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2021 Human Rights Thesis Presentation Competition Winners
Thursday, April 29, 2021

ISHR congratulates the winners of the 2021 Human Rights Thesis Presentation Competition. Students were selected to present their research in no more than 5 minutes, and winners were selected by a faculty panel and the audience. The winners and the titles of their presentations can be found below:

Undergraduate Student Winner:

Safia Southey (UHRP): "Repatriation vs. Resettlement: The Role of UNRWA in the Stalemate of the Palestinian Refugee Crisis" 

Congratulations Human Rights Students Being Inducted in the National Honor Society Phi Beta Kappa
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

ISHR congratulates the following human rights students on being inducted in the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa:

Abigail Edwards, General Studies

Arina Karkhanis, Columbia College

Griffin Jones, General Studies

Julia Kepczynska, General Studies

Kendra Neumann, Columbia College

Lorenzo Lamo, General Studies

Thu Phuong To, General Studies

Rachel Gordon, General Studies

Safia Southey, General Studies

Congratulations to Students Awarded Honors and Prizes
Monday, April 26, 2021

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates the following human rights students who received departmental honors and prizes: 

Alumni Highlight
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Trisha Maharaj, MA alumna, and Inga Winkler have published a new paper titled: ‘You don’t just do it because someone else said so’: Menstrual practices and women’s agency in the Hindu diaspora of Trinidad. 

Call for Applications: Center & Institute Initiative to Enhance Remote Learning and Teaching, Columbia University
Thursday, February 11, 2021

With a challenging academic year ahead, a consortium of Centers and Institutes will offer funding for proposals that cultivate student engagement and enhance the online learning experience for Columbia students and instructors. As many universities and colleges grapple with the reality of online and hybrid instruction in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty members, teaching assistants, instructors, and students prepare to learn and teach in unprecedented ways. Structuring engaging online or hybrid courses is not a simple task.

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