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Month: April 2020

Meet the SIPA Community

A View from the Class: Sarah Alshawish MIA ’21

April 29, 2020 Columbia SIPA

The SIPA Office of Alumni and Development is pleased to share A View from the Class, a SIPA stories series…

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Financing your Degree

Beware of student loan scams

April 27, 2020 Columbia SIPA

From time to time, we see some bad actors preying on confusion or spreading misinformation to try to coax student…

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Schooling myself at SIPA

April 20, 2020July 31, 2020 Zulpha Styer

Every Wednesday during the semester, I would make the four-block stroll from SIPA to PS 36 Margaret Douglas, a primary…

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Post Roundup for Admitted Students

April 15, 2020 Emily Tao

We launched our ~virtual~ Admitted Students' Day last week for admitted students to get to know the SIPA community, including…

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General

Tackling Work, Ambitions, and SIPA: How I managed to plan a two conferences in two years at SIPA without going insane

April 14, 2020July 31, 2020 George-Ann Ryan

In October 2018, I became a founding member of The Sadie Collective, an organization which aims to help solve the…

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Meet the SIPA Community

A Day in the Life of a Humanitarian Policy student: Alejandro Bonil Vaca, MPA ’20

April 10, 2020 Columbia SIPA

Thanks for Alejandro Bonil Vaca for this guest post. After eight days of self-isolation in my on-campus apartment in New…

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Academics

3 Tips from a Student Researcher at SIPA

April 8, 2020 Stuart Caudill

Working as a student researcher at SIPA is a great opportunity to gain practical experience in your field and learn…

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General

SIPA, I choose you!

April 3, 2020July 31, 2020 Nabila Mohd Hassan

Choosing the right graduate school is no easy feat. There are so many factors to consider that you end up…

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Student Life

Five Things to Know About New York If You’ve Never Been Here

April 1, 2020July 31, 2020 Nabila Mohd Hassan

Note from Admissions: When Nabila, who is from Kuala Lumpur, told me that her first time in New York City…

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Important Dates

Dec. 20 – Fall term: Fellowship consideration deadline for MIA/MPA/MPA-DP applicants

Dec. 24 – University Holiday: Christmas

Dec. 27-28; Dec. 30 – Jan. 3 – University Holidays

Jan. 17, 2022 – University Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observed

Feb. 5 – Fall term: Final deadline for MIA/MPA/MPA-DP applicants

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