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A Syrian Refugee Earns a Bachelor’s Degree After Twelve Years

Having survived detention, torture and political exile in his home country, Quataiba Idlbi graduates from the School of General Studies (GS) as a member of the first cohort of refugee students to benefit from Columbia’s Scholarship for Displaced Students (CUSDS). Click here for the full news article.

Documenting Death: A Celebration of Life
Rethinking Past Plagues in the Time of Coronavirus: The Ottoman Experience
Pandemics in Movies: “They Bring us Together in our Vulnerability”
Voices from the Ebola nurses and the implications in the battle against COVID-19.

From this webinar on ‘Frontline Nurses: Leaders in Pandemic Response’ you will get to hear the voices of the Ebola nurses, understand their insights, and consider the implications for all of us today in the battle against COVID-19.

Rio Center Stories: Daniel Calarco, President of the International Youth Observatory
Seven Projects by Columbia Alumni will Receive Funding from the Santiago Center
Journalism in COVID-19 pandemic: Is ‘the truth’ true?
Columbia experts on US-China relations in the era of COVID-19: ‘we should be cooperating with each other’
US-China Relations after COVID-19: More criticism of China will come, 'get ready for it'
Have Exclusive Access to Columbia SIPA Online Course

Here you'll find free lectures by Professor William Eimicke from his Columbia University/SIPA class “Effective Public Management.” There are also downloadable additional readings and lecture ppt.

One million COVID-19 cases confirmed in the US, what lessons should we learn? Hear from Columbia Professor Wafaa El-Sadr
How to Innovatively Turn Disruption into Opportunity
Living in the time of COVID-19: What Will Happen in our New “Normal”?
Learn on how Africa is better managing the spread of Covid- 19

This special webinar on 'Africa Confronting Covid- 19' held on April 22nd 2020 at 3:00 pm GMT was co- hosted by ICAP at Columbia University and Columbia Global Centers| Nairobi together with Columbia Global Centers| Tunis