The Graduate Press 5th Anniversary Print Edition

By The Graduate Press Editorial Board and Staff Writers, Past and Present

Dear Reader,

Thank you for your support over the last 5 years. Student journalism is vital to the academic culture of universities. On a campus as diverse in background and viewpoint as ours, it is imperative that students are afforded the opportunity to express themselves and speak truth to power.

In that spirit, we are excited to present to you a series of stories from the last five years at the Geneva Graduate Institute and around the world.

This special 5th anniversary print edition features stories from social movements, pieces from students representing backgrounds from all over the world, and initiatives like Black Conversations, which illuminate the perspectives of marginalised students. Despite the Institute’s upcoming 100th anniversary, articles from the Stop Silencing Students Movement and the IHEID Assistants’ Association (ADA) highlight how the Graduate Institute has room to improve in its next 100 years. This print edition showcases the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences shared by Institute students past and present.

Since its inception in 2018, The Graduate Press has been a platform for independent student journalism and has sought to amplify the voices of students at the Institute. Journalism has the power to connect community members with shared experiences and extend a learning opportunity to those who are unfamiliar. The articles featured in this print edition were written by current and former IHEID students who each have their own individual and unique stories to share with the Institute community and the world at large.

For our new members of the IHEID community, we welcome you to this extraordinary community with stories that will get you up to speed on life at the Institute. For our community of alumni, family, and friends, we hope this print edition will allow you to look back at stories from the last five years at the Institute with fresh eyes. Most of all, we hope to start the fall 2023 semester with a set of stories that will captivate and inspire IHEID students to write and share more with those around them.

To all of our Graduate Press staff and contributors from 2018 to 2023, thank you for your work, effort, and willingness to share your perspectives. These stories hold a place in IHEID history and provide a snapshot of life at the institute over the last five years.

Happy reading!