Jerry’s Picks #4: Oct. 17 – 30

My Fellow Columbians…

October 31 is the University’s Charter Day – spooky! Highlighted below are general interest campus events across a range of topics of possible interest to alumni, donors, and prospects, along with a few reminders from last week’s picks.

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

October 17
8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
CUMC
Sixth Annual Steve Miller Medical Education Day
A day dedicated to promoting medical education and humanism in medicine in memory of Steve Miller, M.D., an inspirational leader at the College of Physicians and Surgeons who passed away in 2004. This year it includes a grand rounds talk by writer Andrew Solomon, Ph.D., and a workshop on humanism in medicine that includes Dr. Solomon, actress and human rights activist Debra Winger, and theater director Bryan Doerries. For more information, contact Morgan Tupper at (212) 304-7210 or [email protected].

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. (Reminder)

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. (Reminder)

October 21
6 p.m.
Columbia Journalism School
All-Class Lecture: Political Corruption and the First Amendment with Tim Wu
Tim Wu, the Isidor and Seville Suzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and recent candidate in the democratic primary race for Lt. Governor, discusses the exploitation of the First Amendment with Journalism Dean Steve Coll. RSVP required: [email protected].

October 27
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Columbia Global Centers
India beyond Technology and Yoga: The power of literature in a globalizing world
A conversation about the impact and agency of Indian literature in a global world, featuring Vikas Swarup, whose book Slumdog Millionaire (originally titled Q&A) has been translated into 42 languages and whose big screen adaptation grossed $375 million at the box office; Indian feminist publisher and author of The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India, Urvashi Butalia; author of From The Ruins of Empire and public intellectual Pankaj Mishra, who the Economist says is the heir to Edward Said; and Suketu Mehta, whose Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Moderated by Vishakha Desai, special advisor for global affairs to the President of Columbia University. Miller Theatre.

October 30
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Columbia Entrepreneurship and SIPA
Innovations in Global Entrepreneurship: Cities, Not Countries, Take The Lead
The contention to be explored in this conversation is that a select few major municipalities around the world – and not national governments – are the real drivers of innovation in startup ecosystems and in job creation through fostering entrepreneurship. Moderator Fernando Fabre and the panelists are all driving global innovations in entrepreneurship in their own way but their approach is to focus on cities. With Fernando Fabre, president, Endeavor Global; Brad Hardgraves, co-founder, General Assembly; Miguel McKelvey, co-founder, WeWork; and Katherine Oliver, principal, Bloomberg Associates and former commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. Introduced by SIPA Dean Merit E. Janow. 222 Broadway, 22nd Floor.

Share great general interest events on any Columbia campus at [email protected]. Wishing you stimulating weeks ahead! Jerry

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