Energy policy expert Jason Bordoff has joined SIPA as a professor of professional practice and the director of the Center on Global Energy Policy.

Jason Bordoff served until recently as a special assistant to President Obama and senior director for energy and climate change on the staff of the National Security Council.

Medina, a dual degree student at SIPA and Columbia Journalism School, recently premiered the film A Shtetl of Our Own, about a Hasidic community upstate, made in collaboration with his Journalism classmate Kayla Ruble.

Last month, a group of SIPA students enjoyed the opportunity to speak with U.S. Army General Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks to video conferencing technology that linked them to the general’s office in the Pentagon.

The world's fifth-largest country is a key hub for energy, with an abundance of natural resources and booming energy sector that makes it "the most dynamic country in Latin America," says António Bernardo of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

The television journalist Tom Brokaw recently addressed one of SIPA's executive classes, discussing trends in American politics since the 1950s and offering insights on the November election and U.S. foreign policy.