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SUMMARY:Rolling Admission Application through Dec 31: Spring 2026 Design for Social Innovation (DFSI)
DESCRIPTION:Led by TPI Co-Director Sarah Holloway — Spring 2026 \nFocus: AI for Impact \nThis 3-credit\, project-based course is open to students across Columbia’s undergraduate and graduate schools. In Spring 2026\, the class will partner with NYC-based nonprofits and public-sector organizations to explore how artificial intelligence can amplify their mission and impact. \nLearn more and apply here. \n  \nOverview \nAre you interested in tackling complex global problems through tech-enabled solutions? \nThis experiential course is open to students from across Columbia’s 20 undergraduate and graduate schools. Working in interdisciplinary teams\, students will support real clients to address complex global problems through human centered design. Past clients include Warby Parker\, NYC Department of Education\, Sesame Workshop\, Apple\, UNDP\, and others. In Spring 2026\, the course will focus on AI for Impact\, partnering with NYC-based nonprofit and public-sector organizations to explore how artificial intelligence can amplify their mission and impact. \nCourse Details \nThis 3.0 credit course will take place in-person on Wednesdays from 1:10pm – 3:00pm at the Columbia\nEntrepreneurship Design Studio (meeting all but three Wednesdays when teams are “out of the building” interviewing\, workshopping and with teaching team in office hours). In addition to class time\, there will be one mandatory Design Sprint on Friday\, January 30. Please do not apply for the course unless you believe you can attend the Friday session. \nStudents conduct stakeholder research and interviews\, develop insights through human-centered design\, iterate\nideas\, and create working prototypes and implementation blueprints for their clients. \nThe application-only course will accept a total of 30 students for the Spring 2026 term. \nApplication Instructions \nTo apply for the course\, please complete the application form and include a 1-minute video. Detailed instructions can be found in the form. If selected\, you will be placed on a team based on your background and interest.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/application-deadline-fall-2025-design-for-social-innovation-dfsi/
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline: 2025  SIPA Global Policy Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Applications for the annual SIPA Global Policy Challenge are due on Monday\, November 3\, 2025\, at 11:59 p.m. You have one additional week to finalize and submit your proposals. Compete for $75\,000 in seed funding\, personalized mentorship\, and exposure to a global network of entrepreneurs \nApplication Deadline: Monday\, November 3\, 2025\, at 11:59 p.m. \nApply here.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/2025-sipa-global-policy-challenge/
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Design for Social Innovation
DESCRIPTION:APPLY HERE \nAre you interested in solving complex global problems through human-centered design? \nDesign for Social Innovation (DFSI) is a project-based initiative and SIPA course open to students from Columbia’s 20 undergraduate and graduate schools. \nThe application-only course will accept a total of 35 students for the Spring 2021 term. Selected students will work in teams of 4-5 on real world challenges on behalf of clients from the nonprofit\, social enterprise and public sector. This year’s clients and themes include virtual learning\, early childhood education\, agriculture\, the environment\, and mental health. \nThe 3.0 credit SIPA course will take place on Wednesdays from 11:00am – 12:50pm.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/applications-open-design-for-social-innovation/
CATEGORIES:Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio,SIPA
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat on Mapping Data: How the largest tech firms use your data
DESCRIPTION:Open to the Columbia community. \nRSVP here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOHN BATTELLE – Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Senior Research Scholar\, Adjunct Professor\, Co-Founder & CEO of Recount Media \nin conversation with MERIT E. JANOW – Dean\, Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs \non Mapping Data Flows: How the largest technology companies collect\, use\, and share user information across the internet \nUnderstanding how the largest technology companies collect\, use\, and share user information across the internet. We’ve transformed the “Big Four” (Apple\, Google\, Amazon\, Facebook) terms of service and data policies — the thousands of lines of code that govern their use of your data — into a database powering an interactive visualization\, an initial version of which we invite you to explore and critique. \nResearchers associated with this event: \nZOE MARTIN – SIPA MPA \nNATASHA BHUTA -SIPA MPA \nMATTHEW ALBASSI – MS Data Journalism \nVERONICA PENNEY – MS Data Journalism \nLunch will be served. \n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by SIPA’s TMac\, Management Specialization\, Tech & Policy Initiative\, Entrepreneurship & Public Policy Initiative\, Brown Institute for Media Innovation
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/fireside-chat-on-mapping-data-how-the-largest-tech-firms-use-your-data/
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SUMMARY:Transformation of Internet Business - The Role of Data\, Technology and Policy (Event)
DESCRIPTION:OPEN TO ALL \nREGISTER HERE \nThursday\, November 8th\, 12:00-2:00 pm \nRoom 1510\, International Affairs Building\, Lunch will be provided \nPlease join John Battelle\, Co-founder and CEO of NewCo\, for a discussion on the evolving journey of technology companies. Battelle will analyze in depth the role of data\, technology and public policy in driving the success of Amazon\, Facebook\, Google and Apple\, as well as emerging trends and challenges in the field. Best known for his work creating media properties\, Battelle founded Federated Media Publishing and served as CEO and Chair. Battelle was also the Co-Founder\, Executive Producer and Program Chair of the Web 2 Summit\, the Chairman and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI)\, publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com\, and Co-Founding Editor of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures. His book The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture is an international best-seller. Register Now
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/transformation-internet-business-role-data-technology-policy/
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SUMMARY:APPLICATION DEADLINE: SIPA Dean's Public Policy Challenge Grant
DESCRIPTION:OPEN TO: all teams with at least one SIPA student in a substantive role. \nAPPLY HERE \nSIPA seeks proposals from Columbia University students for innovative projects that use digital technology and/or data analytics to solve global policy problems. For full competition details\, please refer to the SIPA Dean’s Public Policy Challenge Grant website.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/application-deadline-sipa-deans-public-policy-challenge-grant/
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SUMMARY:Made in Latin America: Innovation and Smart Cities
DESCRIPTION:OPEN TO ALL \nREGISTER \n\n\n\n\nGain key knowledge on the new Latin American landscape \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year\, the Latin American Student Association at Columbia SIPA reinforces leadership and commitment to the economic and political development of the region by organizing an ambitious Conference. This event\, gathers students\, academics\, politicians\, activists and high-level officials at international organizations.\nThe 2017 Conference will be centered on the discussion of how latin american cities are addressing the region’s biggest challenges\, the role of the private sector and public private partnerships\, and the way technology and entrepreneurship are fostering new ways of maximizing social impact.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/made-latin-america-innovation-smart-cities/
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Innovation: Why Are Some Countries Better than Others at Science and Technology?
DESCRIPTION:The SIPA Urban and Social Policy Program\, SIPA Entrepreneurship Initiative with support from the Nasdaq Educational Foundation\, the SIPA United States Regional Specialization\, and the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies\, present:\n“The Politics of Innovation: Why Are Some Countries Better than Others at Science and Technology?”\nDr. Mark Zachary Taylor\nSam Nunn School of International Affairs\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\nAuthor\, The Politics of Innovation: Why Some Countries are Better than Others at Science and Technology (Oxford Univ. Press\, 2016)\nTuesday\, September 20\, 2016\n1512 International and Public Affairs\n12:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.\nadvance registration suggested by emailing jrb2243@columbia.edu\nIntroduction by Merit Janow\, Dean\, School of International and Public Affairs\, Professor of Practice\, International Economic Law & International Affairs \nModerated by Esther Fuchs\nProfessor of International and Public Affairs;\nDirector\, Urban and Social Policy Concentration;\nDirector\, United States Regional Specialization \nDr. Mark Zachary Taylor\, formerly a solid-state physicist\, now specializes in international relations\, political economy\, and comparative politics. In his new book\, The Politics of Innovation (Oxford Univ. Press\, 2016)\, he seeks to explain why some countries are better than others at science and technology. Prof. Taylor’s research interests also include science and technology policy\, comparative democratic institutions\, the presidency and the politics of economic growth. His research has been published the in the journals Foreign Affairs\,International Organization\, Security Studies\, Journal of Business Venturing\,Review of Policy Research\, Harvard International Review\, Journal of Health Politics\, Policy and Law\, and the Journal of Political Science Education. Dr. Taylor holds a PhD in Political Science from MIT\, an MA in International Relations from Yale University\, earned a BA in Physics from UC Berkeley\, and has also attended university in Japan. \n 
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/politics-innovation-countries-better-others-science-technology/
LOCATION:SIPA Building Room 1512\, New York
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