Even when the future feels increasingly unpredictable, SIPA students are choosing engagement and public service. Read how one student brings in learnings from a childhood memory to her outlook on the future.
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Columbia students rallied in response to ICE raids in Minneapolis, citing fears of potential escalation in New York and questioning the university’s stance on federal immigration enforcement.
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A night of Japanese jazz in Tokyo becomes an unexpected lesson in silence, as cultural instinct collides with a space where what isn’t said matters most.
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Episodes of extreme winter weather have fueled skepticism about climate change, but scientists emphasize that short-term cold snaps do not contradict long-term global warming trends driven by rising average temperatures and Arctic amplification.
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Seven years after its passage, Local Law 97 remains central to New York City’s climate strategy, but uneven enforcement, financing gaps, and housing affordability pressures now threaten the law’s ability to meet its 2030 emissions targets.
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From a 1946 Disney film to modern sitcoms and children’s media, portrayals of menstruation on screen reveal shifting cultural attitudes, highlighting both progress and stigma in how menstrual health is discussed, taught, and understood.
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