: 40 Under 40" list.
"Peacemaking in the Post-Cold War World" with Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel laureate and former president of Finland. 
Professor Douglas Almond co-authored a paper addressing H1N1 and heart attacks. Read more from Time magazine.
Gift from John Kluge (CC '37) will fund fellowships and the "SIPA Challenge." More
Joshua Levine (MIA '00): Institutional Investor Rising Star of Hedge Funds. More
Kofi Annan: "Climate Change: The Leadership Challenge of Our Age"
"Top Five" Faculty Awards for 2008 - 2009. More