A Lion’s share of selects as we head into Commencement season! For news on class day speakers, stay tuned to Jerry’s Picks. Write event stories here.
REMINDERS
April 25: Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us and Science of Jazz!
April 28 – 29: Listening Through Time And Place: An Interactive Oral History Exhibit and #StartupColumbia Festival
May 4: Narrative Medicine Rounds: George Yancy
PICKS
April 27
1 – 5:30 p.m.
SIPA | Center on Global Energy Policy
2016 Columbia Global Energy Summit
Examine key issues and questions at the intersection of energy policy, financial markets, the environment, and geopolitics. Speakers include SIPA dean Merit E. Janow; Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund; Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy; Todd Stern, special envoy for climate change at the US Department of State; and Laurence Tubiana, special representative for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. Register here. Low Library, Rotunda. (Climate Change)
4:15 p.m.
Harriman Institute
Book Talk: The Democracy Promotion Paradox, By Lincoln Mitchell
Lincoln Mitchell ’96CC, national political correspondent for the New York Observer and former SIPA faculty member, will discuss his new book, The Democracy Promotion Paradox. International Affairs Building, Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room. (Global)
April 28 – 29
Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality | Department of History
Women’s History in Motion
A conference in celebration of the life and work of Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History. Includes Eric Foner, Dewitt Clinton Professor of History; Deborah Gray White, distinguished professor of history and of women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University; and Daniel Katz, vice president for academic affairs at the Metropolitan College of New York. View program and schedule here. Jerome Green Hall, Room 103.
May 13
10 a.m.
Heyman Center for the Humanities | Society of Fellows in the Humanities | Department of Art History and Archaeology | Alliance Program
Art and the Monetary
Consider intersections of the artistic and monetary worlds from the 18th century to the present, and examine the mutual concern for consumption, valuation, circulation, materiality, authenticity, and imitation that emerged from both artistic and economic spheres. Includes Emerson Bowyer, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow at the Frick Collection; Maggie Cao, fellow at the Society of Fellows in the Humanities; and Marc Shell, Irving Babbit Professor of Comparative Literature and professor of English at Harvard. View conference program here. Common Room, 2nd floor. (Public Square)
May 16
6 p.m.
SIPA | Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center | Impact Investment Initiative | Entrepreneurship Program
The Startup Checklist: Book Talk with David S. Rose
Rose ’83BUS, entrepreneur, Inc. 500 CEO, and New York Times best-selling author, will discuss his latest book The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business. You’ll learn the ins and outs of startup execution, management, legal issues, and practical processes throughout the launch and growth phases. Followed by a book signing. Register here. International Affairs Building, Room 1501.
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