September 2018
Food, Farming, and Sustainability Conference
International Affairs Building, Kellogg Center (Room 1501), Columbia University 420 West 118th Street, New York UPDATE 9/13: SEATS AT THE CONFERENCE ARE AVAILABLE. PLEASE CHECK IN AT THE REGISTRATION DESK. The morning sessions will be streamed live. The Environmental Sciences and Humanities Research Cluster at the Center for Science and Society invites you to "Food, Farming, and Sustainability." With approximately 815 million people around the world currently undernourished and the global population expected to grow by 2 billion by 2050, two of the…
Find out more »Laine Nooney – Game Histories Otherwise: Notes from the “Little Silicone Valley”
Unfolding in three scenes—each pinned to a financial crash, each oriented to the experience of a female employee—this talk will account for the material and affective networks that made gaming possible and computers thinkable as machines of everyday life.
Find out more »Center for Science and Society Fall 2018 Welcome Back Lunch
Please join the Center for Science and Society for an informal lunch-time meet and greet to celebrate the start of the new academic year! A portion of the program will be especially dedicated to launching our new student public outreach initiative.
Find out more »Coloring Textiles with Bugs: Old [Cochineal] and New [Bacteria]
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn both the history and the science of coloring textiles with organisms using historical techniques and new scientific developments. We will delve into the world of sustainable natural dyes and create artful textile collages.
Find out more »October 2018
Regulatory Hacking: Startups, Cities, and Public Interest Tech
Mobility Futures is excited to present a panel discussion around the idea of "regulatory hacking," or how new ventures disrupt policy along the way to new markets.
Find out more »Embodied Cognition and Prosthetics: Are Our Tools Part of Our Bodies and Minds?
Embodied cognition theorists emphasize the role of the body and the environment during mental processes. By examining how our brains interact with the rest of our bodies and how bodies interact with the environment, we can learn about behavior and mind. Tools can be an extension of the body or become part of the body.
Find out more »Sharrona Pearl – Face/Off or On? Face Transplants and the Resistance to Categorization
Both like and not like cosmetic surgery and whole organ transplants, facial allografts have proven difficult to categorize. This talk will show how bioethicists, surgeons, and journalists have conceptualized face transplants as neither and both, and the resulting stakes for each.
Find out more »Making Art, Making Meaning in Fifteenth-Century Flanders
Making Art, Making Meaning in Fifteenth-Century Flanders is a workshop organized in conjunction with the exhibition The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan Vos at the Frick Collection.
Find out more »Evaluating Chronic Pain in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Law – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience
This seminar will bring together experts from different domains to discuss scientific, ethical, philosophical, and legal issues related to pain neuroimaging research.
Find out more »Anthony Acciavatti – Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India’s Ancient River
Anthony Acciavatti will discuss his new book with a signing to follow.
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