Columbia | SIPA | MPA in Development Practice

The MPA-DP Program is hosting guest speaker Daniel Katz who co-founded the Rainforest Alliance in 1987, 35 years ago. Since then, he has worked in conservation and sustainability more recently as an executive coach. He works with both companies and nonprofit organizations on strategy and impact. Daniel will discuss the state and fate of the world, the species who live on it, and our responsibility as planetary stewards.

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DP Seminar: Sustainability Starts Here - MPA in Development Practice Guest speaker Daniel Katz co-founded the Rainforest Alliance in 1987, 35 years ago, at 24. Since then, Daniel has worked in conservation and sustainability, including as CEO of the Rainforest Allia...

Join us as we celebrate and learn more about Dr. Joshua Fisher's new book, Managing Environmental Conflict (Columbia University Press). This book provides a framework for engaging stakeholders in environmental peacebuilding and will be held today at the Italian Academy Teatro at Columbia University.

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Managing Environmental Conflict Book Launch Hosted by the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program

The MPA-DP program in collaboration with the Women In Leadership team at Columbia | SIPA is hosting an Unconscious Bias Workshop to learn and reflect about concrete situations and how to become an agent of change!

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Unconscious Bias Workshop - SIPA Women in Leadership Join Women in Leadership, to learn about the prevalence of unconscious bias. What is unconscious bias? What is its impact on our lives, personally and professionally? How can we make changes to be...

The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program is now open for applications! The MPA-DP program is on the preferred list and applicants who qualify are encouraged to apply.

Swipe right for more details and go to their website for learn more about applying!

https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/scholarships #3

Spotlighting the 2022 Board of Women in Leadership .wil at Columbia, SIPA.

Congratulations to these DP students for the leadership roles and we hope they continue to support make safe spaces for women!

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A DP Master Class with , DP alumna and Senior Program Manager of Engineering for Global Development at ASME.

“It only took two decades for digital technologies to transform our societies, the fastest innovation adoption in history. Even more, the COVID‐19 pandemic accelerated the digital transformation reaching all corners of the world and all levels of society.
The goal of this master class is to introduce students to the different technical layers of digital technologies alongside the nuances of this sector through the lens of industry, consultancy, development, and academia.”

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First day of in-person classes for the Spring Semester, and thank god it was a sunny day!

Don’t forget to fulfil your booster and gateway testing requirements!

Spring Semester 2022 ✨

SIPA MPA-DP, Class of 2023.

As we prepare to start the spring semester and come back in-person, here’s a few reminders and COVID safety protocols.

Check your emails and the Student Office announcements to ensure that you’re all ready to start the semester!

From the coasts of Puerto Rico and Colombia to making snow angles, one of our own getting married!! (Congratulations!) and the mountains- this is what our DPs have been to up to during the winter break.

Hope all of you are well rested, and ready to come back for the Spring Semester, starting next week! A special shout out to the new students who are joining us this spring- we can wait to meet you all.

Make sure to schedule your gateway testing before classes start in-person! Here’s to wishing you all a Happy Semester!

Every year the MPA-DP program hosts the annual retreat to encourage the close-knit community our program forms during their time at SIPA.

This year our cohorts went apple picking in upstate New York. Swipe to see some of the fun!

The MPA-DP program hosted a seminar on The Pandora Papers: Inequality and the Opportunity for Institutional Innovation today to talk about how economics and development intersect with investigative journalism like the release of the Pandora Papers.

Speakers included Gerard Ryle, Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Joseph E. Stiglitz, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and University Professor at .

Thank you professors and for moderating the discussion!