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Author: Emily Tao

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New Year, New Students / Cohort / PAs!

January 16, 2020 Emily Tao

January always feels like the longest month, and I'm sure many of you feel that way! We're catching up from…

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Application Advice

Roundup: Final reminders before the January 5th deadline

January 3, 2020 Emily Tao

For those of you applying for the January 5th Fellowship Consideration deadline, you're almost at the finish line! If you're…

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Financing your Degree/Meet the SIPA Community

SIPA alumni on Forbes 30 Under 30; new Columbia Displaced Student Scholarship

December 4, 2019July 31, 2020 Emily Tao

The U.S. celebrated Thanksgiving last week, and wherever you are, I hope you were able to spend some time with…

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Financing your Degree

Upcoming scholarships and deadlines

November 8, 2019 Emily Tao

The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students to some…

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General

Professor Glenn Denning, MPA-DP Program Director, giving the keynote address for the One World Festival

October 30, 2019October 15, 2020 Emily Tao

Last week Professor Glenn Denning, our MPA-DP Program Director led a public talk at #OneWorldFestival event at Queen’s University, Belfast. Professor Denning…

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Admissions

“Should I apply?”

October 28, 2019 Emily Tao

I had the pleasure of meeting many prospective students while attending Idealist graduate fairs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and…

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Admissions/Financing your Degree

Upcoming deadlines for external scholarships, and graduate fairs

October 11, 2019 Emily Tao

Scholarship Opportunities The SIPA Financial Aid Office maintains a database of external funding opportunities, and we wanted to alert students…

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Admissions

Where we will be to meet prospective students; and some admissions tips

October 7, 2019 Emily Tao

Visiting the beautiful Furman University campus in South Carolina. We want to meet you. I just got back from our…

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General

The First Day of School

September 5, 2019October 15, 2020 Emily Tao

Tuesday was the first day of classes here, and you can feel the energy of students, faculty, and the community…

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Admissions/Meet the SIPA Community

Where we’ve been, and where we’ll be

August 7, 2019 Emily Tao

The SIPA Pan-African Network (SPAN) hosted a mixer in Lagos last week, and I thought it'd be a good time…

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Office Working Remotely

Due to COVID-19, the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid are working remotely until further notice.

We will continue to respond to emails as promptly as possible and thank you for your patience.

To help us better help you, here are 10 tips for efficiently communicating with our office.

Important Dates

January 18, 2021: University Closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday

FEBRUARY: MIA, MPA, MPA-DP Final Application Deadline

APRIL 28: SIPA Graduation

APRIL 30: Columbia University Commencement

Recent Posts

  • You’re invited to the SIPA Students of Color Intersectionality Conference this week
  • Upcoming External Fellowship Deadlines
  • All about Cross-Registration, or Enrolling at Different Columbia University Graduate School Classes
  • Meet Ahmad Jamal Wattoo MPA’21, Research Analyst for the National Assembly of Pakistan and former student leader for the Pakistan Movement for Justice

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This blog is about SIPA's two-year full-time MIA and MPA degree programs, which are the largest of all our programs. For information on our specialized, boutique programs, including the one-year MPA programs, Executive MPA program, and PhD program in Sustainable Development, please click here.

 

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