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INSIDE SIPA
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Guéhenno Named Deputy UN Special Envoy for Syria
SIPA Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno has been appointed as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League of Arab States on Syria, assisting Kofi Annan.
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Ocampo Is Brazil's Pick to Head World Bank
Professor José Antonio Ocampo was nominated by Brazil for the presidency of the World Bank. Ocampo is the director of SIPA's Economic and Political Development concentration.
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Counter-Terrorism vs. Civil Liberties
News about surveillance of student groups has raised complex questions: How do we balance needs for security and free speech? Should students, in particular, be able to experiment with ideas and identities without fear of reprisal? Join us on April 2 at noon to watch an online panel discussion and Q&A.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
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Students Design Pilot Credit Program in Tanzania
A team of four students traveled to Tanzania in early January to design a pilot program for First Access, a new start-up founded by Nicole Stubbs MPA '12.
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Study Finds Natural Disasters Have Greater Impact Than Estimated
A study co-authored by Jesse Anttila-Hughes, a PhD candidiate at SIPA in sustainable development, finds that estimates in income loss and infant mortality rates are greater than believed.
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ALUMNI
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Vivianne Rodrigues (MIA '08) has been promoted to U.S. capital markets reporter at The Financial Times.
Joshua Levine (IF '99, MIA '00) has been named co-head of pensions within BlackRock's global client group.
Ruth Dreessen (MIA '80), pictured, has been named to the board of directors of Gevo, a leading renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company. She is currently managing director at Lion Chemical Capital.
Mario Rappoport (MIA '98) has been appointed managing director in the emerging markets sales and trading group at Gleacher & Company, an independent investment company.
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MULTIMEDIA
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NYC Deputy Mayor of Operations: There's No Longer Any Good Season of the Year
New York City Deputy Mayor of Operations Caswell Holloway spoke at SIPA about the fiscal issues of New York City and said the only time you notice operations is when things go wrong.
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Ben Jealous on Voter Rights
Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, spoke about "Voter Rights and Voter Suppression" at the 15th Annual David Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum on Monday, March 26th.
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IN THE NEWS
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Analysis and Commentary from Faculty, Students, and Alumni
WATCH: Dorian Warren on "The American Spring" and Occupy Wall Street. MSNBC»
Chitrangada Choudhury (MIA/Jour '12) on the death of one of India's top historian-activists, and conserving Bombay's urban heritage READ MORE »
Gary Sick: Are we headed for a Bay of Pigs with Iran? CNN.com»
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