SIPA Magazine

Fall 2024 Cover Story

Staying Two Steps Ahead

SIPA’s faculty deploy cutting-edge research to address the world’s most complex challenges, locally and globally—protecting democracy, the environment, and women’s rights, among other critical issues.

Featured Stories

Alumni Spotlight: Maryum Saifee MIA ’07

Maryum Saifee MIA ’07 has spent more than a decade in foreign service, highlighting issues like labor migration and gender-based violence.

Alumni Spotlight: Prakhar Bhartiya MPA ’20

Prakhar Bhartiya MPA ’20 seeks to transform his country’s political leadership through his Indian School of Democracy.

Faculty Spotlight: Daniel Björkegren

Daniel Björkegren is doing cutting edge research to understand the potential of AI across the developing world.

Alumni Spotlight: Rebeca Moreno Jiménez MPA ’15

Alumna Rebeca Moreno Jiménez MPA ’15 fights for the displaced using big data.

Faculty Spotlight: Ambassador Victoria Nuland

Former top diplomat Ambassador Victoria Nuland joins SIPA with lessons from a 35-year career under six US presidents.

Borderline Lost: 85 Miles on the Rio Grande

A travel essay from 2024 Raphael Smith Memorial Prize winner Ben Ritter MIA ’24.

The Raphael Smith Memorial Prize 2024: In Words I Can Understand

A travel essay from 2024 Raphael Smith Memorial Prize winner Alice Lassman MPA ’24

New Faculty and Research Scholars 2024–25

SIPA welcomes noteworthy teaching faculty and research scholars for the coming school year.

Donor Profile: Catherine “Kitty” Mulder MIA ’81

Catherine “Kitty” Mulder MIA ’81 made a generous gift to SIPA establishing the Zinia Leadership Fund as well as support for research and SIPA programs related to Peru.

We are defining issues where SIPA can make the most difference: in our interdisciplinary research, in our teaching, and in our impact on policy.

Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo

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