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FACULTY
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Training Low-Skilled Workers for
Health-Care Jobs
A new study by Professor Ester R. Fuchs of SIPA offers a blueprint -- based on a program developed by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) -- for successfully training and placing low-skilled workers in a growing field.
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EVENTS
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Stephanopoulos Will Speak at
SIPA Graduation Ceremony
The featured speaker at SIPA’s spring exercises is best known today as the co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and host of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” He worked in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 1996 and was a visiting professor at SIPA in 1997 and 1998.
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Lecture Series on Energy Issues Returns
Speakers for 2012 include Caroline Atkinson, an advisor to President Obama on international economics (pictured); Stefan Heck of McKinsey & Co.; Guillaume Aubert of Boston Consulting Group, Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, and more.
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ALUMNI
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Kermit Jones MPA ’12 Selected As
White House Fellow for 2012-13
The recent graduate, who studied health policy with a regional specialization in South Asia, will spend the year working with senior staff at the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
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IN THE NEWS
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Analysis and Commentary from
Faculty, Students, Alumni
Jorge Balan on recruiting foreign students to U.S. institutions: Washington Times »
Christopher Flavelle MIA ’09, IF ’09 on Romney and health care: Bloomberg Government »
Joseph Stiglitz to Europe: Don't mimic U.S.: Euronews»
Gernot Wagner (left) discusses green policy and jobs: EDF Market Forces blog »
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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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