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SIPA Scores Breakthrough in Healthcare Management Challenge
For the first time, an all-SIPA student team won first place in the Healthcare Delivery and Management Case Challenge at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health. The winning team members are Elena Resk, Maria Soledad Guilera, Vladimir Olarte, Pau Suris, and Alexis Smith. The team's advisor is Amireh Horriyat, a SIPA teaching assistant. The teams presented proposals for how to manage a biopharmaceutical company facing a potential merger or acquisition by another company.
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Reaching for a New Deal: The Failure of Labor Law Reform
Professor Dorian Warren, in a paper published in October, follows the first two years of the Obama administration and its attempts at labor law reform. The paper is part of a series from the Russell Sage Foundation. Professor Warren examines several policy shifts achieved by the White House through the Department of Labor and the executive branch.
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Seeking Solutions: Nissan LEAF and Zero Emission Mobility
On Friday, November 5, SIPA's Leaders in Global Energy series welcomes Carlos Tavares, Executive Vice President, Chairman, Management Committee Americas for Nissan Motor Company. Mr. Tavares will talk about the new Nissan LEAF and his company's approach to zero emission mobility.
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Creating sustainable energy while protecting the environment and reaffirming corporate citizenship is one of the great challenges of this century. Leaders in Global Energy is SIPA's initiative to identify solutions to this challenge.
A Free Press For a Global Society
Preserving the free press is a global challenge, as changes in technology and markets force the media to rethink long-held assumptions. On November 3 and 4, government officials, NGO leaders, journalists, First Amendment scholars, business leaders, students, and alumni will participate in a forum co-sponsored by SIPA.
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Alumna Directs Philanthropy/CSR at Tiffany & Co.
Anisa Kamadoli Costa (MIA ’98) was appointed President of The Tiffany & Co. Foundation. She also serves as Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Tiffany & Co. In this dual role, Costa oversees the company’s global corporate responsibility agenda and directs philanthropic giving for the Foundation in the areas of environmental conservation and the decorative arts.
"My position ties together many aspects of the SIPA experience: dealing with diverse policy issues, from conflict over diamonds to coral conservation; and managing many constituencies, from corporate to nonprofit to government interests."
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Digital Media as a Means to Social Change
Two leaders in the evolving digital media landscape spoke with SIPA students about promoting social and political advocacy through online videos and other channels. Steve Grove, head of news and politics at YouTube, and Noopur Agarwal, director of public affairs at MTV, discussed their organizations' work.
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