CELEBRATING
SIPA’s CLASS OF 2021 – VIRTUALLY
Madeleine Albright and Eric Holder will address SIPA’s Class of 2021.
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CONTENTS Graduation Address ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 4 – 5 Order of Exercises �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 Faculty of International and Public Affairs ������������������������������������������������������ 8 SIPA Faculty ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 8 Senior Research Scholars/Research Scholars ������������������������������������������������������ 8
SIPA’s Class of 2021 ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9 PhD Graduates ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 9 MPA Graduates ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9 – 13 EMPA Graduates ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 13 – 14 MPA-DP Graduates �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14 – 15 MPA-EPM Graduates ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 15 MPA-ESP Graduates ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 15 – 16 MIA Graduates �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16 – 18
Awards and Prizes �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 19 – 21 SIPA Award for Outstanding Teaching ���������������������������������������������������������������� 19 CAA Campbell Award ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 19 Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for Human Values in International Affairs ������ 19 Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service ���������������������������������������������������������������� 20 Isaac Anderson Rauch Award for Excellence in a Capstone Project ������������������ 20 Leous/Parry Award for Progressive Sustainability ���������������������������������������������� 21 Raphael Smith Memorial Prize ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 21
Degree Programs ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 22 Columbia Dual Degrees �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 22 International Dual Degrees ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 22
SIPA Alumni Association �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 23 In Memoriam �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 24
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Graduation Address Madeleine Albright Former U.S. Secretary of State Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Chair, Albright Capital Management Madeleine K. Albright, who earned a degree from SIPA and a PhD from Columbia, is a professor, author, diplomat, and businesswoman who served as the United States’ secretary of state from January 1997 to January 2001. As the first female secretary of state, Albright became, at that time, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright served as the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations and was a member of the president’s cabinet. She is a professor in the practice of diplomacy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm; and chair of Albright Capital Management, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. She also chairs the National Democratic Institute, serves as the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and is honorary chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council. In 2012, she was chosen by President Obama to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in recognition of her contributions to international peace and democracy. Albright is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book, Hell and Other Destinations, was published in April 2020. Her other books include her autobiography, Madam Secretary: A Memoir (2003); The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs (2006); Memo to the President: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership (2008); Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box (2009); Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 (2012), and Fascism: A Warning (2018).
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Graduation Address Eric Holder Former U.S. Attorney General Partner, Covington & Burling LLP Eric Holder served as attorney general of the United States from February 2009 to April 2015. The third longest serving attorney general in U.S. history and the first African American to hold that office, Holder is an internationally recognized leader across a broad range of regulatory enforcement, criminal justice, and national security issues. In 2014, Time magazine named Holder to its list of 100 Most Influential People, noting that he had “worked tirelessly to ensure equal justice.” Including his tenure as attorney general, Holder served in government for more than thirty years, having been appointed to various senior positions by Presidents Obama, Clinton and Reagan. Holder rejoined Covington & Burling after his six years of service as attorney general; he had previously been a partner at the firm from 2001 to 2009. He advises clients on complex investigations and litigation matters, including those that are international in scope and involve significant regulatory enforcement issues and substantial reputational concerns. Before becoming attorney general, Holder maintained a wide-ranging investigations and litigation practice at Covington. Among numerous significant engagements, he led the firm’s representation of a major multinational agricultural company in related civil, criminal, and investigative matters; acted as counsel to a special investigative committee of the board of directors of a Fortune 50 technology company; successfully tried a complex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a leading financial services company; and represented several life sciences companies in litigation and investigations. Holder is a graduate of both Columbia College and Columbia Law School.
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Order of Exercises Remarks Merit E. Janow, Dean, Columbia SIPA Graduation Address Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State Eric Holder, Former U.S. Attorney General SIPA Student Association Benson Neethipudi MPA ’21 SIPA Student Xin Tong MIA ’21 PhD in Sustainable Development John C. Mutter, Director Master of Public Administration Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs Executive Master of Public Administration William B. Eimicke, Director Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Glenn Denning, Director Master of Public Administration in Economic Policy Management Patricia Mosser, Director Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy Steven A. Cohen, Director Master of International Affairs Scott Barrett, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
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Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Lee C. Bollinger President of the University Ira Katznelson Interim Provost of the University Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History Merit E. Janow Dean, Columbia SIPA Professor of Professional Practice in International Economic Law and International Affairs Scott Barrett Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Lenfest Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics Colleen Toomey Senior Associate Dean Patrick Bohan Associate Dean for General and Financial Administration Beth L. Mauro Associate Dean for Development Hazel May Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Rachel Szala Associate Dean for Communications and External Relations Cory Way Associate Dean for Student Affairs
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Faculty of International and Public Affairs SIPA Faculty Hishaam Aidi Douglas Almond Elazar Barkan Scott Barrett Norman Bartczak Richard Betts Jagdish Bhagwati Stephen Biddle Sandra Black Jason Bordoff Andrea Bubula Charles Calomiris Guillermo Calvo Thomas Christensen Richard Clarida John H. Coatsworth Steven A. Cohen Doru Cojoc Daniel Corstange Glenn Denning Michael Doyle William B. Eimicke Yasmine Ergas Ester Fuchs Emanuele Gerratana
Thomas Groll Geoffrey Heal Alexander Hertel-Fernandez Sarah Holloway Takatoshi Ito Merit E. Janow Robert Jervis Wojciech Kopczuk Paul Lagunes Bentley MacLeod Eugenia McGill Ignacia Mercadal Timothy Mitchell Tamar Mitts Victoria Murillo John C. Mutter Suresh Naidu Michael Nutter José Antonio Ocampo Sharyn O’Halloran Benjamin Orlove Arvind Panagariya Cristian Pop-Eleches Kenneth Prewitt
Lucius Riccio Richard Robb Ailsa Röell Jeffrey Sachs Anya Schiffrin Wolfram Schlenker Rumela Sen Stephen Sestanovich Robert Shapiro Yumiko Shimabukuro Jeffrey Shrader Rodrigo Soares Joseph Stiglitz Harold Stolper Jan Svejnar Michael Ting Sara Tjossem Miguel Urquiola Paola Valenti Diane Vaughan Eric Verhoogen Shang-Jin Wei Alan Yang Keren Yarhi-Milo
Senior Research Scholars/Research Scholars Erin Blanton Matt Bowen Vishakha Desai Erica Downs Jonathan Elkind
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Julio Friedmann Jason Healey Noah Kaufman Sarah Kovner Melissa Lott
Patricia Mosser Richard Nephew Christof Rühl David Sandalow
SIPA’s Class of 2021 PhD Graduates Sandra Aguilar-Gomez Raimundo Atal Sandra Baquié Joséphine Gantois Justin Ho Xueting Wang MPA Graduates Joshua Adrian Hengyu Ai Fatema Alhashemi* Aziza Nabila Amani David Anton Nikola Apostolov Aparna Arora Crystal Avila Ali Azhar Reno Bagaskara Wilson Baldwin Livia Arianna Bankler-Jukes Xuechun Bao Maria Fernanda Baqueiro Selena Batchily Sanya Batra Roni Belenki Roee Ben-Zur Michael Beneventano Angelo Bertagnini Cristobal Bisso Daniel Boey** Drashti Brahmbhatt
Yuval Bresler Kirill Buskirk* Diane Cagni Eugenia Camacho San Martin Michelle Cao Mirtha Castillo Vera Chen Chang Souvik Chatterjee Bojun Chen Yubing Chen Xiaomeng Cheng Alexandra Chin Juliana Chiva Polvillo Hanna Elizabeth Cody Alvaro Contente Harry Crimi Brittany Cronin Ryan Dahm Chandni Das Sam de Haas Aldo Defilippi Jie Deng Alejandro Diaz Herrera Lu Ding Yaojia Ding Zepeng Ding Claire Douglas Ornella Drory Junbin Duan Harris Engelmann Tomas Esper Jiajie Fang Junyang Fang
* Columbia Dual Degree Students ** International Dual Degree Students
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Nusrat Farooq Luis Enrique Florez Parodi Jerrica Fox Jorge Frias Vazquez Joseph Fuentes Francisco Galtieri Nuowei Gan Yiting Gao Heather Garcia** Joseph Garcia Vakhtang Gogsadze Joseph Gorman Lauren Gould Christopher Gray Emily Green Zehua Guan Xiaochen Guo Vimuolea Hang Faiza Haq Muhammad Khaidi Harahap Anthony Hascheff Rosarin Hataiseree Xinwei He Jessica Hernandez Hannah Hetzer Nicole Himel Larson Holt Min Hu Renjin Huang Juan Ibanez Hiroaki Ishihara Ji Young Jang Louis Jarvers**
Congyi Jiang Lan Jiang Ching Gwan Jim Chennan Jin Xin Jin Rule Johnstone Benjamin Jurney Yerkebulan Kadirov Chisato Kario Yuri Kawase Sarah Kay Shruti Kedia Bijon Keswani Rubina Khan* Shahira Khan Sameeksha Khare Michael Kinzer Kristin Klein Minseok Ko* Samir Kumar Ryo Kuwana Kristy Kwon Victoria Lacasa Lavanya Lal Natan Last Maria Lavin Steven Lazickas Angeline Lee Jennifer Lee Junghoon Lee Seongmin Lee Woo Jin Lee Zawadia Lefang
* Columbia Dual Degree Students ** International Dual Degree Students
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Erin Leyson Anyi Li Boya Li Wenyue Li** Yuelin Li* Yunjia Li Zeng Li Pamela Lian Qinying Liang Friederike Liebach Sijia Lin Chengqian Liu Linling Liu Ruoyi Liu Ying Liu Zhongling Liu Yushan Lou Anna Low-Beer Vicente Loyola Yuwei Lu Senqi Ma Shikhar Madan Kevin Maguire Niyati Malhotra Deepti Mani Diana McCaffrey Alisa McCall Michael McGill Allynn McInerney James McLaughlin Mariel McLeod Matthew Miller Agustina Mir
Julio Cezar Monteiro de Barros Kaoru Nagasawa David Alejandro Navarro Gomez Benson Neethipudi Alejandro Neira Zavala Tianhao Niu Sarah Jane Noujeim Megan O’Neill Shani Ogilvie Hitoshi Ogino Victor Ortega Piero Ortiz Chavez Elise Pak Amanda Papir Hoonhee Park Vidhu Pasricha Silvia Perez Ivan Portocarrero Shreepriya Poudel Daniel Propp Claudio Protano Gaurav Pundir Pranav Ramkumar Diego Recinos Escobar Elizabeth Reichart Ke Ren Eleanor Riesenberg Adam Roberts Edi Saputra Max Scherzer Daniele Schiavello Priyanka Sethy John Severini
* Columbia Dual Degree Students ** International Dual Degree Students
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Christina Sewell Syeda Zahra Shah Beiwen Shen Qinkai Shen Yiran Shi Hyunah Shim Daria Shitrit Mehulika Sitepu Sam Sloman Jacob Stern Lotte Straathof Kumgyu Sun Wenhao Sun Masataka Suzuki Noboru Takemoto Yusuke Tanaka Yusuke Tanaka Arqam Tariq Roger Tejada Sergio Tellez Noguez** Serena Tohme Miho Tokuhara Alexandra Treat Luis Trevino Monica Trigos Padilla Emma Troxler Kylie Lan Tumiatti Aastha Uprety Kolja Verhage Julia Vieira de Andrade Dias Nayantara Vohra Harry Wang Mengyao Wang
Szu-Jui Wang Yunzhen Wang Ziyu Wang Hutama Wardhana Fariha Wasti Ahmad Wattoo Samuel Weaver Michael Williams Fiona Wissell Jonathan Wolf Hon Xing Wong Weiran Wu Yiyao Wu Youyou Wu Yuchen Wu Yunxi Wu Zhenrong Wu Evan Wynn Jinjin Xia Qixin Xiang Shiyu Xie Yajie Xie Yifeng Xiong Jiayu Xu** Mengjia Yang Zi’an Yao Ayu Yokogoshi Yingzi Yu Yizhu Yuan Lifeng Zhang Shiqi Zhang Sijia Zhang Xin Zhang
* Columbia Dual Degree Students ** International Dual Degree Students
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Yuxuan Zhang Bingjing Zhao Yixi Zhao Yuexin Zhao Zichen Zhao Shengyin Zheng Xinyu Zheng Yunxiao Zheng Zeyuan Zheng Rui Zhu EMPA Graduates Rebecca A. Diefenbach Uttara Agarwal Emmanuel Akinbobola Britt Alene Hefelfinger Stephanie Bakkum Shanel Balloo Han Bao Lucylla Baynes Asmeret Bekele Bianca Bellino Michael Bergen William Brian Gowen Colleen Burke Ang Chen Jueni Chen Ashley Ciccarelli Jon Cinman Yulia Davletova Yuhan Ding Zhishu Ding Katherine Elizabeth Maloney
Frances Escano Nunez Mohammed Essam Khashaan Eric Felman Schwartz Sergey Gogin Ekaterina Gradovich Jingwen Guan Elliot Hai-Long Lam Keng Han Armando Hechavarria Qiao Huang Sarah Hussain Nasir Iqbal Brian Jablonski Raymond Jimenez Ashika Kalra Laura Kavanagh Haeyoon Kim David Koranyi Bing Bing Lam Greta Larson Yilin Li Paul Lindberg Juntao Liu Yuqing Liu Zimo Liu Maria Losada Jiayi Lu Travis Lubin Jessica Lynn Fields Luis Martinez Patrick Martinez Bilal Mazhar Laura McCreedy
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Ryan McGhee Oliver McLean Kevin Michael Gully Alexis Moore Anna Ng Makoto Noda Meredith Palermo Jackeline Paulino Laura Peluso Katarina Piasevoli Tanya Pope Season Qiana Brown-Merritt Clotilde Rossi di Schio Marcela Ruano Lizbeth Santana Hrishikesh Sastry Bryan Scott Bodner Sufian Shahid Qi Shen Tatiana Shpiniova Ni Tang Alice Viollet Brandon Walk Ferri Xin Wang Madeleine Want Bo Yuan Liu Wentao Yue Mark Zambito Du Zhao Yun Zheng Yiqi Zhou
MPA-DP Graduates Talisa Anderson Binta Anjasni Claudia Baethgen Pablo Busto Caviedes Chin-Lu Chang Guidotti Joseph Conway Bruna Credidio Camara Pankti Dalal Tara Das Naveen Dasari Madeleine Dejean Rachael Eplee Soha Eshraghi Gabriela Eslava Bejarano Jorge Garcia Coyne Sawami Hayashi Katia Joo Yerassyl Kalikhan Aizhan Kamidola Brian Kennedy Sarah Khalbuss Minji Ko Ryan Lasnick Carolina Leiva Ureta Jorge Marquez Gaspar Julio Martinez Katherin Martinez Gomez Shannon McKenna Lucia Mercado Cordova Javier Monterroso Montenegro Juliana Nino Pardo Francisco Pardinas Favela
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Sungwoo Park Nami Patel Julien Pigot Laura Pulecio Duarte Sevita Rama Juan Carlos Rojas Sotres Hasmik Sahakyan Hannah Stoddard Avantika Thakur Marjorie Tolsdorf Maria Ventocilla Guerra Khanh Vu Jason West Qingyi Xie MPA-EPM Graduates Ivan Baumann Fonay Dulmaa Enkhtuya Eldiiar Kamchybekov Jose Miguel Mestanza Hirakata Cristhian Osorio Grace Pan Sara Ramirez Sooyoung Roh Shashi Saklani Juan Carlos Salinas Morris Daniel Weick MPA-ESP Graduates Mahak Agrawal Michael Bannon Emily Becker Anna Beeman
Jennifer Bock Sarah Braverman Leanne Burns Rashika Choudhary Karen Correa Danna Creager Allison Day Abigail Edwards Owen Flood Rachel Goodgal Hayley Herzog Yanyun Hu Jessica Kenny Russell Kuhner Ariela Levy Jiayi Lin Gwen Macchione Cecilia Magos Caitlin McGinnis Louiza Molohides Maya Navabi Colleen Neely Anna Nikolova Olatunde Olatunji Rachael Patten Andrew Poling Rebecca Purba Alyssa Ramirez Carson Ross Charles Saad Griffin Smith Andrew Solfest Sophia Tolomiczenko
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Zhiyao Wang Elizabeth Wilson Timothy Woodruff Alina Yurova Celeste Zumwalt MIA Graduates Amanda Abrom** Stephen Allen* Sarah Alshawish** Elisa Alvarez** Elizabeth Anderson Shiloh Ary Angela Attrey Nélida L, Ayacaxli* Ezra Baker Sara Bakhtiar Erika Banuelos Benjamin Bartu Celia Becherel** Shavon Bell** Ebba Karin Hans Berggrund Aidan Berkey Alexandra Berryhill Rebecca Bonner Christopher Boretti* Nicholas Boyce** Clara Brackbill Katherine Brehm* Kevin Buckley* Gabriela Jimena Calles Monsivais** Gerardo Canto Andrew Carmona
Teresa Cebrian Aranda* Lingying Chang Lin Chen Qiheng Chen Alexis Cheney** Hansol Chung Leslie Conner-Warren* Marisa Coulton Emmanuelle Cousin** Mackenzie Crow Luke Cunniff Nour Dabboussi** Yvette Deane Diego Deleersnyder Kareem Elsaid Kaede Eto** Dahlia Ezekwonna** Xuanyu Feng Israel Fierro Brian Fitzgerald* Kara Fitzgerald James Flanigan Natasha Gabbay* Krishna Gall Muhammad Ghanem Melanie Gouthro Lydia Grek Raghuram Guda Yiwen Guo Yina Ha Johannes Hallermeier Kinza Haq* Abul Hashem
* Columbia Dual Degree Students ** International Dual Degree Students
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Dongxian He Julia Henriques Souza Raymond Herras Amanda Hosek** Fei Huang Hanchu Huang Monica Hunter-Hart* Haakon Husoy Jermaine Jackson Ellen Jacobs Jorge Jimenez Fuentes Seyoon Jung Siraprapa Kaendee Esther Kang Benjamin Kaplan* Alexia Karpen Shaindl Keshen* Saki Kikuchi** Johannes Leon Kirnberger** Jazgul Kochkorova Dokyoung Koo Marvin Krause** James Leandro Stephen LeFevre Jordan Lesser-Roy Can Li Chen Li* Yunwen Li** Yen Fan Liao Jiwon Ma Sanskruti Majmudar Alexandra Mangum* Margaret Mannix
Cristina Martinez Kaitlyn Menegio-Stahl Kyunghyun Min Avani Mooljee Madeleine Moreau Gloria Moronta Martin Samuel Moser Annika Mukherjee* Stefan Munk Danielle Murad Waiss Morgan Nevins* Andrew Nguyen Anastasia Nicolazo de Barmon** Jenny Ning Nopasi Niyamabha Aigerim Nurmakhanova Elizabeth Olson Jennifer Ostrowski James Paisley Akshika Patel Wineeta Paul* Giovanni Pavesi Katherine Pearson Stephen Piotrkowski* Sai Padma Priya Ponnapula Irina Preotescu Nathan Ren Julian Richardson* Erik Rubinyi** Peter Ruvalcaba Sarah Sakha Saiful Salihudin Pattaraporn Salirathavibhaga
* Columbia Dual Degree Students ** International Dual Degree Students
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SIPA’s Class of 2021 Mascha Samkova** Edoardo Saravalle Joseph Sass* Paul Schaffner** Ariana Schrier Alexander Schulz Salimata Seck** Etizaz Shah Askar Shalkarbayev Christopher Shimamoto Gabriel Shores Clelia Simpson** Lucia Solorzano William Sommer Joshua Son Jiayu Song Daniel Sorek Adam Sperry Preethi Srikanthan Kyle Staron Bastian Stroemsheim Vincent Stueber Shan Su Jane Sullivan Xiaohan Sun Eri Tayama* Tenzin Thargay Xin Tong Melissa Trimble Jack Truitt* Lance Truong Yuichi Tsuji
Gergana Tsvetanova Emily Udal Tatsiana Udavichenka Gabriel Umbert Monica Vega Herrera Tiffany Venmahavong Jade Jolene Verheije Vinay Viswanathan Trang Vu Amanda Waldron Ksenia Weisz Paige Williams Miriam Wishnick* Keyue Wu** Tianmeng Xu Hiroyuki Yamagata Zishen Ye Lucia Zerner* Yiqiang Zhao* Bingmei Zhou Danlan Zhu Erpu Zhu** Lei Zhu Qingyi Zhu Qingyue Zhuang
* Columbia Dual Degree Students ** International Dual Degree Students
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Awards and Prizes SIPA Award for Outstanding Teaching This award is presented annually to instructors identified by students at SIPA as having demonstrated excellence in teaching in the previous year. The dedication of these instructors to the art of teaching and to their students’ education directly contributes to fulfilling the School’s mission to empower people to serve the global public interest. Recipient: Norman Bartczak, Andrea Bubula CAA Campbell Award The Campbell Award was established by the University Trustees and the Board of the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) for a graduating student at each school who shows exceptional leadership and Columbia spirit as exemplified by Bill Campbell ’62CC, ’64TC, Chair Emeritus, University Trustees, and CAA cofounder. Recipient: Benson A. Neethipudi Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for Human Values in International Affairs The Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for Human Values in International Affairs is an annual award since 1978, endowed in 2016, in memory of Dr. Moses Leo Gitelson, given to a student or students for a project related to human values in international affairs. Recipients: Arianna Bankler-Jukes, Drashti Brahmbhatt, Brittany Cronin, Diana McCaffrey, Etizaz Shah, Aastha Uprety, and Bingmei Zhou For their Capstone project: “Healthcare is a Human Right: Examining Barriers to Medicaid Access” Client: Center for Popular Diplomacy Faculty Supervisor: Kristina Eberbach
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Awards and Prizes Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service The Harvey Picker Prize for Public Service was established at SIPA in 1988 as a demonstration of the School’s deep commitment to promoting public service and is awarded to a graduating MPA student(s) who exemplifies this commitment. The award honors Harvey Picker, dean emeritus of the School of International and Public Affairs. Recipient: Jacob Stern Isaac Anderson Rauch Award for Excellence in A Capstone Project The Isaac Anderson Rauch Award for Excellence in a Capstone Project is made possible by a generous donation from Dr. Lisa Anderson, a former dean of SIPA, and Marc Rauch in honor of their son, Isaac Rauch, a 2017 SIPA MPA graduate. The winning team and project are selected on the basis of analytical rigor, quality of final deliverables, and potential impact. Recipients: Laura Pulecio Duarte, Diego Bernardo Recinos Escobar, Francisco Galtieri, Qinying Liang, Bastian Stroemsheim, and Hiroyuki Yamagata For their Capstone project: “How Can Carbon Sinks Be Used to Offset Emissions from Equinor’s Production and Products?” Client: Equinor Faculty Supervisor: Jason Bordoff
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Awards and Prizes Leous/Parry Award for Progressive Sustainability SIPA graduates J. P. Leous and Neal Parry created the Leous/Parry Award for Progressive Sustainability to support interdisciplinary approaches to protecting the environment and to promote collaboration from across the University to address the world’s environmental issues. The award recognizes the best student paper or project that identifies a social or political problem, highlights the environmental issues at stake, and presents a thorough cross-disciplinary solution. Recipients: Xuechun Bao, Zachary Gaeddert, Faiza Haq, Deepika Kalra, Sarah Kay, Peter Ruvalcaba, Fiona Wissell, and Qixin Xiang For their Capstone project: “Lessons Learned from Cutting-Edge Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Projects of Bus Fleets” Client: Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables Faculty Supervisor: Jeanne Fox Raphael Smith Memorial Prize The Raphael Smith Memorial Prize is given in memory of Raphael Smith, a member of the class of 1994, who was on the staff of Slant, the student-produced international affairs magazine. Raphael took a leave of absence from SIPA to retrace his stepfather’s adventure of motorcycling from Paris to Tokyo 60 years earlier, writing newspaper articles during his journey. Raphael’s dream ended tragically in a fatal accident in Bulgaria. The prize, established by his family and friends, is awarded annually to two graduating students who have written the best travel essays, which are published in SIPA Magazine. Recipient: Sarah A. Sakha For her essay: “Back to Barbari–and Backgammon” Recipient: Ricardo García Coyne For his essay: “And Yet We Travel”
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Degree Programs Degree Programs at the School of International and Public Affairs Master of International Affairs Master of Public Administration Executive Master of Public Administration Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Master of Public Administration in Economic Policy Management Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy PhD in Sustainable Development Columbia Dual Degrees International Affairs and MBA International Affairs and MS in Journalism International Affairs/Public Administration and Bachelor of Arts International Affairs/Public Administration and Bachelor of Science International Affairs/Public Administration and JD Law International Affairs/Public Administration and MA in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences International Affairs/Public Administration and MPH Public Health International Affairs/Public Administration and MS in Social Work International Affairs and MS in Urban Planning International Dual Degrees SIPA/Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas SIPA/Hertie School of Governance in Berlin SIPA/Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore SIPA/London School of Economics and Political Science SIPA/Sciences Po Paris SIPA/University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy
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In Memoriam David N. Dinkins The longtime SIPA professor David N. Dinkins, who joined the faculty after making history as New York City’s first Black mayor, died on November 23, 2020, at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. Dinkins had served as mayor from 1990 to 1993 but narrowly lost his reelection bid. He became a professor in the practice of public policy in spring 1994 at the invitation of then University president George Rupp and then SIPA dean John Ruggie. Aged 66 at the time, Dinkins would remain a faculty member for almost 27 years. “It is with great sadness that today we mourn the loss of one of the most beloved members of our faculty and the SIPA and Columbia community,” said Dean Merit E. Janow. “Mayor Dinkins was a trailblazing political leader—the first and only Black mayor of New York City, who devoted his life and talents to public service and improving the lives of others. His legacy as mayor and as a public servant will long endure. “Mayor Dinkins was also a remarkable and generous educator,” Janow added. “He enriched our community in so many profound and lasting ways, teaching generations of SIPA students the intricacies of local and urban governance, drawing from his vast knowledge and first-hand experience.”
Professor Edward C. Luck Edward C. Luck MIA ’72, the Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of International and Public Affairs and director of SIPA’s degree specialization in International Conflict Resolution, died on February 16, 2021, after a battle with cancer. Luck was among the world’s foremost experts in the field of international conflict and the United Nations, particularly the UN Security Council. In recent years he became known for his work on Responsibility to Protect, a doctrine that aims to prevent and halt genocide and other mass atrocities. “Professor Luck was a longtime colleague, mentor, and friend to so many in our community,” wrote Dean Merit E. Janow in a message to the SIPA community. “We will greatly miss his warmth, deep expertise, and intellect.”
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