News Archive for 2009
Directors Update - Spring 2009
Dr. David B. Lewis read more
CIPA and WIPP Support Cornell’s First Summit on International Women’s Health
A group of recent alumni joined forces with CIPA’s Women in Public Policy (WIPP) President Ariell Ahearn ’09, to convene a panel on human trafficking at Cornell’s first Annual Summit on Women’s... read more
“Hunger and Markets” Symposium Attracts Leading Scholars
The hungry poor have a precarious relationship with markets. They rely on markets for buying food, selling products, and earning incomes. Markets can be important vehicles for development and hunger... read more
Fellows Lobby for Student Aid on Capitol Hill
When CIPA fellows Maria Smith ’09 and Anika Patterson ’10 learned that Cornell was sponsoring a Student Aid Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., their interest was piqued. At the best of times, the... read more
Invaluable Experience: Fellows Study Emerging Markets in Africa
When first year CIPA fellow Gretchen Ruethling started learning about marketing strategies for companies in developing countries last fall, she did not imagine that she would be using the concepts... read more
Fellow Shares Findings at LGBT Progressive Movement Conference ’09
When CIPA fellows Mario Guerrero ’09, Chieko Wada ’08, and Kwame Agyekum ’09, joined forces to complete a needs assessment-based project for nonprofit organizations in the Ithaca and Tompkins County... read more
Fellows Launch New Orleans Professional Partnership
In the past year, these three fellows have invested an enormous amount of time and energy into building CIPA-NOLA. Besides planning and executing the spring break trip, they connected three students... read more
More Output with Reduced Inputs; Momentum Grows for System of Rice Intensification
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is being evaluated and disseminated by an international network of NGO, government, university, private-sector, community and farmer partners, backstopped by... read more
CIPA Class of 2009 Prepares to Move On
Sixty CIPA fellows are slated to graduate this year. Twenty-six are international and represent countries around the globe including China, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Italy,... read more
Fellow’s Proposal Highlighted at Clinton Global Initiative University
Sergio Oliva ’09 was one of a thousand students selected to attend the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) Meeting, held this year at the University of Texas at Austin in February.... read more
CIPA Alumnus Launches Survivor-Driven Domestic Violence Campaign
Silke Marisela Sookraj MPA 2001 describes herself as a survivor — not a victim. Violently battered in 2008, Sookraj chose to use her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to help other... read more
Internship Profiles
CIPA Fellows share their internship experiences. read more
2008 CPAS Board Looks to the Past and the Future
The 2008 governing board of the Cornell Public Affairs Society (CPAS), CIPA’s student-led professional organization, has focused its efforts this semester on enhancing the social, academic and... read more
CIPA Public Service Exchange Program Featured at Conference
MPA fellow Brianna Olson ’09, and Linda Haas Manley, the CIPA Service Learning Coordinator, were featured presenters at a service learning conference held at Buffalo State College in October. The... read more
CIPA Student Consultants Win Approval to Establish a Summer Institute in Bosnia
CIPA fellows who served as consultants this fall for the pro-bono firm Partners for Progress (PfP), received a rousing endorsement for their proposal to create a summer institute in Tuzla, a city... read more
Contrarian Ted Lowi rails against presidential power and the ‘history of illegitimacy’ in America
Late this August, Ted Lowi hit the road to collect rarified laurels. In Boston, he received the 2008 James Madison Award and delivered the Madison lecture at the American Political Science... read more
Women in Public Policy Group Connects with Ithaca Community
all 2008 has been a time of growth and idea-generation for CIPA’s Women in Public Policy organization. In addition to our annual events, we have developed a new, more interactive format for general... read more
Tanneasha Gordon ’07 Promotes Education in Zimbabwe
“I always wanted to do something in Africa to alleviate poverty and spread education, but I didn’t think I would be in a position to do so, and to make an impact so early in my career,” says... read more
MPA Employment Forecast
When I was asked to write a piece on how the global financial crisis may affect MPA hiring over the next year, I kept returning to the old line from Dickens — these are the best of times, and the... read more
Fifty-Eight Percent of MPA Class of ’09 Inducted Into Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society
On October 9, thirty-five second-year CIPA fellows and one honorary alumna were inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha (PAA), the national honor society for students of public affairs and administration. read more
Gary Fields Joins CIPA Core Faculty; Receives Named Chair in ILR
Professor Gary Fields can best be described as an academic on the move. He completed his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1972, and immediately began teaching as an assistant... read more
Directors Update - Winter 2009
Dr. David B. Lewis read more
Grass-Roots Don’t Grow if You Stay on the Couch: How I Joined the Obama Campaign
Most people will remember Nov. 4, 2008 for Barack Obama’s historic victory of the presidency, and rightly so. His campaign mobilized millions, inspired even more, and broke down the greatest racial... read more
