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The educational experience at SIPA is enhanced by a rich array of special events and programs offered at the School and throughout the University. These range from formal lectures, day-long conferences, and cultural performances to student-sponsored talks, film screenings and photo exhibitions. Up to date listings of events can be found on the SIPA Web site, the University online events calendar and a number of print publications, including Events at SIPA.
In any given week, SIPA's institutes, centers and programs host dozens of speakers who share their expertise at brown bag, lectures, panel discussion, symposiums and other special events.
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SIPA related announcements and awards to its faculty and affiliated Institutes and Centers are highlighted here.
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The faculty of the School of International and Public Affairs are frequently called upon by the news media to provide analysis and commentary on current events. Listed below are a few recent examples of our faculty contributions to reporting on critical public policy issues. If the articles are available to the general public, we have provided a direct link; if not, the link will lead to the publication's homepage. Read more faculty media clips
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Columbia approves new SIPA dual degree in Brazil. More
A Choice for Peace? The Story of Forty-One Days in Mediation in Kenya. 
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
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