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Sunday Supper with Chris Whipple and June Cross

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by Angelica Hill (UK), Resident Press Corps Before the start of another working week, Residents of International House spent their Sunday evening having a lavish dinner with two incredible journalists. There was plenty of food for both their mouths, and for thought as the evening unfolded. The International House Sunday Supper is a tradition that began in 1909, and is continued to this day at the beginning of each term. On Sunday  January 28, 2018, International House had award-winning journalist, and Emmy Award-winning producer and filmmaker, Chris Whipple share his insights on one of...

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Artists of I-House: Ali Comerford

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Meet Ali Comerford, a musician and singer-songwriter from Ireland who has lived at International House for nearly three years. She is also one of the institution’s 2017-18 Women in Leadership (WIL) Fellows. I sat down with Ali to chat about music, life, and the I-House Experience. What drew you to apply to live at I-House? My mum! So I got into Manhattan School of Music (MSM) to do a Master’s and I didn’t know where I would live. But then my mum said to me one day, “There’s this amazing place—I Googled it!” and she told me about I-House and I thought it looked amazing so I applied. I...

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A Conversation with Henry Kissinger at I-House

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Over the past century, International House has hosted countless guest speakers, some on the cusp of making history and others who, at the time of their visit, were already global influencers. On Thursday, January 11, 2018, I-House added to this incredible history by hosting former U.S. Secretary of State and Dr. Henry Kissinger for a candid conversation with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. Kissinger served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of International House from 1977 to 1985, and has been an Honorary Trustee since then. Zakaria has been a Trustee of International House since 2003. The...

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International House Remembers Tatsuro Toyoda ’58

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It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Tatsuro Toyoda, an International House Alumnus (’58) who went on to lead his family’s company, Toyota Motor Corp., to become one of the world’s leading automakers. Toyoda lived at I-House in 1958 while studying at Columbia University after earning his MBA at New York University. He was named an International Trustee in 1991 and served as Honorary Chair of the World Council of Alumni Meeting in Tokyo in October 2012. Toyoda and the Toyota Motor Corp. have been longtime, generous supporters of I-House and its...

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I-House Ones to Watch: Lizzie O’Shea ’17, Attorney, Activist and Author

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International House Alumna Elizabeth “Lizzie” O’Shea moved to New York in August 2015 to begin her Masters program at Columbia University, studying Law. She had previously worked in New Orleans, volunteering with prisoners on death row who didn’t have legal representation, and was named a Fellow in the Columbia Law Human Rights Program. She applied to I-House having heard from a friend in her native Melbourne, Australia, who had lived at the House in the 1980’s, that is was a wonderful place to live. “It made sense to want to live in a community that really valued things that I value, so...

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