From outer space to cyberspace, March is coming in like a (Columbia) lion.
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REMINDERS
February 12: BRICS 2.0: Challenges of Global Governance and Growth
February 18: Richard L. Kauffman: Reforming the Energy Vision
February 19: The Future of Racial Morality After Black Love and Black Rage
February 23: One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York
PICKS
February 17
8 p.m.
Columbia Engineering | Columbia Space Initiative
Extreme Engineering Presents: Inside the Helment
A talk with NASA geologist Dean Eppler. Part of a weeklong series of talks with NASA astronauts and engineers. Northwest Corner Building, Room 501.
February 22
6 – 7:30 p.m.
SIPA | Columbia Entrepreneurship | Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center
A Fireside Chat with Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker
Neil Blumenthal and Warby Parker are leading the way for socially conscious businesses. Blumenthal will be joined in conversation by Seisei Tatebe-Goddu ’13SIPA director of operations and marketing at Dumbo Dorm Productions. Followed by a Social Innovation Happy Hour. RSVP here. SIPA, Room 1501.
February 23
5 – 7:30 p.m.
Harriman Institute
Free Expression in the Age of Security Threats: a View from the Catbird Seat
Dunja Mijatović, representative on freedom of the media at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), addresses the major issues affecting free media in the OSCE region including journalists’ safety, Internet freedom, and propaganda as a tool for war and hatred. Pulitzer Hall, 3rd floor. (Global)
6 – 8 p.m.
SIPA
Income Inequality, the Media, and the 2016 Presidential Election
A panel discussion with Patricia Cohen, reporter at the New York Times; Michael Massing, author and contributor to the New York Review of Books; and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor and co-founder of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue. Moderated by Anya Schiffrin, director of the International Media, Advocacy, and Communications specialization. RSVP here. International Affairs Building, Room 1512. (Just Societies)
February 26
4 – 7 p.m.
Public Humanities Initiative
Real Women, Real Voices
Features currently and formerly incarcerated women discussing the impact of incarceration on their lives, and the lives of their children and families, as well as the need for changes to policy as it relates to women and incarceration. This is a pre-launch event in advance of the 2016 Beyond the Bars Conference. Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 103. (Just Societies)
5 – 7 p.m.
School of the Arts
Opening Reception of New Prints with Kiki Smith
An exhibition of new prints published by the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, featuring David Altmejd ’01SOA; Ernesto Caivano ’01SOA; Mark Dion, visual arts mentor; Edward Mapplethorpe; and Kiki Smith, adjunct faculty. Dodge Hall, LeRoy Neiman Gallery.
March 1
4 p.m.
Columbia Nursing | Mailman School
Countdown to the Election: Health Policy 2016
A panel discussion with healthcare and health policy leaders to discuss health policy and impending leadership changes in 2016 at the federal, state, and local level. RSVP here. CUMC Faculty Club, Physicians and Surgeons Building, 4th floor.
March 3
6 – 7:30 p.m.
School of Social Work
Tony Tripodi Lecture Series on International Social Work: Social Service in a Pluralistic World
Columbia President Emeritus George E. Rupp will consider the profession of social service in all of its expressions, both domestically and internationally, as an interesting instance of the crosscurrents between our society’s emphasis on individualism and the need for taking collective action on behalf of, and responsibility for, the rights and freedoms of those who lack the power or ability to advocate for themselves. RSVP here. Faculty House, President’s Room 1. (Global)
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