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Video: A Look at Columbia Global Centers | Turkey with Center Director Ipek Cem Taha '93 SIPA, '93 BUS

Istanbul, like other great cities of antiquity, is an archeological treasure trove, an art historian’s delight; a metropolis whose layered patrimony includes sites that span millennia, from the Greco-Roman, through the early to late Byzantine, and into the Ottoman periods.

Born to a family of physicians in Egypt, Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons, came to understand at an early age that whatever career path she chose, it would have to have meaning and be of benefit to others. After receiving her medical degree in her home country, she arrived to the United States to continue her work in infectious diseases.

Following the successful engagement of CUSSW faculty in the in the trainings associated with the Jordan Social Work Education for Excellence Program (JSWEEP), Jordan’s Ministry of Social Development invited JSWEEP Co-Directors CUSSW Dean Jeanette Takamura and Professor Nabila El-Bassel to serve as advisors for the creation of Jordan’s first-ever code of ethics for the profession of social work.