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Whistleblower: A True Tale of Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery, and Deceit
During a research trip to Sarajevo in 2001, SIPA adjunct professor and University public affairs officer Tanya Domi broke the biggest story of her journalism career. It follows Kathryn Bolkovac, a UN human rights investigator who uncovered sex trafficking in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina - activities aided by high-level administrators in the Bosnian government, the United Nations, and the U.S. State Department.
A film based on the account, “The Whistleblower,” was released this month, starring Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz. Plans for a screening and panel discussion at Columbia Universty are in development.
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9/11: 10 Years Later
A decade after the terrorist attacks, SIPA and the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies will commemorate 9/11 and assess the situation in the United States. The symposium on September 9 will feature debate and discussion among Columbia University faculty, experts, and affiliates.
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SIPA Students Light the World with Solar Energy
A workshop team from SIPA is helping to bring the magic of solar lighting to communities cut off from the rest of the world. Six students partnered with the nonprofit Kopernik, which is implementing a solar lantern project in Borneo.
“Even after all the research and preparation my team did for our workshop, I didn’t fully understand the impact solar lanterns could have until I was standing in a remote fishing village at night,” said Karina Nagin (MPA ’11).
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Sharyn O’Halloran said President Obama’s next steps on the economy must include the private sector,
NY1
Richard Robb said Standard & Poor’s “…has no special magic for judging U.S. creditworthiness,”
American Banker
Richard Clarida, the C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs, says he is not a candidate for Federal Reserve governor,
Wall Street Journal.
Joseph Stiglitz wrote “How to make the most of the long malaise,”
Financial Times
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William Eimicke and his students’ research on diversity in the FDNY,
New York Times
Claudia Dreifus coauthored “The Self-Exam That Higher Education Would Rather Not Conduct,”
Chronicle of Higher Education
John Hirsch wrote “The Black Hawk Down Effect:” What went right during the last Somalian crisis,
Foreign Policy
Jenny Town (MIA ’08) said the time is now if Washington wants to stop a nuclear North Korea,
Foreign Policy
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Robert Lieberman’s economic predictions in Foreign Affairs revisited,
MarketWatch
Howard Friedman says the politicians are playing while the U.S. loses.
Open Salon
Behar Xharra (MIA ’12) writes “From Pristina (Kosovo) to Dhaka (Bangladesh): My hope for two countries to join hands,”
The Daily Sun
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Anahi Ayala Iacucci (MIA ’10) on how information and communication technologies can change business and government models in Africa,
Diary of a Crisis Mapper
Steven Cohen on “Japan's Nuclear Catastrophe and Governor Andrew Cuomo's Policy to Close Indian Point,”
The Huffington Post
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Stephane Keil (MPA DP '12) in Rehiira, Uganda this summer, taking GPS coordinates with agriculture facilitator John Francis. His research will help identify lands with the potential for reforestation, for use in a carbon offset project. Read more about Stephane's summer projects at his
blog.
Photo by Gaëlle Espinosa (MPA DP '12).
This newsletter is distributed by the Office of Communications and External Relations at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Contact Alex Burnett at 212-851-1818 or
alex.burnett@sipa.columbia.edu.
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