With the February 5th deadline approaching, Marsela offers advice on crafting your personal essay to tell your unique story.

This is ceding the future,” says Steven Cohen, director of Columbia SIPA’s master’s program in sustainability management, of the Trump administration's pledge to further expand oil and natural gas production.

“The transition is already underway,” said Steven A. Cohen. “We are seeing more than the beginnings, and lots and lots of movement in the direction of renewable energy around the world.”

Klein and Vogelstein will join SIPA this spring and assume leadership roles.

Lew will teach about a range of public policy issues and serve as IGP’s faculty policy director.

It's yet to be seen if the economic disruption a strike may cause, along with business pressure, may cause Trump to reverse course, said Alexander Hertel-Fernandez.

Wally Adeyemo, the number-two official at the Treasury Department, will leave the Biden administration for a role at Columbia University focusing on economic statecraft and energy policy.

"It's a reminder that we live, politically speaking, in a split-screen America," said Tim Naftali, senior research scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. 

"Washington may be seeking some kind of normal, but that doesn’t mean that’s the intention of the incoming president,” Timothy Naftali told the New York Times.

The key to a standout application lies in a rigorous and mindful editing process to present your most authentic true self. In this blog, Sena highlights how to refine your personal statement with feedback, vulnerability, and a thoughtful approach.