SIPA is thrilled to welcome President Jennifer L. Mnookin to Columbia University! Learn more about her vision for Columbia in her first day message to the community: president.columbia.edu/news/first-d...

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Today we welcome the 21st president of Columbia University, Jennifer L. Mnookin. As she becomes part of our community, join her for a look at Columbia’s spirit of discovery. Read President Mnookin's message: https://president.columbia.edu/news/first-day-message-president-jennifer-l-mnookin

LIVE 🔴 Nadav Eyal, Amos Hochstein, Secretary Jacob J. Lew, and Page Fortna assess the current state of the US-Iran deal and what comes next for the region. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiasipa.bsky.social Watch: youtube.com/live/0FIR4Y2...

IGP Rapid Response: Understanding the US-Iran Agreement

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NEW report from the @columbiaigp.bsky.social Technology & Democracy Initiative: AI Slop and the Information Ecosystem: igp.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/igp/fi... by Jen Weedon, @camillefrancois.bsky.social, and Jeremie Ponak

Nobody makes it to SIPA on their own 💙

Marjan Amiri MIA '26 fled Afghanistan at fifteen with a promise from her father: Education will light her way forward. It certainly has!

Aaliyah Khwaja MIA '26 with a reminder to be grateful for the community you made and carried with you at SIPA.

Mayor Eric Garcetti to the SIPA Class of 2026: Touch grass!

SIPA's 2026 Graduation Ceremony has begun! Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W63a4jogzos

SIPA Class Day 2026

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Congratulations to our First-Generation student graduates. The future is bright and we can't wait to see where it takes you!

The Columbia University Commencement has started. Watch live! https://commencement.columbia.edu/content/webcast

Congratulations to Jamal Washington MPA ’26 and Grace Manning MIA ’26 for winning the Raphael Smith Memorial Prize for Travel Writing. This prize is awarded annually to two graduating students who have written the best travel essays, which are published in SIPA Magazine.

Congratulations to Maria Luiza Lima MPA '26 on winning this year's Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service, which recognizes a graduating MPA student or students who exemplify a deep commitment to promoting public service.

Graduate Reflections 🎓 Two years is all it takes to make friends for life. Yuqi (Vicky) Wang MPA '26 Ana Laura Contreras Meza MPA '26 Ghada A MPA '26 Lina Maria Contreras López MPA '26

Graduate Reflections 🎓 Rukhsar Balkhi MIA '26 found a community of peers and experts and alumni ready to support her. It's a great reminder that nobody truly accomplishes anything on their own.

SIPA puts you in touch with experts from every corner of the world. Through his Capstone research, Kenneth Lao MPA '26 got to design policy recommendations for the UNDP. (He also got to help run SIPA's social media platforms 💙)

From yesterday's Capstone closing reception where student teams got to share the research they put into practice as part of their Capstones. Congratulations to every SIPA graduate on their remarkable achievements.

Graduate Reflections 🎓 As an international student, Shudufhadzo (Shudu) Musida MPA '26 learned that she can find community anywhere. And what better place than NYC!

Graduate Reflections 🎓 Where else can you make friends like these? Yu-Hsuan (YY) MPA '26 got to spend the past two years studying with SIPA's extraordinarily diverse cohort, which included research trips to Peru and French Polynesia, and a trek to her home of Taiwan.

Graduate Reflection 🎓 Where else can you make friends like these? Yu-Hsuan Yeh MPA '26 got to share her love of Taiwan with her friends during the Taiwan trek.

Graduate Reflections 🎓 As SIPASA president, Aaliyah Khwaja MIA '26 has spent her time at SIPA connecting with her peers and making this community one that everyone can count on.

🎓 Graduate Reflections These two years fly by so fast. For Vato Peradze MIA '26, it was striking to reflect on how much he'd grown in so short a time.

Graduate Reflections 🎓 The hardest days in NYC and in the library are made better by your friends. That's what Farhan Octryan Saragih MPA '26 discovered here at SIPA.

It's never too late to follow your dreams. Never. 🎓 Meenakshi Ramesh MPA-GL '25

Today we welcomed early admitted students to campus to learn about life at SIPA and why New York City is the best place to pursue your degree in international affairs.

Congratulations Professor Maria A. Ressa on being recommended by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the new Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. Learn more: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/02/1166891

🔴 LIVE NOW - The Stakes in Ukraine Four years after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Columbia Institute of Global Politics panel of US and European experts will discuss what is at stake in Ukraine's present and future. https://youtube.com/live/fkiKYQzys4M?feature=share

The Stakes in Ukraine: Present and Future

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LIVE NOW 🔴 Maria Ressa, Julie Posetti, Sarah Hendriks, and Jen Klein join for a @columbiaigp.bsky.social panel on the threat of online violence against women in public life. With intro remarks by @camillefrancois.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyRa...

The Escalating Threat of Online Violence Against Women in Public Life

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Stunning photos from this month's Senegal Trek organized by SIPA's Pan-African Network! These students, many of whom were visiting Africa for the first time, had the opportunity to engage with Senegal’s rich history, dynamic economy, and evolving role on the global stage.

From this month's Taiwan trek, organized by Taiwan Focus, where students got to meet with public servants like former President Tsai Ing-Wen, visit the National Human Rights Museum which is built upon a former political prison, and experience Taiwanese culture first-hand.

One year into President Trump’s second term, U.S. economic policy is facing unprecedented uncertainty. Join IPD and @groundwork.bsky.social for a webinar discussion on the impacts of Trump’s economic agenda. @josephestiglitz.bsky.social Register and learn more here: ipdcolumbia.org/event/the-tr...