We hope you are doing well with midterms. Given recent developments in our community around COVID-19, this is an abbreviated newsletter.
HRHP Updates
Planning on doing human rights research, or internships with research components this summer? Be sure to apply for the Human Rights Research Summer 2020 Stipend! Applications are due Friday, May 13th. Click here for more information and submission requirements.
Columbia COVID-19 Resources
You can find here the updated Columbia resources and information about COVID-19, please stay tuned for further announcements about remote classes. SIPA also has a dedicated page for the more up-to-date information coming from the University, as does the Columbia University Emergency Preparedness department. Please be sure to read all relevant emails thoroughly!
Columbia Health’s COVID-19 phone hotline is available for questions from 9 am to 5 pm Monday-Friday: 212-854-9355
For folks who have both personal and academic travel plans, please defer to ISSO for travel instructions.
If you need any help or have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to reach out to your HRHP team! We are here to support you!
Very best,
Team HRHP
Internships and Opportunities
Course Assistant needed for Executive MPA Course - Global Context of Policymaking with Professor Naomi Weinberger
May 26-July 28, 2020
Tuesdays 6:30-9:30 pm
The course assistant must be a matriculated SIPA student in Fall 2020 (either a second year SIPA student or a J-termer). S/he should have good familiarity with issues of global governance covered in the course (2019 syllabus).
Responsibilities of the course assistant include the following:
SYLLABUS PREPARATION
GRADING:
MIDTERM
FINAL EXAM: due August 4
MEETING STUDENT NEEDS
PLANNING AND RUNNING SIMULATION EXERCISE
COORDINATING GUEST SPEAKERS
COURSEWORKS MONITORING
Weekly discussion questions
Posting results of exams
Please email Professor Weinberger directly (njw9@columbia.edu) if you are interested in the position.
Contact us!
Professor Elazar Bakan, Director of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration, Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
