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Dean John H. Coatsworth Appointed Provost of Columbia University
In appointing Dean Coatsworth permanent Provost, President Lee C. Bollinger says he has "demonstrated consummate skill in leading Columbia forward on a host of complex matters critical to our future."
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Interim Dean Robert C. Lieberman: At the Forefront of Global Public Policy Education
President Bollinger has appointed Vice Dean Robert C. Lieberman as Interim Dean of SIPA, saying "an interim year is not a year for standing still."
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A Vision of Excellence for SIPA
Dean Coatsworth has guided SIPA through an era of remarkable progress and growth in the School's mission to equip new leaders to serve the global public interest.
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FACULTY |
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A Leaner Pentagon in the 21st Century
President Barack Obama's new national defense strategy represents "a move in the right direction and a chance to do more of what we should have done after the Cold War and before the second war against Iraq," says Richard K. Betts, SIPA's Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT |
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Promoting a Political Voice in Georgia
Two SIPA students got the extraordinary opportunity to sit down with a high-ranking leader from the Republic of Georgia - Deputy Chairwoman of Parliament Rusudan Kervalishvili.
Marissa Polnerow (MIA '12), Alexandra dos Reis Stefanopoulos (MIA '12), and their workshop teammates are examining the level of political participation of internally displaced persons.
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Student "Scores" at Sundance with Valley of Saints
During his 2011 summer internship, Mohsin Mohi Ud Din (MIA '12) helped craft the soundtrack of an award-winning film set in his native Kashmir.
Valley of Saints is about the journey of a young boatman on Kashmir's Dal Lake as he realizes that the lake's ecology and his whole way of life face an alarming threat.
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ALUMNI |
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SIPA International Fellow on Gelber Prize Shortlist
A book by Frederick Kempe (IF '77) has been named to the shortlist for the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize.
Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth examines one of the epic dramas of the Cold War - and its applications for the 21st century.
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Fighting the Use of Child Soldiers with a List
Professor Elisabeth Lindenmayer and SIPA's United Nations Studies Program hosted a discussion focused on child soldiers, entitled "The Security Council and Its Human Rights Agenda: Children and Armed Conflict: New Tools to Fight Impunity."
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IN THE NEWS | |
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Analysis and Commentary from Faculty, Students, and Alumni
Mitchell Silber: "The Iranian Threat to New York City," Wall Street
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Rodolfo de la Garza says Honduras is on a road to nowhere, Reuters »
Kate Gluckman (MPA '12): A letter to the editor on the cost of graduate school, New York Times »
WATCH: Irene Finel-Honigman on Europe's sovereign-debt crisis, Greece, and their investment strategies, Bloomberg »
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This newsletter is distributed by the Office of Communications and External Relations at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. For more than 60 years, SIPA has been educating professionals who work in public, private and nonprofit organizations to make a difference in the world. Through rigorous social science research and hands-on practice, SIPA's graduates and faculty strive to improve social services, advocate for human rights, strengthen markets, protect the environment, and secure peace, in their home communities and around the world.
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