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Author: Emily Tao

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Celebrating the 5-year anniversary of Columbia Startup Lab

July 5, 2019 Emily Tao

If you are interested in social entrepreneurship, you will find plenty of resources to research in this post. Last month…

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Pride Month at Columbia University, at SIPA, and in NYC

June 13, 2019 Emily Tao

Pride Month is still going strong as we head into mid-June, and New York City has a strong connection to…

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Admissions/Meet the SIPA Community

Join us for Summerfest 2019 in Boston, D.C. or NYC

May 31, 2019 Emily Tao

Just as many of you are planning your next steps, we here at SIPA are making summer plans! SIPA representatives,…

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General

Meeting current and future students, preparing for graduation, and a “Stealthy Starbucks”

May 16, 2019October 15, 2020 Emily Tao

While it's slowing down a little bit for the Admissions and Financial Aid office, we're still busy with everything happening…

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Admissions

APSIA, G4, and Connecting With Us

April 23, 2019 Emily Tao

I'm preparing for a webinar right now with colleagues from several peer instutitions along the East Coast (The G4: Columbia…

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Admissions

SIPA Admitted Students’ Day 2019

April 19, 2019 Emily Tao

Last week we held our annual open house for the newly admitted MIA, MPA and MPA-DP incoming Class, Admitted Students'…

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Academics/Meet the SIPA Community/Student Life

A quick April update

April 8, 2019 Emily Tao

We assume you're all as busy as we are this April, so here's a few updates on what's been going…

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Academics/Admissions/Financing your Degree

Next Steps for Admitted Students, Fall 2019

March 21, 2019 Emily Tao

First, another congratulations to you on being accepted to Columbia SIPA! I hope you celebrated this achievement – it was a…

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“I cannot tell you how proud I am of who you are going to be.”

March 20, 2019 Emily Tao

This post was originally going to be titled "Spring Break, Capstone Workshops, and Rangel Fellows," but I can't top that…

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Admissions/Application Advice

“I didn’t get the decision I wanted. What now?”

March 18, 2019 Emily Tao

Decisions for Fall 2019 were recently released for Columbia SIPA, so by now you should know your SIPA admissions decision.…

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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

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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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