Columbia Universe-ity! Current picks include one of those banner campus days: a Wallach Gallery opening, films at SoA and Barnard, and talks on the promise of precision medicine, oral history and social justice, fetal alcohol syndrome and public health, and more — all on February 18 alone. Write event stories here.
FEATURED BIG IDEA EVENT
February 18
5:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
Center for Science and Society | Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience
Speakers will highlight some big questions surrounding precision medicine—ethical, social, economic, and legal implications of advancing this research. With David Goldstein, director of Columbia’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, and Jonathan Metzl, director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University. Moderated by Alondra Nelson, dean of Social Science. A full list of respondents is available here. Register here. Low Library Rotunda. (Precision Medicine)
REMINDERS
February 1: Robin Bell on Antarctica
February 2: Socioeconomic Disparities, Children and Brain Development
February 3: Founders Series with Jamie Hodari ’04CC
February 5: Innovation and the Value of Privacy
PICKS
February 9
6 – 7 p.m.
University Lecture
Human Rights, Connectivity, and the Future of the Human Rights System
A lecture hosted by President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost John H. Coatsworth with Sarah H. Cleveland, Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights and faculty co-director of the Human Rights Institute. Registration required here. Low Library Rotunda. (Just Societies, Global)
February 11
10 – 11 a.m.
World Leaders Forum
The Italian president, Sergio Mattarella, speaks on “Leadership in the Age of Change: Managing Current Developments in the Mediterranean and Throughout Europe.” Introduced by President Lee C. Bollinger and moderated by economics professor Alessandra Casella. Register here. Low Library Rotunda. (Global)
February 13
9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Center for Jazz Studies
Albert Murray—An American Original
On the occasion of the Albert Murray Centennial, panel discussions on the Harlemite Albert Murray, jazz critic, novelist, and thinker. A full schedule and list of speakers is available here. Opening remarks by Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English. Followed by a jazz performance by the Michael Carvin Experience. RSVP to [email protected]. (Public Square)
February 17
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Mailman School
The Urban Landscape and Public Health
Join Dean Linda P. Fried for a Dean’s Grand Rounds with Jonathan F.P. Rose, president of Jonathan Rose Companies, and Mitchell J. Silver, commissioner of the New York City department of parks and recreation. For more information, please contact Kim Milian at [email protected]. CUMC Alumni Auditorium, 650 West 168th Street, 1st floor.
February 18—One of those Columbia days!
4 – 6 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
Open This End: Artists in Conversation
Joseph R. Wolin, independent curator and art critic, will lead a panel discussion featuring several of the artists included in Open This End. Register here. Schermerhorn Hall, 8th floor.
6 p.m.
Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
Message in a Bottle: The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Spectrum Disorder
Janet Golden, professor of history at Rutgers University, will trace the disorder’s discovery, public health, medical, and legal ramifications, as well as its portrayal in the media in terms of race, class, and gender. Augustus C. Long Health Sciences, Hammer Building, Conference Room 103 A.
6:30 p.m.
School of the Arts
Chapter and Verse
Interdisciplinary conversation on race, justice, and the carceral continuum following a screening of Jamal Joseph’s Chapter and Verse. Speakers include Jamal Joseph, professor of professional practice; Kathy Boudin, director of the Criminal Justice Initiative; Soffiyah Elijah, executive director of the Correctional Association of New York; Carl Hart, professor of psychology; and Samuel Roberts, director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. Moderated by Kendall Thomas, director of the Center for the Study of Law and Culture. Miller Theatre. (Just Societies)
6 – 8 p.m.
Columbia Center for Oral History Research | Oral History Master of Arts Program
Performance into Policy: Doing Justice by Oral Histories of Place and Displacement
Hudson Vaughan, deputy director and a co-founder of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History, and Della Pollock, executive director, will discuss the process of moving from oral history as performance towards policy intervention. Knox Hall, Room 509. (Just Societies)
February 18 – 21
Barnard | Athena Center for Leadership Studies
6th Annual Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership
A weekend of feature films, documentaries, and shorts that highlight women’s leadership both in real life and the fictional world. Includes panel discussions with directors and workshops. View the full program schedule here and venue locations here. Purchase tickets here. (Public Square)
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