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Monthly Archives: April 2014
University Senate Town Hall – April 16
University Senate Town Hall on Gender-Based Misconduct and Sexual Assault
Wednesday, April 16, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Havemeyer 309
Contact: Tom Mathewson, tmm2@columbia.edu, 212-854-6836
Sponsor: University Senate
Event URL: senate.columbia.edu
Audience: CUID required
The University Senate will host a town hall on gender-based misconduct and sexual assault, to continue the conversation begun in the town hall of March 13, bringing in undergraduate and graduate students from across Columbia. Panelists will include both University administrators and students. They will provide a brief update on the President’s Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault (PACSA) and the floor will then be open for discussion.
Panelists include:
Michael K. Dunn, Director of Investigations; Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Marc Heinrich, University Senator (Stu., CC); Coalition Against Sexual Violence
Terry Martinez, Interim Dean of Student Affairs (CC / SEAS)
Lisa A. Mellman, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs (P&S)
Moderator: Sharyn O’Halloran, Chair, University Senate Executive Committee
Advance registration is suggested but not required.
EVENT: Dean’s Seminar on Governance of the Internet @ SIPA
SIPA has extended an invitation to their upcoming event: Dean’s Seminar on Governance of the Internet
Monday, April 14, 2014
12:00 – 1:15 P.M.
International Affairs Building, Room 1501
420 West 118th Street, New York, New York
Moderated by Merit E. Janow, Dean, Columbia SIPA and Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law and International Affairs.
Join Dean Merit E. Janow and an all-star panel of technology experts to discuss regulation and supervision of the internet.
PANELISTS:
Gordon Goldstein, Managing Director, Head of External Affairs, Silver Lake Group with responsibility for global external affairs including government relations, public policy, strategic communications, and media relations issues; represented Silver Lake as a member of the U.S. government and industry delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications
Ambassador David Gross, Partner, Wiley Rein, LLP; previously U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State; one of the world’s foremost experts on international telecommunications, having led more U.S. delegations to major international telecommunication conferences than anyone else
Eli Noam, Professor of Economics and Finance and Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility at the Columbia Business School; formerly Commissioner for Public Services of New York State; appointed by the White House to the President’s IT Advisory Committee; and Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, a research center focusing on management and policy issues in communications, internet, and media
Laura DeNardis, Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Communication at American University; globally recognized internet scholar and author of The Global War for Internet Governance (Yale University Press, 2014); Director of Research for the Global Commission on Internet Governance; and member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP).
This event will be livestreamed at sipa.columbia.edu/live
Opportunity: Bridge Program
BRIGDE PROGRAM APPLICATION: Summer 2014
August 9th – August 23th, 2014 (Prague August 9-16, Istanbul August 16-23)
Program Description
The BRIDGE Program is a professional development program designed for emerging young professionals in journalism. The goal of the BRIDGE program is to advance knowledge and access to reporting tools and networks of journalism students during a two week summer program, taking place in two geographical locations – Czech Republic and Turkey. Leading academics and scholars of journalism and media from the US, the Czech Republic and Turkey are developing the curriculum which will consist of three main components:
- (1) academic coursework;
- (2) new skills development;
- (3) intercultural learning.
The summer program features academic coursework, mentorship of students’ research, workshops with experts on digital media, roundtables with journalists and policymakers, visits of local media and news agencies in Prague and Istanbul. The program’s mission is to promote greater understanding and create networks among students of journalism and media by learning about and discussing recent developments in Europe, the US and the MENA region.
The successful candidates will receive full scholarship covering: travel cost, room and board and study materials related expenses. The summer program will take place in Prague and in Istanbul.
For application instructions and eligibility criteria – please go to the official website http://bridge.zaostreno.org/
Call for Entries: Robert Harron Award
The Faculty is currently accepting nominations for the ROBERT HARRON AWARD.
The ROBERT HARRON AWARD is presented each year to the student (M.S. [FT or PT]; M.A.; Knight Bagehot; Ph.D.) who has demonstrated excellence in writing and reporting as well as exemplary kindness and courtesy to fellow students. It is popularly known as the “nice guy/gal” award.
The award was established in memory of Robert Harron, a former sportswriter and long-time assistant to the presidents of this university, through gifts from his many friends.
While all members of the School (faculty – full-time and adjucts, staff and students) may submit nominations, only students in the Class of 2014 (part-time and full-time, M.S., M.A., Knight Bagehot, Ph.D.) are eligible for the prize, which will be announced with other awards on Journalism Day (this is a separate prize from SPJ’s “Student of the year” and the other awards determined by the Faculty.
A committee will examine the nominations and use the input to pick the winner of the prize. Please understand that this is NOT a popularity contest, and you are not “voting.” You are providing background information on a particular student. The Faculty makes the final decision.
We are looking for concrete examples that describe, as much as possible, the spirit of the award (see first para above), with special emphasis on the exemplary kindness and courtesy to fellow students (while maintaining high academic standards).
Please complete with form (http://fs8.formsite.com/
100 Days: Egypt vs Press Freedom Tonight @ 5:30pm
Please join the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia Global Centers l Middle East, and the Global Freedom of Expression Project in the Lecture Hall for “100 Days: Egypt vs. Press Freedom,” a symposium examining the ongoing trial of Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt.
This conversation – exploring the implications of the Al Jazeera case for Egypt, the regional and press freedom globally – features:Agnes Callamard, Director, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression ProjectYehia Ghanem, International Journalist in Residence, CUNY Graduate School of JournalismRobert Mahoney, Deputy Director, Committee to Protect JournalistsKate O’Brian, President, Al Jazeera AmericaBruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & TraumaRefreshments will be served.
POST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS and NEW YORK WORLD GRANTS INFORMATION SESSION
Information Session with Dean Coll and faculty
Mon, April 7, 5:00pm – 6:30pm
World Room
Columbia Journalism School Women in Media Event
Conversations in Journalism 2014
When
Sat, April 5, 9am – 4pm
Where
Lecture Hall
Description
Columbia Journalism School Women in Media invite you to the Conversations in Journalism 2014 conference taking place on April 5, 2014 from 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m at Columbia Journalism School Lecture Hall. The event will be followed by a networking reception.
Registration: http://bit.ly/1gmlpsd
More information: http://www.journoconvo.com
Sponsors: Sevellon Brown, DART Center, CNN Diversity Council and the Alliance for Women in Media.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Master of Science graduation award.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Master of Science graduation award.
The Richard J. Blood Award For Excellence in Reporting
DEADLINE: Noon, Friday, April 18
Seeking an unpublished investigative, hard-news or news feature story of
publishable quality. Please, no profiles.
* Submit one article of no more than 1,500 words. Please double-space
entries, and note the word count alongside the headline.
* A winning entry will overflow with voices, specifics and solid
attribution. Less is more: Leave in only the details that move the story
forward. Make your copy lean, your prose sing and soar.
* Particular attention will be given to rigorously reported stories
that have the potential to improve social conditions – stories that alert
the community to a danger, explain human behavior, entertain, inform and
educate.
* You are strongly encouraged to review the article with your
instructor, incorporate any reporting/editing suggestions and rewrite it
before submission.
The award is $500
Please complete this formhttp://fs8.formsite.com/cjdos/Blood/and attach
your submission by noon on Friday, April 18.
Please note that the competition is for unpublished work, but that articles
that have run on theColumbiaJournalist.org ARE eligible.
We will announce the winner on Journalism Day
This award is administered by the M.S. Class of 1995 Blood Awardcommittee: Stephanie Argy, Raney Aronson, Ellen Butler Bikales, Maria Sanminiatelli and Erin Texeira
*This award is among graduation prizes awarded each year.
Details and application instructions (for those that require submissions) will be distributed at a later date. This one, however, is judged by an alumni committee so has an earlier application deadline.
INVITE: Arianna Huffington – Strive to Thrive
STRIVE TO THRIVE: Redefining Success in the Modern World featuring Arianna Huffington
April 14, 2014
6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Reception and book signing to follow.
Uris Hall, Room 301 – Columbia Business School – 3022 Broadway
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Click to register.
The Chazen Institute’s Global Leadership Matrix (GLeaM) Program invites you to join Arianna Huffington discuss how the ‘Third Metric’ relates to both current and future global leadership challenges. The event will be accompanied by a book signing of Huffington’s latest and 14th book, “Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder.” For more information on the book or to purchase a copy before the event, click here.
The event will be moderated by Sheena Iyengar, the Inaugural S.T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, director of the Global Leadership Matrix (GLeaM), research director at the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, and author of “The Art of Choosing.” She received a PhD in social psychology from Stanford University (1997), a BS in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1992), and a BA in psychology, minor in English from University of Pennsylvania (1992).
The Global Leadership Matrix (GLeaM) was launched at Columbia Business School in 2011 by Sheena Iyengar. GLeaM’s mission is to advance and promote understanding of leadership in a global context. Click for more information on the Jerome A. Chazen Institute and the GLeaM Initiative.
Arianna Huffington is the chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of fourteen books. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely read, linked to, and frequently cited media brands on the Internet. In 2012, the site won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. In 2013, she was named to the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. In 2006, and again in 2011, she was named to the Time 100, Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union. She serves on several boards, including EL PAÍS, PRISA, the Center for Public Integrity, and the Committee to Protect Journalists.