Jerry’s Picks #3: Oct. 7 – 18

Here’s to shorter days and busier calendars! Highlighted below are general interest campus events across a range of topics of possible interest to alumni, donors, and prospects.

This listing is highly selective by design — regrettably, much more is omitted than featured. For ticket availability and other details, follow the links.

October 7
6 p.m.
Comics at Columbia: Past, Present, Future Exhibition Opening
Art, manuscripts, and ephemera from Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library, including items from the University’s history as well as art from Mad artist Al Jaffee, Elfquest artist Wendy Pini, and New Yorker cartoonist Charles Saxon; drafts and notes from X-Men writer Chris Claremont and Legion of Super Heroes writer Paul Levitz; and correspondence from comics luminaries Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, and Howard Cruse. Opening night on October 7 will include presentations by influential comics figureheads, celebratory reception, and viewing of the exhibition. Kempner Gallery, Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Butler Library, 6th Floor.

6:30 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Brain Insight Lecture, “We Are What We Remember: The Biology of Memory & Age-Related Memory Disorders” featuring Dr. Eric R. Kandel. Join the Nobelist and Zuckerman Institute co-director for this public lecture at Miller Theatre. (reminder)

October 9
5:30 p.m.
World Leaders Forum, School of the Arts, Social Initiative at Columbia Law School
Screening and Discussion: Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
This program will feature the screening of a documentary following lawyer, writer, art lover, and freedom fighter Albie Sachs, one of the principal architects of South Africa’s non-racial and non-sexist Constitution. A conversation with Sachs, director Abby Ginzberg, and Professor Kendall Thomas follows the screening. Miller Theatre.

October 11
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House
Whether you’re an aspiring young scientist or a long-time science enthusiast, you’re sure to enjoy LDEO’s Open House. Tour a lab, participate in hands-on earth science demonstrations, and learn from world-renowned researchers about their latest discoveries. Free and open to the public, with a $5 suggested contribution. Palisades, New York.

October 17
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
SIPA Global Muckraking Conference
To celebrate the publication of Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Journalism from Around the World (New Press, 2014), journalists, scholars, and activists will gather to consider subjects that have galvanized the media and NGOs over the last hundred years. Discuss the current state of cross border investigations, the impact of technology, and the connections between the human rights and activist community and the media. Speakers include Prue Clarke, Avi Chomsky, Michael Massing, Michael Schudson, Sheila Coronel, Ken Silverstein, and many others. School of International and Public Affairs, Room 1510.

October 18
6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
CAA Arts Access Lionel Loueke Trio
At the CAA Arts Access reception, Columbia music professor and cultural theorist Kevin Fellesz will host and introduce the dynamic music of Loueke, who grew up in Benin playing traditional West African music and studied jazz in Paris and the U.S. His music blends traditional jazz styles with electric synthesizers, African kora and kalimba sounds, and percussion. 6 p.m. reception at Columbia Alumni Center and 8 p.m. performance at Miller Theatre.

Please tell me about great general interest events on any of our campuses at [email protected]. Wishing you stimulating weeks ahead! Jerry

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