Category Archives: Jerry’s Picks

Unfinished Business. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks October 3 – 19

From slavery’s legacy to American exceptionalism, climate science to humanistic medicine to reimagined borders, these Picks take on the urgent unfinished issues of our time.

TOP PICKS

October 13
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
LDEO Open House
Tour a lab, participate in hands-on earth science demonstrations, and learn from world-renowned researchers about their latest discoveries. This event is free (suggested donation here) and open to the public. Register here. 61 Route 9W, Palisades. (Climate Response)

October 17
8:30 a.m. 1 p.m.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Steven Z. Miller Lecture On Humanism In Medicine
Lecture by Paul Edward Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. CUIMC, William Black Medical Research Building, Alumni Auditorium.

REMINDER

October 3: Panel and Book Launch: Climate, Food Systems, and Nutrition
October 4: Distinguished Lecture in Precision Medicine: Alondra Nelson
October 5: Data for Good
October 6: What Does Justice Look Like? A Celebration of the Arts and Social Justice

PICKS

October 3
6   8 p.m.
The Earth Institute
Book Launch – A New Foreign Policy
University Professor Jeffrey Sachs will discuss his newest book, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism. Followed by a Q&A. Faculty House, 64 Morningside Dr., 2nd Floor. (Global Solutions, Just Societies, Climate Response)

October 4
4   5:30 p.m.
The Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Repair: Slavery’s Unfinished Business
Part of the Just Societies Speaker Series, a talk by Katherine Franke, Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. RSVP here. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Just Societies)

October 15
4 p.m.
Center for Science and Society | Society of Fellows | Heyman Center for the Humanities
Embodied Cognition and Prosthetics: Are Our Tools Part of Our Bodies and Minds?
Tools can be understood as extensions of the body, and in some cases as becoming part of the body. Does our mind extend to our tools? How does this change our world? How should we understand this relationship? A talk by Andrew Goldman, presidential scholar in Society and Neuroscience. (Future of Neuroscience, Data and Society)

October 15
6 9:30 p.m.
School of Social Work
Film Screening and Panel Discussion: A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream
A Dangerous Idea brings to light how false scientific claims have rolled back long-fought-for gains in equality, and how powerful interests are poised once again to use the gene myth to unravel the American Dream. Panel includes Mary Morgan ’91SW, psychotherapist and executive producer; Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety; Robert E. Pollack, professor of biological sciences; and Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law. RSVP here. Social Work Building, Room 311/312. (Just Societies, Precision Medicine)

October 18
12 2 p.m.
Committee on Global Thought
Image and Counter-Image: Dreaming Borders, Unthinking Migration
Anthropologist Stefania Pandolfo and film director Leila Kilani reflect on borders, sovereignty, and dreams. They will be in conversation with Rosalind Morris, professor of anthropology and member of the Committee on Global Thought. RSVP here. Knox Hall, Room 208. (Global Solutions, Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

October 18 19  
Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Inaugural Ambedkar Lectures
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is known worldwide as the architect of the Indian Constitution and as a lifelong champion of civil rights for the “untouchable” dalit caste as well as women and workers. He received his PhD in Economics from Columbia University in 1927 and an honorary degree in 1952. The Ambedkar Lectures recognize Ambedkar’s continuing relevance for social justice activism and democratic thought in a global frame: October 18 Global Ambedkar and October 19 Ambedkar Now. See speakers, event details, and locations here. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)

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

What in the World? Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Sept. 26 – Oct. 16

From one-planet commitments to global food systems, the spectre of racism to the revival of nationalism, Columbians grapple!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 27
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
The first Just Societies Speaker Series with Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University. RSVP here. Maison Française, East Gallery. (Just Societies)

SNEAK PEAK

October 16
6:30 – 8 p.m.
The Zuckerman Institute
Decision Making in a Creative Business
Daphna Shohamy, professor of psychology and principal investigator at the Zuckerman Institute, and Michele Ganeless, producer and former president of Comedy Central, will explore various perspectives around how decisions are both made and implemented. RSVP required here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. (Future of Neuroscience)

REMINDER

September 24: Fighting Back Against Attacks On Climate Science
September 25: Introducing Proving Up: A Conversation with Missy Mazzoli, Royce Vavrek, and Karen Russell
September 27: Beyond “I Agree”: A Democratic Technology, Without Big Tech
October 4: Distinguished Lecture in Precision Medicine: Alondra Nelson
October 6: What Does Justice Look Like? A Celebration of the Arts and Social Justice

PICKS

September 26
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Center on Global Economic Governance
One Planet Commitments: Putting the Paris Agreement into Action
Panel featuring University Professor Joseph Stiglitz; Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics; Jan Svejnar, director of the Center on Global Economic Governance; and Dean Merit E. Janow; and others. RSVP required here. This event will be livestreamed here. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. (Global Solutions, Climate Response)

October 3
1:30 7 p.m.
International Research Institute for Climate & Society | Institute of Human Nutrition | Mailman | ACToday, Columbia World Projects
Panel and Book Launch: Climate, Food Systems, and Nutrition
The launch of the book Climate Information for Public Health Action and a panel on the role of climate as both a threat and a resource. Followed by a reception. Allan Rosenfield Building, 8th Floor Auditorium. (Climate Response)

October 5
1 2:30 p.m.
Data Science Institute
Data for Good
A series of talks in which distinguished speakers grapple with the challenge of ensuring data science serves the public good. This talk features Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, assistant professor of Information at Operations and Management Sciences at NYU Stern School of Business. Pupin Hall. (Data and Society)

October 10
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Mailman | Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Using Mass Media to Reduce Use Among Youth and Young Adults: Evidence from the Truth Campaign with Donna Vallone, chief research officer of the Truth Initiative Schroeder Institute, as part of the Food for Thought series. Vallone’s research interests focus on examining the influence of media messages to reduce tobacco use, particularly among lower socioeconomic status populations and minority groups. Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 West 168th St., Room 532.

6 p.m.
Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library | The Knowledge Center
History of Health Sciences Lecture: The Brooklyn Hazing Episodes of 1916 and 1927
Though anti-semitism in early 20th century U.S. medical education was pervasive, it rarely resulted in acts of violence. The exception was in Brooklyn where Jewish interns were twice assaulted at Kings County Hospital in 1916 and 1927. Edward Halperin, chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College, will discuss the implications of the assaults in light of the current debate on immigration and higher education. RSVP here. Hammer Health Sciences Building, The Knowledge Center. (Just Societies)

6 7 p.m.
Columbia Global Reports
The Nationalist Revival: John B. Judis in conversation with Joan Walsh
The launch of The Nationalist Revival with author John B. Judis. Judis will be joined in conversation by The Nation’s National Affairs Correspondent and a CNN political contributor Joan Walsh. Followed by a Q&A and book signing. RSVP here. Graduate School of Journalism, Pulitzer Hall, The World Room. (Global Solutions)

October 13
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
LDEO Open House
Tour a lab, participate in hands-on earth science demonstrations, and learn from world-renowned researchers about their latest discoveries. This event is free (suggested donation here) and open to the public. Register here. 61 Route 9W, Palisades. (Climate Response)

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

Credible Voices. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks Sept. 24 – Oct. 6

From Just Societies to just the facts on climate change, these Picks take on the issues and stretch our thinking. Invite, attend, learn, and do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 11
5:30 – 9 p.m.
CAA Arts Access | School of the Arts
She Opened the Door – Gloria: A Life See the new play written by Emily Mann and featuring Christine Lahti based on the life of Gloria Steinem, a true catalyst for change. With a pre-show reception and talkback with esteemed director Diane Paulus ’97SOA. Details and tickets here. Daryl Roth Theatre, 101 East 15th Street. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)

REMINDER

September 24: Why the November Elections Matter and How You Can Help AND Celebrating Recent Work by Adam Tooze
September 26: Network Propaganda
September 27: Just Societies Speaker Series: Larry Bartels

PICKS

September 24
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
See sponsors here
Fighting Back Against Attacks On Climate Science
A kick-off event for Climate Week NYC 2018. Speakers will discuss why and how climate science has become part of the US culture wars and what to do to restore the voice and credibility of science. Featuring Robin E. Bell, professor at Lamont-Doherty; David Biello, science curator at TEDEd; Lisa Garcia, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities at Earthjustice; Jeff Nesbitt, executive director of Climate Nexus; and moderated by John Schwartz, science reporter at the New York Times. RSVP here. Columbia Law School, Room 103. (Climate Response)

September 25
6:30 p.m.
Miller Theatre | School of the Arts  
Introducing Proving Up: A Conversation with Missy Mazzoli, Royce Vavrek, and Karen Russell
On the eve of the New York premiere of their opera Proving Up, composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek join writer Karen Russell ’06SOA for a conversation with Melissa Smey, Miller Theatre executive director. RSVP here. Lenfest Center for the Arts, The Lantern. (Arts and Ideas)

September 27
5 p.m.
The Heyman Center | Brown Institute | SIPA
Beyond “I Agree”: A Democratic Technology, Without Big Tech
A public lecture with Cory Doctorow, author, moderated by Jad Abumrad, executive producer at WNYC, highlighting the “way of the hacker” as the path forward for digital democracy. RSVP here. Furnald Lawn. (Data and Society)

October 6  
12 5 p.m.
The Society of Fellows | Heyman Center for the Humanities | Center for Justice | Justice-in-Education Initiative
What Does Justice Look Like? A Celebration of the Arts and Social Justice
Commemorating the work of the inaugural cohort of the June Jordan Fellowship and celebrating arts organizations from around the city who are engaged in social justice work. The event will highlight art by the fellows and participants of their workshops, in addition to visual art, music, literature, and spoken word from local activist artists. Gavin Brown’s Enterprise. (Just Societies, Arts and Ideas)

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

A Changing World. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks September 18 – October 4

News, politics, finance, race, and genomics–this week’s Picks catch up with a changing world.  If you attend an event and are inspired to share your story in pictures, email Carolina at [email protected].

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 28
9:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Center for the Study of Social Difference
What We Can Do When There’s Nothing To Be Done: Strategies For Change
How can we imagine justice, practice solidarity, and create change across barriers of social difference in today’s political landscape? An all-day symposium to celebrate 10 years of the Center for the Study of Social Difference and 5 years of Women Creating Change. Speakers include Carol Becker, arts dean; Farah Jasmine Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies; and Bernard Harcourt, director of the Center for Contemporary Critical Thought. RSVP here. Manhattanville, The Forum. (Just Societies)


REMINDER

September 20: Artist Talk and Reception with Joiri Minaya
September 22: Saturday Science: Hello Brain
September 28: What We Can Do When There’s Nothing To Be Done: Strategies For Change

PICKS

September 18
12 – 1 p.m.
Columbia School of Nursing
Data for Good in Nursing and Healthcare
Data collection and analysis are becoming increasingly important in nursing. A lunch time discussion with Jeannette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute. RSVP here. School of Nursing, 560 West 168th Street, 7th Floor, Event Space. (Data and Society)

September 24
6 – 7:30 p.m.
SIPA’s Technology, Media and Communications specialization | Columbia College Democrats
Why the November Elections Matter and How You Can Help
Anya Schiffrin, director of the TMaC specialization, in conversation with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; and Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate economist and University Professor, will discuss. RSVP here. International Affairs Building, Room 1501. (Just Societies)

September 24
6:15 p.m.
The Heyman Center | New Books in the Arts & Sciences
Celebrating Recent Work by Adam Tooze
A discussion on Adam Tooze’s recent book Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World. Speakers include Tooze; Katharina Pistor, Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law; Charles F. Sabel, Maurice T. Moore Professor of Law; and Tano Santos, David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance. The Heyman Center, Common Room, Second Floor. (Global Solutions)

September 26
5 – 6 p.m.
Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Network Propaganda
A book launch of Network Propaganda and a discussion on how to think about technology, politics, and media in the post-truth moment with Craig Silverman, Buzzfeed News media editor; Emily Bell, founding Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism; and Yochai Benkler, co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. RSVP here. Brown Institute for Media Innovation. (Data and Society)

September 27
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Just Societies Speaker Series: Larry Bartels
The first JSSS event of the Fall features a talk from Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science at Vanderbilt University. Bartel’s lecture is entitled Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age. RSVP here. Maison Française, East Gallery. (Just Societies)

September 28
6 – 8 p.m.
Institute for Research in African-American Studies | Center on African-American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
A celebration of IRAAS’ 25th year anniversary celebration of African American Studies at Columbia and a roundtable discussion of Darnell L. Moore’s new book No Ashes in the Fire. The event begins with music by Marcelle Davies Lashley. Speakers include Kim Ford, community organizer and interim executive director of the Audre Lorde Project, and Kendall Thomas, director of the Center for the Study of Law and Culture. Pulitzer Hall, Joseph Pulitzer, World Room, Level 3. (Just Societies)

October 4
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
CUMC
Distinguished Lecture in Precision Medicine: Alondra Nelson
Alondra Nelson, president of the Social Science Research Council and professor of sociology at Columbia University, will give a lecture on her book The Social Life of DNA:  Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome. She is currently at work on a book about science policy in the Obama administration. Networking reception to follow. RSVP here. P&S, Faculty Club, 4th Floor.  Just Societies, Precision Medicine)

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

School’s In. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks September 12 – 28

School’s in session, and so are our Picks. From fracking to black holes, MLK’s last years to social change today, art at Miller to economics under Trump, the Columbia kaleidoscope is awhirl!

This year we are inaugurating your “Picks Pics” as part of the Your Event Stories section on the Picks blog. If you attend an event and are inspired to share your story in pictures, email Carolina at [email protected].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 13
6:30 p.m.
Institute for Research in African-American Studies | Columbia Journalism School
Complex Issues: King in the Wilderness
A screening of King in the Wilderness, chronicling the final chapters of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, and discussion with executive producer and SOA film professor Trey Ellis and Jelani Cobb, Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. (Just Societies, Arts and Ideas)


SNEAK PEAK

September 28
9:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Center for the Study of Social Difference
What We Can Do When There’s Nothing To Be Done: Strategies For Change
How can we imagine justice, practice solidarity, and create change across barriers of social difference in today’s political landscape? An all-day symposium to celebrate 10 years of the Center for the Study of Social Difference and 5 years of Women Creating Change. Speakers include Carol Becker, arts dean; Farah Jasmine Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies; and Bernard Harcourt, director of the Center for Contemporary Critical Thought. RSVP here. Manhattanville, The Forum. (Just Societies)

PICKS

September 12
5 6:30 p.m.
See sponsors here
The Rise of the Rest” – Entrepreneurship Across America
What conditions give rise to successful businesses? How can digital technologies support entrepreneurship? What challenges have we seen, and how can they be addressed at the local, state, and federal level? A fireside chat with Steve Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution; Jacob J. Lew, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and SIPA visiting professor; and moderated by SIPA dean Merit E. Janow. Low Library, Rotunda. (Data and Society)

6 7 p.m.
Columbia Global Reports
Fracking and the New Age of Oil, Money and Power
A book launch of business journalist Bethany McLean’s new book Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World. Including a conversation between McLean;
Jim Chanos, founder and managing partner of Kynikos Associates LP; and Joe Nocera, Bloomberg Opinion columnist. RSVP here. Graduate School of Journalism, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd floor. (Climate Response, Global Solutions)

September 13
7 p.m.
Nevis Laboratories
Hunting for Black Holes in the Center of the Milky Way
Astrophysicist Chuck Hailey will discuss how a Columbia-led team recently discovered evidence for some 10,000 black holes orbiting around the supermassive black hole residing at the center of the Milky Way. Science Center at Columbia’s Nevis Laboratories, 136 S. Broadway,
Irvington, New York.

September 17
9:30 a.m. – 6:45 p.m.
The Center on Capitalism and Society
The Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump: Jobs, Wages, Trade, Growth, Health and Satisfaction with Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Prize winner in Economics and director of the Center on Capitalism and Society; Glenn Hubbard, Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics; Jan Svejnar, director of the Center on Global Economic Governance; Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute; and among others.
RSVP here. Italian Academy.

September 20
5 p.m.
Miller Theatre | Wallach Art Gallery | Columbia University Arts Initiative
Artist Talk and Reception with Joiri Minaya
This year’s site-specific mural in the lobby of Miller Theatre is Dominican-American artist Joiri Minaya’s Redecode II: La Dorada from her series Tropical Surfaces. Deborah Cullen, director and chief curator at the Wallach Art Gallery, will join Minaya to discuss her work. Redecode II: La Dorada will be on display from September 4 to June 28. Miller Theatre Lobby.

September 22
1 – 4 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Saturday Science: Hello Brain
Students, families, and community groups 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.

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

Cap and Gown Time! Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks May 10 – 19

It’s cap and gown time! Commencement is May 16 and class days are held May 12 17. Speakers include Jelani Cobb (Teachers College), US Senator Ron Wyden (Business), Author Joyce Carol Oates (Arts), and Ira Glass (Journalism). See more on school ceremonies here. Learn about honorary degree recipients, CAA Alumni Medalists, and other honorees here.

As University calendars wind down, we will also take a break from picking. Enjoy this last list of the season and have a happy spring / early summer! Feel free to pick your own Columbia events using the University events calendar.

REMINDER

May 7: What Can Neuroscience Contribute to Economics?
May 9: CAA Lunch and Learn: Public Health
May 10: Conversation with Award-Winning Author Isabel Wilkerson AND Alexander Hamilton: The Founding Father for the Rest of Us

SNEAK PEAK

June 1
6 8 p.m.
Wallach Art Gallery
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago
The opening reception for Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago. Curated by Tatiana Flores, associate professor of art history and Latino and Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University. The exhibition shows the artistic production of the Caribbean islands and their diasporas, challenging the conventional geographic and conceptual boundaries of Latin America. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Wallach Art Gallery. (Arts and Ideas)
           

PICKS

May 10 – 14
School of the Arts
Columbia University Film Festival 2018
A week-long program of screenings, screenplay, and teleplay readings by SoA students. Free Encore screenings at the Lenfest Center for the Arts from May 1214. See festival program details here. (Arts and Ideas)

May 12
5 8:30 p.m.
Barnard College | Summer on the Hudson
Make Some Noise 2018: A Celebration of Women and Music
Performances by student and alumni musicians from New York City colleges and universities. Bring a blanket or borrow a chair and hear from up-and-coming women artists reinventing pop, jazz, funk, and much more. Participate using the hashtag #MakeSomeNoise. Rain date is Sunday, May 13. Crabapple Grove, Riverside Park. (Arts and Ideas)

May 16
7 p.m.
School or Professional Studies | Morningside Retirement | Health Services
Columbia University on Morningside Heights – The Early Years in Postcard Views
Michael V Susi, assistant vice president for academic affairs and local historian, will lead a tour of Morningside Heights using vintage postcards he began collecting more than 20 years ago. Morningside Retirement and Health Services, 100 LaSalle Street, Room #MC.

May 19
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
Saturday Science: Super Saturday STEM Expo
Designed for New York City youth and their families, the event features hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) activities and demonstrations. See program details here. The Harlem Armory, 40 W 143rd St, New York, NY. (Future of Neuroscience)
                       

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

All of Us? Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks May 1 – 10

On-Campus, Off-Campus, Out in the World. From Turkish studies to Chinese expansion, our immigrant Founding Father to genomic medicine for all,  Columbians take on the biggest pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 4
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
The Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies
İnaugural Event: Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies
Remarks by President Lee C. Bollinger and Güler Sabancı, founding chairman of the Board of Trustees. Followed by a panel discussion on Human Rights and Hybrid Regimes and then a reception. RSVP here. The Italian Academy. (Global Solutions, Just Societies)

REMINDER

April 30: Where Next on Climate? Conservative Prescriptions on Climate Change AND Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City
May 2: From Ebola to Dinosaurs to 23andMe: Writing About the Science of Life
May 3: AI and Big Data in Government Policy
May 7: What Can Neuroscience Contribute to Economics?

PICKS

May 1 2
Sustainable Columbia
International Conference on Sustainable Cities
What is a sustainable city? What is the role of climate change in sustainable cities? Three universities —Fordham, Columbia, and NYU —are collaborating to answer such questions. Includes scholars, policymakers, business leaders, and advocates. Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, McNally Amphitheatre. (Climate Response)

May 2
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Columbia Global Reports
High-Speed Empire Book Launch
The launch of journalist Will Doig’s new book High-Speed Empire: Chinese Expansion and the Future of Southeast Asia. RSVP here. Shakespeare & Co, 939 Lexington Avenue. (Global Solutions)

May 4
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Journalism School | Tow Center for Digital Journalism | Knight First Amendment Institute
What Does Journalistic Autonomy Mean Anymore?
What does press freedom mean in an era of digital journalism? Mike Ananny, assistant professor at the University of Southern California, will give a talk based on his new book Networked Press Freedom. Followed by a response from Jameel Jaffer, founding director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, and a Q&A. RSVP here. Pulitzer Hall, The Brown Institute. (Data and Society)

May 6
3:30 – 5 p.m.
NYC Consortium | CUMC | Weill Cornell Medicine | NYC Health + Hospitals Harlem | New York-Presbyterian
Launch: All of Us Research Program
All of Us is a new research program from the National Institutes of Health and a key element of the Precision Medicine Initiative at Columbia. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, will kick off the program. Abyssinian Baptist Church. RSVP here. (Precision Medicine, Just Societies)

May 9
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Columbia Alumni Association
CAA Lunch and Learn: Public Health
With Julie Kornfeld, vice dean for education and associate professor of epidemiology at Mailman, who is responsible for integrating topics like climate change and the opioid epidemic into Columbia’s award-winning public health curricula. A talk followed by a Q&A. Purchase tickets here. Columbia University Club of New York, 30 W 44th Street, Spruce Suite, New York. (Global Solutions, Climate Response)

May 10
1 – 2 p.m.
Columbia Journalism School
Conversation with Award-Winning Author Isabel Wilkerson
Pulitzer Prize winner and author Isabel Wilkerson will be joined in conversation by Dean Steve Coll to discuss nonfiction writing. RSVP here. Pulitzer Hall, Stabile Student Center. (Just Societies, Arts and Ideas)

7 p.m.
Nevis Science Center
Alexander Hamilton: The Founding Father for the Rest of Us
Bob McCaughey, professor of history and Janet H. Robb Chair in the Social Science at Barnard, will explore why Hamilton has so much more resonance for Americans today than all the other Founding Fathers. RSVP here. Reception to follow at the Hamilton House at Nevis. Science Center at Columbia’s Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York, 136 S. Broadway. (Arts and Ideas)                        

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

Spring fling! Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks April 25 – May 3

Late April’s calendar is jam-packed and undeniably relevant, especially for our Data and Society season. So, we weren’t that picky….Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

May 7
4:15 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute
What Can Neuroscience Contribute to Economics?
With Ernst Fehr, director of the UBS International Center of Economics in Society; Jacqueline Gottlieb, principal investigator at the Zuckerman Institute; Ifat Levy, associate professor of Comparative Medicine and Neuroscience at Yale University; and Michael Woodford, John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy. (The Future of Neuroscience)

 

REMINDER

April 24: Data for Good: Data Science at Columbia (Precision Medicine) AND Person Place Thing with ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr
April 25: Data Science and Public Health
April 26: Multilateralism – Towards a Discourse for our Times with the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins

PICKS


April 25
6:15 7 p.m.
University Programs and Events | President’s Office
The Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes
This year’s award recipients are the Constitutional Court of Colombia and the European Roma Rights Center. Keynote address by Bassem Youssef, Egyptian comedian and satirist. Reception to follow. RSVP here. Low Library, Rotunda. (Global Solutions)

April 25
5:30 p.m.
Data Science Institute
Will GDPR Kill Data Science? — A Tutorial on GDPR and its Consequences
What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? What will it change for consumers and data scientists? What are the threats and opportunities for business? V. Abazi, assistant professor at the Faculty of Law at the Centre for European Research in Maastricht; R. Berjon, implementation and data governance at The New York Times; and computer scientist Vishal Mishra will be in discussion. Schapiro CEPSR, Room 750, Costa Engineering Commons. (Data and Society)


April 26
6:15 8:45 p.m.
Maison Française
The Final Uprising Seminar: The Counterrevolution
How do we talk about counterrevolutions as a distinct form of uprising? A talk with Malcolm Gladwell, author and staff writer for The New Yorker; Bernard E. Harcourt, executive director of the Eric H. Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights and founding director of the Center for Contemporary Critical Thought; and others. Faculty House, Presidential Suite, 3rd Floor. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)


April 27
6:30 8:30 p.m.
Journalism School Documentary Program | duPont-Columbia Awards
Film Fridays: Hell on Earth Screening and Q&A
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of Isis documents the forces that plunged Syria into conflict and the Islamic State’s rise from the chaos, abetted by the West. Screening followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested. The film won a 2018 duPont-Columbia Award and was produced with National Geographic Documentary Films. Pulitzer Hall, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor. (Just Societies, Global Solutions)
          

7 p.m.
Miller Theatre | While We Are Still Here
What We Remember
In the Face of What We Remember: Oral Histories of 409 and 555 Edgecombe Avenue Chronicles the history of the renowned movers and shakers who lived, and live, in two of Sugar Hill’s most iconic apartment buildings. The film features the buildings’ elders sharing memories of their famous neighbors, such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Madam Stephanie St. Clair, Aaron Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, and others. Purchase tickets here. Miller Theatre. (Arts and Ideas)

April 30
6:15 8:15 p.m.
Center on Capitalism and Society | Heyman Center for the Humanities | Sociology Department
Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City
Richard Sennett, senior fellow at the Center on Capitalism and Society, discusses the relation between how cities are built and how people live in them–from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. Speakers include Nobelist Edmund Phelps, director of the Center on Capitalism and Society, and Shamus Khan, professor of sociology. Heyman Center, Second Floor, Common Room. (Global Solutions)

April 30
5 6:30 p.m.
Center on Global Energy Policy
Where Next on Climate? Conservative Prescriptions on Climate Change
With Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Columbia Business School and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush; John Diamond, professor of economics at Rice University; and others. RSVP required here. This event will be livestreamed here. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Climate Response)

May 2
5 6:30 p.m.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | Graduate School of Journalism
From Ebola to Dinosaurs to 23andMe: Writing About the Science of Life
A discussion with Carl Zimmer, author of thirteen books about science and columnist for The New York Times. Pulitzer Hall, World Room.

May 3
4 p.m.
Software Freedom Law | Center and Columbia Law School
AI and Big Data in Government Policy
Daniel J. Weitzner, director of MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative and formerly of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Paul Nemitz, principal adviser to the European Commission. Law, Jerome Greene Annex. (Data and Society)                 

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

Trick Your Brain? Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks April 19 – 26

Or treat it as journalists, scholars, podcasters, artists, data scientists, and neuroscientists, and explore how to make a better world.

In addition, be sure to check out the talks below regarding the Columbia Protests of 1968.

April 27: May 68 Fifty Years Later: When? Where? What? And does it even matter?
April 27 – 28: Conference: New Perspectives on 1968: 50 Years After “The Revolution”
April 29: A Documentary Film on the Columbia Protests of 1968

 

 

 

 

April 24
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Mailman | ICAP
Person Place Thing with ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr
A live recording of Randy Cohen’s acclaimed podcast with special guest Wafaa El-Sadr, founder and director of ICAP. The event is part of ICAP’s year-long celebration of 15 years of empowering health around the world. Vagelos Education Center, Room 201. (Global Solutions)

REMINDER

April 18: Forced Migration and Justice
April 19: Can You Hear Me? A Conversation with Zoe Chace and Michael Barbaro AND 2018 Columbia Global Energy Summit

PICKS

April 19 20
The Center of Study for Social Difference
Frontiers of Debt in the Caribbean and Afro-American
Brings together scholars, journalists, activists, and artists from across these two regions in order to interrogate their contemporary re-emergence as sites of new forms of capital extraction and opposition to debt regimes. The conference includes panels entitled Indebted Bodies, Debts’ Toxins, and Beyond Life and Debt: Education at the Crossroads. April 19 opening reception for Puerto Rico Underwater: Five Artist Perspectives on Debt. (Arts and Ideas, Just Societies)


April 20
6 7 p.m.
Graduate School of Journalism
Investigating The Internet
Social platforms and big tech are powerful forces shaping the economy and society on a global scale. A Hearst Digital Media Lecture with Craig Silverman, Hearst Professional-in Residence and media editor of BuzzFeed News, about how journalists can bring accountability to the digital world. Pulitzer Hall, Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor. (Data and Society)

April 21
1 4 p.m.
Zuckerman Institute | BioBus | Columbia Neuroscience Outreach and Neuroscience Society
Saturday Science: Trick Your Brain
Students, families, and community groups 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)

April 24
4 5 p.m.
Precision Medicine Initiative
Data for Good: Data Science at Columbia
Distinguished Lecture in Precision Medicine with Jeannette Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute and professor of computer science. (Off campus event) William Black Medical Research Building, 650 W. 168 St., Alumni Auditorium. (Data and Society)

April 25
4 5:15 p.m.
Mailman | Office of the Dean | Data Science Institute
Data Science and Public Health
A Grand Rounds on the Future of Public Health with F. DuBois Bowman, chair and Cynthia and Robert Citrone-Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Professor of Biostatistics, and Jeannette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute and professor of computer science. Allan Rosenfield Building, 8th Floor, Auditorium. (Data and Society)

April 26
1 2 p.m.
A World Leaders Forum with the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins
Program moderated by David Madigan, executive vice president for Arts and Sciences and the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Followed by a Q&A with the audience. Registration will open Tuesday, April 17 at 10 a.m. here. Low Library, Rotunda. (Global Solutions)                  

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

Hear and Now…. Jerry’s and Carolina’s Picks April 12 – 24

From genomics to global energy, free press to migrationconversations about justice touch every sphere. We have so much to learn!

April 19
12:30 5:30 p.m.
Center on Global Energy Policy
2018 Columbia Global Energy Summit
CGEP celebrates its 5th anniversary with its annual half-day forum. Panelists discuss key issues at the intersection of energy policy, financial markets, the environment and geopolitics. Includes Jeannette Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute; Ruth DeFries, Denning University Professor of Sustainable Development; Avril Haines, senior researcher for Columbia World Projects; Jason Bordoff, founding director of CGEP among others. RSVP required here. This event will be livestreamed here. Low Library, Rotunda. (Climate Response)

VIP PICK

April 24
6 8 p.m.
School of the Arts
MFA Visual Arts 2018 Thesis Exhibition
A viewing and reception with Dean Carol Becker. The exhibition will run from April 22 through May 20. This event is invitation only. Please email Maggie Ress at [email protected] to invite prospects or donors. Lenfest Center for the Arts.  (Arts and Ideas)

REMINDER

April 10 – 11: Migration and Mobility in a Digital Age: Paradoxes of Connectivity and Belonging Conference
April 10: Columbia Revolt at 50: Remembering the Radical Film and its Moment
April 11: Climate Justice: From Brooklyn to Puerto Rico AND Hip-Hop Education: Propelling and Preserving the Movement
April 12: The Mysterious Case of Matter

PICKS

April 12
6 p.m.
Center for American Studies | Jack Miller Center
From “Inferno” To “Metamorphosis”: Building a Movement to End Mass Punishment
James Forman Jr., professor of Law at Yale, will deliver the first Robert A. Ferguson Memorial Lecture. Forman is the author of Locking up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America and a leading critic of mass incarceration. Columbia Law School, Room 103. (Just Societies)

5 8 p.m.
Oral History Master of Arts
Hear and Now: An Interactive Oral History Exhibit
This program presents work aimed at recuperating silenced narratives and changing what capital-H History remembers. This multimedia and interactive exhibit is curated by the students, faculty, and activists of the Oral History MA program. Attendees are invited to bring their headphones and smartphones to engage with web-based exhibits. RSVP here. Union Theological Seminary, Social Hall. (Arts and Ideas)


April 13
6:30 – 9 p.m.
duPont-Columbia Awards | Columbia Journalism School Documentary Program
Film Fridays: The Post
A screening of Steven Spielberg’s The Post, followed by a Q&A with the screenwriters Josh Singer and Liz Hannah. Moderated by Lisa R. Cohen, director of the duPont-Columbia Awards. The Post follows the thrilling story behind the Washington Post’s publication of the Pentagon Papers, and it pulls the curtain back on the Washington Post’s ongoing race with the New York Times to publish. Pulitzer Hall, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor. (Arts and Ideas)

April 16
12  – 1 p.m.
See co-sponsors here
Social Justice and Genome Editing: Voices of the Sickle Cell Disease Community
Vence L. Bonham, senior advisor to the National Human Genome Research Institute director on Genomics and Health Disparities, will discuss a recent study that investigates the knowledge, values and opinions of the US sickle cell disease community about participation in genome-editing clinical trials and the future use of this technology in clinical care. (Precision Medicine, Just Societies)


April 18
4  – 5:15 p.m.
Mailman | Office of the Dean
Forced Migration and Justice
A Grand Rounds on the Future of Public Health with Terry McGovern, chair of population and family health at CUMC and founder of the HIV Law Project; Michael Wessells, professor of clinical and population and family health; and Monette Zard, professor in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health. Allan Rosenfield Building, 8th Floor, Auditorium. (Just Societies)


April 19
10:30 a.m.  – 12 p.m.
Graduate School of Journalism
Can You Hear Me? A Conversation with Zoe Chace and Michael Barbaro
This American Life producer and reporter, Zoe Chace, and The Daily host and managing editor, Michael Barbaro, will be in conversation. Moderated by Daniel Alarcòn, executive producer of the podcast Radio Ambulante and assistant professor at the Columbia Journalism School. Pulitzer Hall, World Room. (Arts and Ideas)

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