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Spring 2008
EPD Alumni Happy Hour
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Networking 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Free Karaoke 8:00 – 10:00 pm
Maru Lounge in Korea Town
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Kosovo in 30 Minutes
Monday, March 3, 2008
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Room 404
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Fall 2007
Professor Enrique Delamonica's Book Launch - "Eliminating Human Poverty"
Thursday, November 15, 2007
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Room 1510
Join Professor Enrique Delamonica (EPD Policy Analysis) and Professor Sanjay Reddy for a discussion of Professor Delamonica's new book, "Eliminating Human Poverty."
Wine and cheese reception to follow.
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Columbia in 30 Minutes
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Room 1118
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Economic & Political Development/Office of Career Services Concentration Hour
Monday, November 12, 2007
1:00 – 2:00 pm
outside Room 420
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The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children Information Session with EPD
Alumna Jenny Pearlman Robinson
Monday, November 12, 2007
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Room 403
Ms. Pearlman Robinson is an EPD alumna and she will discuss her work with The Women's Commission as well as her professional path after graduation from SIPA.
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EPD Retreat
September 22nd - 23rd
Incoming students have an opportunity to learn more about the EPD concentration; network with 2nd year students and meet EPD professors.
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Meet the EPD Professors
Come and mingle with the EPD Professors
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
4:30 – 5:30 pm
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Vanita Viswanath will present on "Great leap forward, several steps to go: Microenterprises and poor women in the context of growth in India"
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
12:00 - 2:30 pm
Room 1510
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Joao Paolo Veiga will present on “The Promotion of Labor and Environmental Standards in MNCs: Brazilian Perspectives from the Instituto Observatorio Social”
September 10, 2007
12:00 – 2:00 pm
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Welcome Dinner – Orientation Week
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Radio Perfecto
First year students will have an opportunity to mingle and meet other incoming students. Students must sign-up during Orientation for a space
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Summer 2007
Miles for Peace Reception (Co-Sponsored by Network 20/20)
Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Low Library, Columbia University, West 116th Street and Broadway
In May 2007, a delegation of 14 Iranian cyclists launched a cycling tour around the globe, traveling city by city across Italy, Germany, France and the UK to communicate the pacifist message of Iranian people to other nations around the world. They arrive in New York this week to continue their tour in the U.S.
Let’s join forces to lend our support to their peaceful cause.
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Fall 2006
Singer "Ludacris" Speaks in SIPA EPD Class
November 30, 2006
Singer and actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and actress Emmy Rossum visited SIPA’s ”Policy Analysis of Development” class, which is taught by SIPA Professor Jacqueline Klopp, on November 30 to help launch and promoteYouthAIDS’ Kick-me Campaign. “Kick Me” is a national, grassroots, student-led campaign to increase awareness of HIV / AIDS among youth in the U.S., reducing stigma and opening a constructive dialogue among young people. The two performers discussed their role as YouthAIDS Ambassadors and participated in an open exchange with the students about the problem of AIDs and its prevention.