Primal Scream Dept: Universities, including Columbia, suffer from too many inefficient platforms

Anya Schiffrin, Director of SIPA’s Technology, Media, and Communications specialization, examines the endless logins and interoperability that plague higher education software.

Editor's Pick, SIPA: Discussion, SIPA: Happenings, Columns, OpinionAnya SchiffrinApril 5, 2021Comment

Sociologist Tamara Nopper Discusses Anti-Asian Violence and the Limitations of the “Hate” Framework

Aastha Uprety (MPA ‘21) recaps a March 23 lecture delivered by sociologist Tamara Nopper, in which Nopper discusses recent violence against Asians in the U.S.

SIPA: Discussion, Conversations, SIPA StoriesAastha UpretyApril 2, 2021Comment

Blue and White (and Saffron)

Neoliberal economists at elite universities played a key role in cleansing Narendra Modi’s image, usually in deference to capital interests. (By Maansi Shah)

Opinion, Editor's Pick, SIPA: DiscussionMaansi ShahMarch 29, 2021Comment

South Asian Students Call for Columbia to Cut Ties With Hindutva Supremacist Donors

Maansi Shah (MPA ‘22) writes about the Raj Center’s ties to the BJP, and the function that it serves for India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party.

Opinion, Editor's Pick, SIPA: DiscussionMaansi ShahMarch 24, 2021Comment

Columbia Doesn't Care About Your Labor Rights. You Should Strike About It.

Steven Lazickas (MPA, HRHP ‘21) calls for action following two years of bargaining between Columbia University and the Graduate Workers of Columbia, the labor union for academic student-workers on Columbia’s campus.

Editor's Pick, SIPA: Discussion, SIPA: Happenings, Columns, Most PopularSteven LazickasMarch 1, 2021ColumbiaComment

Opportunity or Cost?

Former UN intern Shruti Manian makes the case for why the UN needs to compensate interns.

SIPA: Discussion, OpinionStaff ReporterFebruary 20, 2019Comment