Author Archives: Carolina Castro

Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks March 27 – April 6

Making our cities more resilient, our elections more (lower-case) democratic, our music more global, our decisions more informedColumbians don’t quit. Check out these Picks and take a break at one of the free Pop-Up Concerts at Miller Theatre, where you can sit on stage and enjoy a free drink!

 

 

 

 

March 28
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Data Science Institute
Data Science Day
Join President Bollinger; Jeannette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute; Diane Greene, Google Cloud CEO; and others for a day-long celebration of data science at Columbia. Topics include “Machine Learning: The Good, The Bad, and The Law.” Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium. RSVP and purchase tickets here. (Data and Society)

REMINDER

March 27: Book Talk and Discussion: Taming the Sun by Dr. Varun Sivaram
March 29: American Voter Project: Hacking Digital Elections
March 29: Stalinist Terror and Today’s Russia: Masha Gessen & photographer Misha Friedman in conversation with Nicholas Lemann
April 5 – 6: StartupColumbia Festival

PICKS


March 27
6 p.m.
GSAPP | Earth Institute’s Climate Adaptation Initiative
Toward Resilient Cities and Landscapes
A launch event for GSAPP’s Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes, includes a panel discussion with Sam Carter, director of the Resilience Accelerator at 100 Resilient Cities; Radley Horton, Lamont researcher and co-chair of the Climate Adaptation Initiative; Upmanu Lall, director of the Columbia Water Center; Kate Orff, director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes; and others. Faculty House, 2nd floor. (Climate Response)

6:15 – 9 p.m.
The Earth Institute’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Philanthropy: Challenges and Solutions in Rebuilding After Disasters
A screening of Disaster Capitalism followed by a panel discussion about disaster response, the role of relief agencies, and challenges facing the international aid industry. Includes Thor Neureiter, director of Disaster Capitalism; Jeff Schlegelmilch, deputy director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP); and others. Moderated by Jonathan Sury, project director of communications and field operations at NCDP. Pulitzer Hall, Jamail Lecture Hall, Room 300. (Just Societies)

March 28
4 – 6 p.m.
Mailman
Demographic Problems and Opportunities in Environmental Health
For the 26th Granville H. Sewell Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Health Sciences, Joel E. Cohen, head of the laboratory of populations, will discuss seven major demographic trends and give examples of their interactions with environmental health, and more broadly with the environment, economics, and culture. Allan Rosenfield Building, Auditorium, 8th floor. (Global Solutions)


March 29
4 – 8 p.m.
Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity Earth Institute
Sustaining Peace Forum 2018
The United Nations has designated 2018 as the Year of Sustaining Peace. This year’s forum will explore the global implications and meanings of such a designation. Kicking off with a writing workshop focused on women, peace and security, led by Aja Monet, poet and activist. Followed by two consecutive panels and then a networking reception. RSVP and program details here. SIPA, Kellogg Center, 15th floor. (Global Solutions)


March 30
7 – 10 p.m.
Center for Jazz Studies
Afro-Travel: The Music of Yosvany Terry Quintet
A free concert featuring Yosvany Terry, an internationally acclaimed composer, saxophonist, percussionist, bandleader, educator and cultural bearer of the Afro-Cuban tradition. RSVP required by email at [email protected]. Miller Theatre. (Arts and Ideas)


April 2
6 – 7 p.m.
Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management | MS in Sustainability Science | MS in Sustainability Management | MPA in Environmental Science and Policy
Speaking Science to Power: The Importance of Facts in Decision-Making
How is science integrated into the decision-making processes? How are science and data used most effectively? A panel discussion featuring Art Lerner-Lam, deputy director of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Richard Moss, former chairman of the Federal Advisory Committee for the National Climate Assessment; and moderated by Steve Cohen, executive director of the Earth institute. Low Library, Rotunda. (Climate Response, Data and Society)


April 3
6:30 p.m.
School of the Arts | Creative Writing Program | International Students | Scholars Office at Columbia
The Global Poets Series with M. NourbeSe Philip and Tracy K. Smith
Tobago-born Canadian poet M. NourbeSe Philip reads with US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith ’97SOA. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. (Arts and Ideas)


April 5
5 – 7 p.m.
The Eric H. Holder Initiative
American Voter Project: One Person, One Vote in the US Today
A panel discussion on key issues that influence American voting today. Featuring Eric H. Holder Jr. ’73CC ’76LAW, 82nd Attorney General of the United States; Heather Gerken, dean and the Sol and Lillian Goldman Professor of Law at Yale Law School; and Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent of The New York Times. Student reception from 5 –6 p.m., followed by the panel discussion at 6 p.m. Low Library, Rotunda. (Just Societies)

April 6
1 – 5:30 p.m.
Graduate School of Journalism | The George T. Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism
Magazines and Politics, 2018
A half-day conference on Russia, race, verticals, #MeToo, democracy, and more. Speakers include Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker; Adrian Chen, The New Yorker; Liza Featherstone, The Nation; Molly Fischer, New York Magazine/The Cut; and others. Moderated by Keith Gessen, director of the George T. Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism. Jamail Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall, 3rd floor. RSVP required here. (Just Societies)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.

Start up Columbia! Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks March 23 – April 10

What’s new in innovation? From entrepreneurship to neuroscience, the musical heritage of Japan to the threatened natural heritage of Bears Ears National Monument, labor activism to nation-building, Columbians start up and take notice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 5 – 6, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Columbia Entrepreneurship
StartupColumbia Festival
Join Columbia’s Fifth Annual StartupColumbia Festival, a two-day celebration of Columbia’s culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Day one is the Columbia Venture Competition; more than 200 Columbia startups compete for $200,000 in cash. Winners are announced on day two, the StartupColumbia Conference, with discussions on Blockchain, the NewSpace startups, data ethics, and women inventors. RSVP and purchase tickets here. Miller Theatre. (Data and Society)

REMINDERS

March 28: Data Science Day
March 29: American Voter Project: Hacking Digital Elections
March 29: Stalinist Terror and Today’s Russia: Masha Gessen and Photographer Misha Friedman in conversation with Nicholas Lemann

PICKS

March 23
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
School of the Arts, Wallach Art Gallery
Opening Reception: Visual Arts First Year MFA Exhibition 2018
Join the opening of the Visual Arts First Year MFA Exhibition 2018, curated by Natalie Bell. The exhibit is from March 24 to April 8, 2018. Over 20 first-year Columbia MFA students will be featured. Wallach Art Gallery, Lenfest Center for the Arts. (Arts and Ideas)

March 26
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Center for the Study of Social Difference, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Heyman Center for the Humanities, Society of Fellows, Barnard College
We Are All Fast Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages
Just a day after the anniversary of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, a roundtable discussion on labor, activism, and gender with Author Annelise Orleck, Barnard Professor of History Premilla Nadesen, and other activists, moderated by Alice Kessler-Harris. 523 Butler Library. (Just Societies)

March 27
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Maison Française, Department of Sociology, Department of Political Science, Committee on Global Thought, et al.
Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
Why do some diverse countries have national unity while others are destabilized by inequality between ethnic groups or even separatism and ethnic war? From early nineteenth-century Europe, Asia, and Africa, from the turn of the twenty-first century to today, Andreas Wimmer delves into the forces that encourage political alliances and build national unity across ethnic divides in his new book, Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart. Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall. RSVP here. (Global Solutions)

March 27
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Italian Academy
Threatened Heritage: Bears Ears, Chaco, and Beyond
Trump’s recent decision to reduce Bears Ears—and continuing threats to Chaco Culture National Historical Park—endangers indigenous heritage and history in the United States. This symposium is intended to protest the scale of the potential for damage to these natural landmarks. The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue. RSVP here. (Just Societies)

March 29
4:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Mailman
Unrest Film Screening
Jennifer Brea’s Sundance award-winning documentary, Unrest, is a personal journey from patient to advocate to storyteller. Jennifer is twenty-eight years-old, working on her PhD at Harvard, and months away from marrying the love of her life when a mysterious fever leaves her bedridden. When doctors tell her it’s “all in her head,” she picks up her camera as an act of defiance and brings us into a hidden world of millions that medicine abandoned. Allan Rosenfield Building, 8th Floor Auditorium. RSVP here. (Arts and Ideas)

March 31
4:00 p.m.
Miller Theatre
Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage Annual Concert
The 13th Annual Concert of Japanese Heritage Instrumental Music will mark the 50th anniversary of Columbia sponsoring Japanese Cultural Heritage Initiatives. Renowned featured performers include Mayumi Miyata (shō), Hitomi Nakamura (hichiriki), Takeshi Sasamoto (ryūteki), Yumi Kurosawa (bass koto), and Hidejiro Honjoh (shamisen). The Columbia University Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble will play the classical work Etenraku. Miller Theatre. RSVP here. (Arts and Ideas)

April 10
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Finding the right medicine one patient at a time
One of the most promising avenues for identifying the underlying causes of disease in individual patients lies in the field of genetics and precision medicine. In this lecture, Dr. David Goldstein will share his progress and recent successes in developing targeted treatments that have improved the lives of patients with devastating diseases. Graduate School of Journalism. Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor. RSVP here. (Precision Medicine, Future of Neuroscience)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.

Data Science Day Nears! Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks March 15 – 29

From the census to the senses, spanning boardrooms and comedy clubs, check out this week’s Picks—and remember to get your Data Science Day ticket.

 

 

 

 

March 28, 2018
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Data Science Institute
Data Science Day
Join President Bollinger; Jeannette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute; Diane Greene, Google Cloud CEO; and others for a day-long celebration of data science at Columbia. Topics include “Machine Learning: The Good, The Bad, and The Law.” Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium. RSVP and purchase tickets here. (Data and Society)

REMINDERS

March 15: We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
March 19: Where Next on Climate? Responses from America’s Corporate Board Rooms
March 22: American Voter Project: Census 2020 and Redistricting

PICKS

March 14
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
The Science of Vision: Is Perception Really Reality?
How do our memory and expectations influence our visual perception? Tiago Siebert Altavini, a neuroscientist working in the Laboratory of Neurobiology at The Rockefeller University, will discuss as part of a Know Science Public Talk. RSVP here. Education Lab, Jerome L. Greene Science Center. (The Future of Neuroscience)

March 19
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Center on Global Energy Policy
Where Next on Climate? Responses from America’s Corporate Board Rooms
Is America’s corporate sector taking steps to reduce climate change? Can corporate climate actions support rather than detract from market growth? What policies are favored? Explore these questions with Geoffrey Heal, Columbia Business School; Nancy Meyer, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions; and John MacWilliams, Center on Global Energy Policy. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Climate Response)     

March 20
6 – 8:30 p.m.
Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion
Seriously Funny: A Roundtable on Women, Comedy, and Politics
Featuring Frances Negrón-Muntaner, professor of English and Comparative Literature, filmmaker, and author of Not Funny: Latinos in Comedy; Kate Clinton, humor activist and author of I Told You So; Negin Farsad, author of How to Make White People Laugh and director and producer of The Muslims are Coming; Dulce Sloan, one of TimeOut LA‘s “Top Comics to Watch for 2017” and The Daily Show correspondent. RSVP here. Low Library. (Just Societies)

March 21
4 – 5:15 p.m.
Mailman
Technology and Public Health: Grand Rounds on the Future of Public Health
A Dean’s Grand Rounds with Mary C. Boyce, Dean of the School of Engineering. During the Grand Rounds series, panels of faculty experts explore disruptive thinking—how innovatively framing a research question might offer new public health insights and approaches. Join the conversation by using #DisruptiveThinking on Twitter. Allan Rosenfield Building, 8th Floor, Auditorium.  

March 21
6 – 8 p.m.
Mailman, Incarceration and Public Health Action Network
Rikers: Innocence Lost
Join the Incarceration and Public Health Action Network (IPHAN) for a dinner, film screening of Rikers: Innocence Lost, and discussion on public health and incarceration in NYC. Hear from those with lived experience on Rikers and from leaders in mass incarceration reform. Panelists include the filmmaker and those interviewed in the film. RSVP here. Bard Hall, 50 Haven Avenue. (Just Societies)

March 27
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Center on Global Energy Policy
Book Talk and Discussion: Taming the Sun by Dr. Varun Sivaram
Solar energy has become the cheapest, fastest-growing power source on earth. Dr. Varun Sivaram, Philip D. Reed Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations and CGEP Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, discusses this and more in his new book Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Save the Planet. Book signing to follow. View livestream here. RSVP here. Faculty House, Garden Room 2. (Climate Response)

March 29
5 – 7 p.m.
The Eric H. Holder Institute for Civil and Political Rights
American Voter Project: Hacking Digital Elections
Panelists include Malek Ben Salem ’11SEAS, Cybersecurity Policy Fellow at New America
Matt Rhoades, Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
RSVP here. Low Library, Rotunda. (Data and Society, Just Societies)

March 29
6 –7:30 p.m.
Columbia Global Reports
Stalinist Terror and Today’s Russia: Masha Gessen & photographer Misha Friedman in conversation with Nicholas Lemann
2017 National Book Award winner Masha Gessen and renowned photographer Misha Friedman join Nicholas Lemann, dean emeritus of the Journalism School and director of Columbia Global Reports, for a discussion of the new book Never Remember: Searching for Stalin’s Gulags in Putin’s Russia. Journalism School, Jamail Lecture Hall, Room 301. (Global Solutions)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.

Increase Brain Awareness! Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks March 6 – 27

From film noir to water rights, the Education Center in Manhattanville to droughts in California, more Picks to make brains more aware! 

 

 

 

 

 

March 9
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Data Science Institute  
Data for Good: Vulnerabilities in a Sociotechnical Society
A conversation with Danah Boyd, principal researcher at Microsoft Research and the founder of the Data & Society research institute. Boyd will discuss cultural challenges presented by big data and machine learning. RSVP required here. Register for the webinar here. Read related Q&A article on Data for Good with Jeannette M. Wing. Schapiro CEPSR, Room 750, Costa Engineering Commons. (Data and Society)

REMINDERS

March 7: Forced Migration and Justice
March 8: How to Listen
March 10: Saturday Science: Your Changing Brain
March 13: Engineering Human Tissues

PICKS

March 6
6:30 – 8 p.m.
SIPA
Editor’s Night at Claudia Dreifus’ Class: Covering Global Science for the International Media
Top journalists and editors discuss their experiences covering health, science, and the environment. Panelist include Yaffa Fredrick, opinion editor at CNN; Susan Matthews, science editor at Slate; Kate Phillips, senior science editor at The New York Times; Thomas Lin, editor in chief and founder of Quanta Magazine; and others. Moderated by Claudia Dreifus, adjunct professor of International and Public Affairs. Discussion followed by a Q&A. To RSVP, please e-mail professor Dreifus at [email protected]. Fairchild Life Sciences Building, Room 601. (Arts and Ideas)

March 12
3:30 – 6 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Brain Awareness Week at BioBase Harlem
Students, families, and community groups are invited to explore the workings of the brain through hands-on science. Explore the five senses and discover how other animals perceive their environment. Children with parents are welcome. RSVP here. Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Education Lab. (The Future of Neuroscience)

March 23
8 – 11:30 a.m.
Columbia Water Center
America’s Water  – The Changing Landscape of Risk, Competing Demands, and Climate
A discussion with the lead researchers from CWC’s signature initiative, The America’s Water, which takes a comprehensive look at the past, present, and future of water. Introduction by Upmanu Lall, director of the Columbia Water Center. RSVP here. Schapiro CEPSR, Davis Auditorium, Room 412, 4th Floor. (Climate Response, Data and Society)

8:30 a.m.5:15 p.m.
Columbia Law Review | Center for Constitutional Governance | The Knight First Amendment Institute
A First Amendment for All? Free Expression in an Age of Inequality
This symposium explores questions about the First Amendment’s meaning and function in areas such as Internet law, media law, labor law, anti-discrimination law, campaign finance law, and commercial speech. Panelist include Tim Wu, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law; Jameel Jaffer, executive director of The Knight Institute; Olatunde Johnson, vice dean and Jerome B. Sherman Professor of Law; among others. RSVP here. Jerome Greene Hall, Room 101. (Just Societies)

March 24
5 p.m.
Lenfest Center for the Arts
Paul Schrader in Conversation with Annette Insdorf
In 1972, the young screenwriter and soon-to-be-director Paul Schrader published “Notes on Film Noir” in Film Comment magazine. Schrader’s piece helped establish noir on the agenda of American film scholarship and criticism. In conversation with Film and Media Studies professor Annette Insdorf, Schrader will consider noir’s relevance to the New Hollywood of the 1970s and its continued legacy into the present. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Lantern. (Arts and Ideas)

March 27
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Maison Française
Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
Why is national integration achieved in some diverse countries, while others are destabilized by political inequality between ethnic groups, contentious politics, or even separatism and ethnic war? Andreas Wimmer, Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy, will discuss his book Waves of War and Ethnic Boundary Making. Wimmer will be joined in conversation by other speakers, including Jack Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations. East Gallery, Buell Hall. (Just Societies)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.

Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks March 7 – 22

Ending incarceration, engineering human tissues, redistricting, migrant health…are these #DisruptiveThinking? Find out through this week’s Picks.  

March 1 – 4
Institute for Research in African-American Studies | The Center for Justice | Social Work
The 8th Annual Beyond the Bars Conference: Closing Jails and Prisons
This year’s conference topics include Ending the Incarceration of Women and Girls, Building the Movement: Conversations with Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Closing Jails and Prisons, and Building the Grassroots. Speakers from various fields will be in discussion. RSVP here. The Center for Justice, Room 828. (Just Societies)

REMINDERS

March 1: Politics of the Present: Rhetoric and Evidence in a Polarized Society
March 5: Evidence and Theory in Neuroscience AND The Founding of a Nation Through the Eyes of the Enslaved
March 7: Narrative Medicine Rounds: Children’s Fiction and Narrative Pediatrics
March 8: The Plundering of Iraq’s Oil Wealth with Erin Banco ’15SIPA

PICKS

March 7
4 – 5:30
Mailman
Forced Migration and Justice
A Dean’s Grand Rounds with Terry McGovern, Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor and chair of population and family health; Michael Wessells, professor of population and family health; Monette Zard, senior associate for the Human Rights Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Sonia Rastogi ’14MPH, information management specialist at the Gender-Based Violence Guidelines in UNICEF. Join the conversation by using #DisruptiveThinking on Twitter. Allan Rosenfield Building, 8th Floor, Auditorium. (Just Societies)

March 8
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Oral History and the Arts
How to Listen
Daniel Alarcón, host of Radio Ambulante, an award-winning Spanish-language podcast distributed by NPR, will discuss the relationship between journalism, literature, and oral history. Alarcón will show how interviews and lived experience can serve as the building blocks for different types of storytelling. Knox Hall, Room 509. (Arts and Ideas)

March 13
4:30 –  5:30 p.m.
Physicians & Surgeons
Engineering Human Tissues
The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in the Basic Sciences with Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic,
University Professor and director of the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering. She is considered a world expert in engineering of human tissues for regenerative medicine and modeling of disease. P&S, William Black Medical Research Building, Alumni Auditorium. Reception to follow in the Faculty Club.

March 15
7 p.m.
Nevis Science Center
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
What is the Universe made of? How did the Universe begin? How will it end? PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson will discuss their book We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe (which will be available for purchase). Book signing to follow after the talk. RSVP here. Science Center at Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York, 136 S. Broadway. (Arts and Ideas)

March 19
6 –  7:30 p.m.
Center on Global Energy Policy
Where Next on Climate? Responses from America’s Corporate Board Rooms
How strongly committed is America’s corporate sector to taking steps to reduce climate change? Can corporate actions on climate support rather than detract from market growth and profitability? These and other questions will be explored on a panel that includes Geoffrey Heal, Bernstein Faculty Leader at the Center for Leadership and Ethics; John MacWilliams, fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy; and others. RSVP required here. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. The event will be live-streamed here. (Climate Response)

March 22
5 – 7 p.m.
The Eric H. Holder Initiative
American Voter Project: Census 2020 and Redistricting
This series of events will bring together scholars, politicians, journalists, activists, artists, students, and community members to discuss key issues that influence American voting today.
John H. Thompson, former director of the U.S. Census Bureau, and Natasha Korgaonkar ’04GSAS ‘07LAW ’18BUS, former assistant counsel at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund,  will discuss the upcoming Census 2020 and redistricting. Followed by a reception. RSVP here. Low Library, Rotunda. (Just Societies)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events. 

Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Feb 22 – March 10

For 125 years Columbia University Press has been doing what the Picks do sharing the work of Columbia faculty on issues of interest to the world. Check out CUP’s title launch for A Time to Stir: Columbia ’68 on March 7 and the amazing lineup of Picks below. From outer space to the inner brain, the history of slavery to the dream of democracy, Columbia explores.

March 1
5 p.m.
The Heyman Center
Politics of the Present: Rhetoric and Evidence in a Polarized Society
Mario Luis Small, Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, will discuss why the public discourse on poverty, inequality, and economic opportunity requires improving our qualitative, not just quantitative, literacy. Includes Robert Krulwich, science correspondent for NPR and co-host of Radiolab, and Nick Lemann, dean emeritus of the Journalism School and director of Columbia World Projects. RSVP here. Barnard Hall, James Room. (Just Societies)

REMINDERS

February 22: The Hacking of the American Mind: A Discussion with Dr. Robert Lustig AND  Chasing Coral: Screening and Conversation
February 22 – 25: Athena Film Festival 2018
February 27: The Counterrevolution: How our Government Went to War Against its Own Citizen
February 28: The Sound of Diplomacy: “Truth,” News, and Radio

PICKS

February 22
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Engineering
Extreme Engineering: Astronaut Appearance
A talk with NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, the first female commander of the International Space Station. With a total of 665 days in space, Whitson holds the U.S. record for most time spent in space. Schapiro CEPSR, Davis Auditorium, Room 412.

February 24
1 – 3 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
Dance Theatre of Harlem Dancers’ Panel
An afternoon of conversation with longtime members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Includes Marcia Sells, Theara Ward, and Robert Garland. Hear about their experiences working with dance visionary Arthur Mitchell, the ballets they danced and the countries they toured, and how social justice infused the company’s identity from the start. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Lantern. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

February 26
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Mailman
The Emerging Epidemic of Neurological Disease
A talk with Justin C. McArthur, director of the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Mitchell S. V. Elkind, professor of Epidemiology and Neurology and fellowships director at the department of neurology. Allan Rosenfield Building, Hess Commons. (The Future of Neuroscience)

March 5
4:15 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Evidence and Theory in Neuroscience
Speakers from a wide range of fields and disciplines including neurology, psychiatry, philosophy, and economics will explore the relationship between theory and evidence in the field of neuroscience. Includes Peter Bearman, Jonathan R. Cole Professor of the Social Sciences; Suzanne Goh, co-founder and chief medical officer at Cortica; and moderated by
Aniruddha Das, associate professor of neuroscience and principal investigator at the Zuckerman Institute. Faculty House. RSVP is required here. (The Future of Neuroscience) 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Institute for Research in African American Studies
The Founding of a Nation Through the Eyes of the Enslaved
A Zora Neale Hurston Lecture with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University and director of the program in African American history at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Books will be available for sale at the event. Faculty House, Skyline Ballroom. (Just Societies)

March 7
5 – 7 p.m.
School of Professional Studies | The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Narrative Medicine Rounds: Children’s Fiction and Narrative Pediatrics
Sayantani DasGupta will speak about writing her novel, The Serpent’s Secret. DasGupta, the daughter of Indian immigrants, wanted to share her love of books with her own kids but was saddened by the lack of heroes that looked like her family and neighbors. She decided to write her own stories. Faculty Club of CUMC, P&S Building, Fourth Floor. (Just Societies, Arts and Ideas)

March 8
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Columbia Global Reports
Erin Banco at SIPA
A discussion with Middle East investigative reporter Erin Banco ’15SIPA, whose new book, Pipe Dreams: The Plundering of Iraq’s Oil Wealth, reveals how the dream of an oil-financed, American-style democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan now looks like a completely unrealistic fantasy. International Affairs Building, Room 1410. (Global Solutions)

March 10
1 – 4 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Saturday Science: Your Changing Brain
Students, families, and community groups are invited to explore the workings of the brain through hands-on activities and demonstrations with scientists. RSVP here. 605 West 129th Street, Greene Science Center, Education Lab. (The Future of Neuroscience)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events. 

Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Feb 15 – March 7

What do a first-year PhD student in a social psychology lab, a former Philadelphia mayor, and  Columbia’s 1968 protesters all have in common? A spot in this week’s Picks along with other great Columbia happenings!

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 23 – 25
The Center for Science and Society
Science! The Musical
A new musical about life in the lab written by Presidential Scholar Andrew Goldman and directed by Jenna Hoffman. Follow the story of Janice, a first-year PhD student, who has just had her first paper accepted to an academic conference. The only problem is, she hasn’t written the paper yet. In the few short weeks before the conference, Janice must learn to do interdisciplinary science. Purchase tickets here. Fayerweather Hall, Room 513. (The Future of Neuroscience)

REMINDERS

February 8: Where Next on Climate? Energy Access, Development, and Climate Change: Implications for Policy AND Gravity: A Status Report
February 13: Being the First: The Pulitzer Prize Edition
February 15: Just Societies Speaker Series: Cathy Cohen
February 19: American Voter Project: The Problem of Voter Suppression
February 22: The Hacking of the American Mind: A Discussion with Dr. Robert Lustig  AND  Chasing Coral: Screening and Conversation

PICKS

February 15
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Institute for the Study of Human Rights | European Institute | The Harriman Institute | SIPA Forced Migrations Working Group | Mailman Program on Forced Migration
The Politics of Search and Rescue Operations: A View from the Mediterranean
A talk with Craig Spencer, director of global health in emergency medicine at New York-Presbyterian/CUMC. Spencer has worked as a field epidemiologist on numerous projects examining access to medical care and human rights. Most recently, he led a medical team on a Doctors Without Borders search and rescue boat in the Mediterranean. International Affairs Building, Room 1219. (Just Societies)

6:15 p.m.
The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Preserving the World’s Languages and Cultures
What is the process to make languages available on mobile devices and computers, and how many scripts used to write languages are “missing”?  Why is this important, and how does emoji play into the work? A discussion with Debbie Anderson, researcher in the department of linguistics at UC Berkeley. Followed by a Q&A. The Heyman Center, Second Floor, Common Room. (Data and Society)

6:15 – 8 p.m.
CUMC | Precision Medicine and Society | Center for the Study of Social Difference
Consumers, Citizens, and Crowds in the Age of Precision Medicine
A discussion with Cinnamon Bloss, associate professor at the University of California, San Diego, as part of the Precision Medicine Initiative’s All of Us Research Program to showcase a series of empirical studies to both inform ethical questions raised by biomedical citizen science, as well as suggest areas for future research. 754 Schermerhorn Extension. (Precision Medicine)

February 19
6 – 7 p.m.
SIPA
Book Talk: Mayor: The Best Job in Politics
Michael A. Nutter, former Philadelphia mayor and David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice in Urban and Public Affairs at SIPA, will discuss his new book. Moderated by Ester R. Fuchs, director of the Urban and Social Policy Program. Followed by a Q&A and book signing. Books will be available for sale at the event. Registration required here. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. (Just Societies)  

February 28
2:10 – 4 p.m.
The European Institute | The Harriman Institute | The History Department
The Sound of Diplomacy: “Truth”, News, and Radio
As part of Victoria Phillips’ course Cold War Power: Culture as a Weapon, a lecture by A. Ross Johnson, history and public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and former director of Radio Free Europe. RSVP here. International Affairs Building, Room 1201. (Just Societies)

March 7
6 – 9 p.m.
Rare Book & Manuscript Library | University Seminar on the History | Columbia University Press
A Time to Stir: Columbia ’68
A conversation with participants of the Columbia University protests of 1968. Features Ray Brown, Karla Spurlock-Evans, Carolyn Eisenberg, and Mark Rudd. Moderated by the book editor Paul Cronin. RSVP here. Faculty House, Presidential Room 2. (Just Societies)

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Ways of Knowing! Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Feb 9 – 27

All right, really look at this month. Which Picks will you attend with alumni and donor friends? From voting rights to the shapes of cities, attacks on democracy and thought to threats to coral reefs and sea life, #MeToo to women’s leadership, and arts and music at Miller and Lenfest, February is replete with ways of knowing. See you there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 19
6 – 7 p.m.
The Eric Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights
American Voter Project: The Problem of Voter Suppression
This series of events will bring together scholars, politicians, journalists, activists, artists, students, and community members to discuss key issues that influence American voting today. Discussion includes Eric Holder ’73CC ’76LAW, 82nd Attorney General of the United States; Patricia Ferguson-Bohnee ’01LAW, clinical professor of law at the College of Law at ASU; and Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-council of NAACP-LDF. RSVP required here. Low Library, Rotunda. (Just Societies)

REMINDERS

February 8: Where Next on Climate? Energy Access, Development, and Climate Change: Implications for Policy AND Gravity: A Status Report
February 13: Being the First: The Pulitzer Prize Edition
February 15: Just Societies Speaker Series: Cathy Cohen

PICKS

February 9
9:30 a.m.
GSAPP | The Center for Spatial Research
Conference: Ways of Knowing Cities
Panelists will discuss the role that technologies have played in changing how urban spaces and social life are structured and understood—both historically and in the present moment. Keynote by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, professor of modern culture and media at Brown University, and Trevor Paglen, American artist, geographer, and author. See full speaker list here. Pre-registration is now closed, but non-registered attendees will be seated after pre-registered guests and Columbia GSAPP students are seated. Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium. The conference will be live streamed to Ware Lounge and online at arch.columbia.edu. (Data and Society)

February 10
1 – 3 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
Wallach Family Afternoon
An afternoon of interactive storytelling, art-making, and movement for families to enjoy together in celebration of the exhibition, Arthur Mitchell: Harlem’s Ballet Trailblazer. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Lantern Room. (Arts and Ideas)

February 14
4:30 –  6 p.m.
Columbia Law School
#MeToo: Building a Movement
What does it mean to build a movement? And what is the role of litigation and lawyering in organizing and movement-building? These and other issues will be discussed by Katherine Franke, director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law; Kendall Thomas, director of the Center for the Study of Law and Culture; Olatunde Johnson, Jerome B. Sherman Professor of Law; and Melissa Murray, faculty director of the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at Berkeley Law School and visiting scholar at the Law school. RSVP here. Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104. (Just Societies)


February 22
2 – 5:30 p.m.
Center for Sustainable Development
The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
Book discussion and presentation by Robert H. Lustig, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the division of endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. Followed by an open discussion led by Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development. Light snacks will be served. RSVP here. Buell Hall, East Gallery.


6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
SoA | The  Earth Institute
Chasing Coral: Screening and Conversation
Chasing Coral taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, and renowned marine biologists as they invent the first time-lapse camera to record bleaching events as they happen. Film screening followed by a conversation with Larissa Rhodes ’14SoA producer, and Maureen A. Ryan, associate professor of professional practice of film in the Faculty of the Arts. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. (Arts and Ideas)

February 22 – 25
Barnard | Athena Center for Leadership Studies | Women and Hollywood
Athena Film Festival 2018
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. (Arts and Ideas)


February 27
6 –7:30 p.m.    
Maison Française | Center for Contemporary Critical Thought | Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities
The Counterrevolution: How our Government Went to War Against its Own Citizen
A discussion celebrating recent work by Bernard Harcourt, director of the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought. RSVP here. Buell Hall, East Gallery. (Just Societies)

ONGOING: Miller Theatre Jazz Series

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Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Jan 30 – Feb 15

Was Einstein wrong? Was Baldwin right? How do we make our cities more just, and our futures more sustainable? Find out the answers at this week’s Picks. If you prefer, view on the Picks blog here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 12
4:15 – 7:30 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute | Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience
Presidential Scholars Research Symposium
Presidential Scholars and their mentors demonstrate what interdisciplinary research looks like in practice.hey will discuss their current cross-disciplinary research and findings. The symposium includes neuroscientist-graphic novelist Matteo Farinella (see Columbia News feature here) and other Presidential Scholars. Moderated by Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History and director of the Center for Science and Society. Jerome L. Greene Science Center, 9th floor, Lecture Hall. (Future of Neuroscience)

REMINDERS

February 1: Building a Better Biotech: The Story of Regeneron
February 7: Narrative Medicine Rounds: Optimistic Perspectives on Alzheimer’s Disease AND How the Brain Decides, Thinks, and Creates
February 8: Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change
February 10: Saturday Science: From Disease to Discovery

PICKS

January 30
6:30 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Baldwin, Miles, and Me: Quincy Troupe in Conversation with Farah Jasmine Griffin
Live From the Archive is a series of conversations with scholars, artists, and community activists whose work is at the intersection of the archive. Quincy Troupe is an awarding-winning poet, editor, biographer, journalist, performance artist, and professor emeritus. He will discuss his vast archive reflective of his close friendships with luminary figures. Troupe will be joined in  conversation by Farah Jasmine Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies. 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, 135th St and Malcolm X Blvd. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

February 8
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Center on Global Energy Policy
Where Next on Climate? Energy Access, Development and Climate Change: Implications for Policy
A panel discussion on climate, energy, and development including Morgan Bazilian, executive director of the Payne Institute and research professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines; Ellen Morris, adjunct professor of international and public affairs; Kathleen Auth, deputy energy office director of Power Africa at USAID; and Philippe Benoit, senior associate for the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. registration is required here. Livestream available here and a podcast on the website (more information here). Morningside Faculty House, Presidential Room 2. (Climate Response)                  

7 p.m.
Nevis Laboratories
Gravity: A Status Report
The unexpected discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe has compelled us to question our current theory of gravity—Einstein’s general relativity. In this talk, physicist Rachel Rosen will review the basic principles behind general relativity and discuss modifications of these principles that could alter the evolution of our universe. RSVP here.

February 12
6 – 9 p.m.
SIPA Entrepreneurship and Policy Initiative | Sidewalk Labs | Civic Hall
How Do Cities Spur Civic Tech?
To what extent can technology empower every-day citizens to have more power in their governance? How can city governments use technology to make them more responsive to constituents? These and other questions will be explored by Shaina Doar, head of city operations at Sidewalk Labs; Bruce Lincoln, co-founder of Silicon Harlem; José Serrano-McClain, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation; and moderated by Hollie Russon-Gilman, lecturer and post-doctoral fellow in Technology and Policy. RSVP here. International Affairs Building, Room 1512. (Data and Society)

February 13
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Barnard College
Being the First: The Pulitzer Prize Edition
Dana Canedy is the first woman, the first person of color, and the youngest person to lead the Pulitzer Prizes. Canedy discusses her career in journalism, her new appointment, gender, diversity, and the future of journalism with Julie Zeilinger ’15BC, founder of the FBomb, an online platform for teenage feminists. Barnard Hall, Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor. (Just Societies)
 
February 15
4 – 5:30 p.m.
The Office of the Division of Social Science
Just Societies Speaker Series: Cathy Cohen
The series is a new initiative of Fredrick Harris, dean of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, to spotlight the work of peers—here at Columbia and from institutions around the world—who are working in a range of important areas, specifically wealth inequality, criminal justice, immigration, LGBTQ rights, and climate change. Cathy Cohen, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, will give the inaugural lecture on the politics of minority youth in the US. Journalism School, World Room. RSVP here. (Just Societies)

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Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Jan 22 – Feb 10 (16:66)

Explore genomes, Russia intrigue, narrative medicine, Arthur Mitchell and other great leaps in our first Picks of 2018. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 27
1 – 1:30 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
About the Arthur Mitchell Archive
Learn more about Harlem’s ballet trailblazer Arthur Mitchell and his personal archive, which he donated to Columbia’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library in 2014. The talk includes Lynn Garafola, exhibition curator and Professor Emerita of Dance at Barnard College. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Wallach Art Gallery lobby, 6th floor. (Arts and Ideas)

PICKS

January 22
4 – 6 p.m.
Precision Medicine and Society | Center for the Study of Social Difference
The Genomic Revolution, Genetic Counselors, and “Doing Ethics”
A lecture with Susan Markens, deputy chair of the department of sociology at Lehman College.
Schermerhorn Extension, Room 754. (Precision Medicine)

January 23
6 –  8 p.m.
Harriman Institute | Columbia Journalism School
When Are Journalists Foreign Agents?
In November 2017, the US forced RT, a Russian-financed international news outlet, to register as a foreign agent. Within weeks, Russia responded by labeling US-funded Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty foreign agents. A discussion with Chris Hedges, host of RT America’s ‘On Contact’ interview show; Trevor Timm, executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation; Jeffrey Trimble, deputy director of the US Broadcasting Board of Governors; and moderated by Steve Coll, dean of Columbia Journalism School. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Just Societies)


6 – 8:30 p.m.
Columbia Libraries
Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America
John McMillian, associate professor of history at Georgia State University, examines the role of the underground press in the 1960s, with a focus on coverage of the Columbia student protests of 1968. Butler Library, Room 203.

February 1
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Building a Better Biotech: The Story of Regeneron
An Innovation in Biological and Medical Sciences Distinguished Lecture with George Yancopoulos, president and chief scientific officer of Regeneron. Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, Room 201. Reception to follow. (Precision Medicine)


February 7
5 – 7 p.m.
School of Professional Studies
Narrative Medicine Rounds: Optimistic Perspectives on Alzheimer’s Disease
Gayatri Devi, director of the New York Memory and Healthy Aging Services, a neurologist and graduate of the Narrative Medicine program, will speak about her book The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. Faculty Club of CUMC, Physicians & Surgeons Building, 4th Floor. (The Future of Neuroscience)

February 7
6:30 pm
Zuckerman Institute
How the Brain Decides, Thinks, and Creates
With Michael N. Shadlen, professor of neuroscience and principal investigator at the Zuckerman Institute. Morningside Faculty House, Presidential Ballroom, 3rd Floor. (Future of Neuroscience)

February 8
6:30 p.m.
School of the Arts
Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change
LaToya Ruby Frazier, artist and professor of photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will discuss how she has used photography to fight injustice—poverty, healthcare and gender inequality, environmental contamination, racism and more—and create a more representative self-portrait. Frazier’s solo exhibition is on display now through February 25 at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Katharina Otto-Bernstein. Screening Room. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

February 10
1 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Saturday Science: From Disease to Discovery
Students, families, and community groups are invited to explore the workings of the brain through hands-on activities and demonstrations with scientists. RSVP here. 605 West 129th Street, Greene Science Center. (Future of Neuroscience)

For RSVP, ticket availability, and other details, follow the links. We always appreciate hearing from you about future events.