Alumni News at the Institute

Neil Thivalapill
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates Human Rights graduate Neil Thivalapill on winning the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Coalition’s annual student essay competition.

Eliana Kanefield
Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates undergraduate alumnus Eliana Kanefield on receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English at a university in Argentina. She will also be working at a local NGO focused on women’s rights.

RightsViews article by Stephanie Ann Euber
Monday, June 5, 2017

In a new RightsViews article, alumni Stephanie Ann Euber questions the words we use to talk about women who have survived gender-based violence.

Alexandra Rizio
Monday, April 3, 2017

A 2006 graduate of Columbia College with a concentration in Human Rights, Alexandra Rizio now serves as a Supervising Attorney at the Safe Passage Project, a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to unaccompanied immigration children facing deportation. In this role, Rizio represents children, most of whom have fled Central America, in immigration and family court proceedings, and mentors pro bono attorneys in their cases.

Nikita Shikha Perumal
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Congratulations to 2016 graduate Nikita Perumal on beginning work on her Fulbright in Vanuatu.