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First Person ·

Student Reflection: Inside SIS's Norway Practicum on Geopolitical Ecology

Lucia Fishel, SIS/MA '26, reflects on helping build a new academic field from the ground up and what two weeks in Norway taught her about how theory and practice shape one another.
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Alumni ·

SIS Alumna Named to TIME100 Philanthropy List for Reimagining Disaster Response

Patricia McIlreavy, president and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and TIME100 honoree, is pushing the humanitarian sector toward a harder truth: communities don't need saving. They need partners.
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Refugees and migrants walking on fields. Group of refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan on their way to European union. Balkan route.

International Global Policy and Administration ·

Refugee Numbers Dropped in 2025—But Aid Cuts and Other Trends Suggest Little to Celebrate

SIS professor Nicholas Micinski and coauthor argue that a drop in global refugee numbers obscures how drastic aid cuts, gutted agencies, and migration deals are leaving the world's most vulnerable people without the support they need.
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Dr. Dana Fisher

Research ·

The Architect of Social Change: Dana Fisher on Climate and Activism

Featuring Professor Dana R. Fisher, Director of American University’s Center for Environment, Community & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service at American University.
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SIS student Coralie Arias works with other students at the global youth forum

Achievements ·

SIS Student Presents Recommendations to Prevent Youth Recidivism at United Nations in Vienna

Coralie Arias, SIS/BA ’28, a Sakura Scholar studying in in Japan, presented youth-led recommendations on preventing recidivism to a United Nations commission in Vienna.
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Margarita Aswani doing field work with MercyCorps in Africa

Alumni ·

'Think Outside of America': Reflections on an International Career

Margarita Aswani, SIS/BA ’96, SIS/MA ’98, shares details about her career in international development and her advice for students looking to forge a path abroad.
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Health Policy & Management ·

What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak

SIS professor Lauren Carruth answers questions about the recent emergency designation from the WHO, the conditions contributing to the current spike of Ebola, and what the global health response looks like in this moment.
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Environmental Policy ·

Deep-Ocean Climate Plan Wins EPA Approval, But is Sinking Plants in the Sea the Answer?

After the Environmental Protection Agency recently granted a research permit to a carbon removal startup for ocean biomass sinking, Professor Wil Burns explains how the process works and analyzes potential concerns about this form of carbon removal.
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International ·

Trump-Xi Summit: Cautious Progress on Trade, Ties, and Some 'Win-Wins'

Professor Yan Bennett provides major takeaways from President Donald Trump's two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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SIS alumna Sarah Milgrim

In Remembrance ·

SIS Establishes Memorial Fund in Honor of Sarah Milgrim

One year after Sarah Milgrim was killed in an antisemitic attack in Washington, DC, SIS honors the alumna whose dedication to peacebuilding and environmental justice lives on through a newly established memorial fund.
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