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Climate & Sustainable Development

Columbia SIPA PhD student Cameron Scalera’s coauthored working paper finds a link between data center buildout and consumer energy prices.

Sep 15 2026
Student Spotlight
Technology & Innovation

SIPA alumni are filling leadership roles in cybersecurity government agencies and the private sector. Alumni and faculty of the past decade reflect on the program’s success in turning students into cyber practitioners.

Sep 14 2026
Alumni News
Meet the SIPA Community

We are thrilled to introduce our new 2026–27 Program Assistants! Meet Hannah Taschbach LSE-Columbia MPA ’27

Sep 14 2026
Admissions Blog
Climate & Sustainable Development

Weather forecasts provide substantial economic value for society, but differences in forecast accuracy across regions can potentially exacerbate existing—and create new—economic inequalities, writes Jeffrey Shrader.

Sep 14 2026
Nature
In the Media
Inclusive Prosperity

The most important pillar of the progressive AI agenda is using the increased productivity to create a better society — to get what we value.

Sep 12 2026
Financial Times
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

A quarter-century may have passed, but the U.S. must maintain its post-9/11 vigilance while better addressing the stubborn support that exists for these movements worldwide, writes Stuart Gottlieb.

Sep 11 2026
The Hill
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

Government should be about producing results for people, writes Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Sep 10 2026
The Atlantic
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke to Jason Bordoff on Tuesday, September 8, about the future of the Strait of Hormuz; China’s clean-energy dominance and the Trump administration’s Venezuela oil deal; and how the return of the energy weapon is transforming geopolitics and national security.

Sep 10 2026
The Foreign Affairs Interview
In the Media
Meet the SIPA Community

On September 11, 2001, Joseph Pfeifer was the first FDNY battalion chief to report to the World Trade Center with his unit.

Sep 09 2026
Columbia News
Faculty Spotlight
Geopolitical Stability

The next few months may prove among the most consequential of this war, writes Rajan Menon

Sep 08 2026
New York Times
In the Media