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While the General Assembly met across town at the United Nations and Climate Week events got underway in New York City, world leaders came to Morningside campus o meet with students, faculty, and staff as part of the Univerity’s World Leaders Forum. Started more than two decades ago, the World Leaders Forum invites heads of state and of major global organizations to engage with the Columbia community on the most pressing issues of the day.
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The Senate finally approved the bipartisan debt limit bill, averting a debt default. But, what price will the U.S. pay for this latest game of brinkmanship?
The first set of transcripts from the Obama Presidency Oral History will be released today.
Brenda Jones Harden shares her journey from working in New York City's child welfare system to becoming a researcher and professor of social work.
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights recently hosted a reception to welcome the latest Human Rights Advocates Program cohort.
In her book, "Violent Victors," political scientist Sarah Z. Daly delves into why aggressors in civil conflicts are rewarded at the ballot box.
A senior attorney at the Knight Institute explains why they filed the lawsuit and what's at stake for free speech.
The Great Polarization lays out the issue in stark terms, and outlines potential ways forward.
How did the political situation in Peru escalate to violence? A political scientist unpacks why the country is in turmoil today.
The former U.S. Secretary of State will hold appointments as a professor of practice at SIPA and a presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects.
In Human Rights for Pragmatists, Jack Snyder demonstrates that where local power and politics lead, rights follow.
To commemorate World AIDS Day, a School of Social Work professor reflects on her HIV/AIDS research with vulnerable groups in Central Asia.
This year’s consequential midterm elections are around the corner. Find out what Columbia faculty members have had to say about what is motivating voters and what is at stake this year.
