Student Profiles

Student Highlight
Trisha Mukherjee
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Trisha Mukherjee, a senior in Columbia College studying Human Rights with a specialization in English, was recently awarded one of the Office of University Life’s first Racial Justice Mini-Grants for her project “CU Against Racism: A Podcast Series Exploring Anti-Racist Efforts at Columbia.”  She was born and raised in New Jersey and is a proud daughter of Indian immigrant parents. She is interested in the intersections of immigration, storytelling, and decolonization.

Student Highlight
Shabnam Fayyaz
Monday, December 28, 2020

Columbia University has recently announced the inaugural cohort of recipients for its Scholarship for Displaced Students. Created and administered by the Columbia Global Centers, the program provides tuition, housing, and living support for refugees and other displaced students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. 

Congratulations to students awarded honors and prizes
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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

Departmental Honors

Myrna Santos,  Columbia College

Meghana Bharadwaj, Columbia College

Congratulations human rights students being inducted in the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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

Meghana Bharadwaj, Columbia College

Rowan Gossett, Columbia College

Rebecca Cai, Columbia College

Lucienne Paradis, General Studies
Emma Caragozian, General Studies
Noa Levy-Baron, General Studies
ISHR Congratulates Class of 2019 Human Rights Students
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

The faculty and staff at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights would like to congratulate all the human rights students who graduated today! The semester was concluded by ISHR’s Human Rights Poster Session earlier this month, where students showcased their research with faculty, alumni, and human rights practitioners in attendance.

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