September 2017
Puerto Rico Mapathon for Hurricane Relief
Come help with relief efforts on the ground in Puerto Rico by contributing your time to open-source mapping. September 29th at Columbia University.
Find out more »Andrew Goldman: Musical Improvisation as a Way of Knowing
Dodge Hall, Room 622 Speaker: Andrew Goldman, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University Andrew Goldman is a music theorist specializing in music cognition. He completed his PhD in 2015 at the University of Cambridge with Prof. Ian Cross on the cognition of musical improvisation. He is currently a Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience at Columbia University, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the music department. His current work focuses on developing theories of improvisation that are compatible with…
Find out more »October 2017
Céline Frigau Manning – Silencing the Body: Hypnosis, Music, and Pain in the 19th C.
Though hypnosis has been the subject of a vast body of clinical investigation and historical scholarship, the history of its relationship to music remains unwritten. This talk will explore various narratives of this interaction in an attempt to understand how experiments involving music and hypnosis influenced both doctors’ and patients’ moral understanding of bodies in pain.
Find out more »From the Faculty Lounge: Why Do We Do That? Decision-Making and Natural Selection
Returning this fall, From the Faculty Lounge continues to bring together some of Barnard’s most notable professors, authors, and experts for enlightening discussions. Joshua New, assistant professor of psychology, and Homa Zarghamee, assistant professor of economics, discuss how human behavior can reflect both explicit decision-making processes and implicit biases shaped by natural selection.
Find out more »Paul Krugman – Does Equality have a Future in America?
This event is the 10th Annual Isidore I. Benrubi Lecture in the History and Ethics of Public Health, and features a Keynote lecture by Paul Krugman, Economist and Columnist for The New York Times.
Find out more »Stephanie Barral – Banking on Nature: The Market as a New Feature of Environmental Policies
Conservation banks, like carbon offsets, are a new form of economic exchange promoted and facilitated by governments as a means to achieve environmental sustainability for endangered species. The expansion of these banks reflects a new relationship between environmental sciences, markets, financial instruments and public regulations, but questions remain about their benefits and efficacy.
Find out more »Michael J. Barany – Invidious Comparisons: International Politics, the Fields Medal, and the Past, Present, and Future of Mathematics, 1936-1966
First presented in 1936, the Fields Medal quickly became one of mathematicians' most prestigious, famous, and in some cases notorious prizes. Because its deliberations are confidential, we know very little about the early Fields Medals. This talk will analyze newly discovered letters from the 1950 and 1958 Fields Medal committees.
Find out more »CANCELLED Angela Yu – Computational Modeling of Human Face Processing
Dr. Angela Yu will discuss their recent work using a statistical framework (the Active Appearance Model, AMM) to model human face processing.
Find out more »Kristopher Hult – The Economics of Precision Medicine and Disparities in Health
754 Schermerhorn Extension 1200 Amsterdam Ave Speaker: Kristopher Hult, Economist at Charles River Associates and University of Chicago Precision medicine has the potential to have a significant impact on health by improving how doctors and patients select treatments, improving a patient's understanding of the risk of serious side effects, and creating new treatments. In this talk, Kristopher Hult discusses the economics of precision medicine and how its potential value compares to other forms of medical innovation. He also discusses who…
Find out more »Pious Technologies and Secular Designs
From laboratories and corporate workspaces modeled on chapels to rocket engines and skyscrapers designed to “touch the face of God,” this workshop will present a series of case studies that invite historians of modernity to better see the gods in the buildings, spaces, cities, technologies, machines and bodies where religion had apparently ceased to operate. Conference will take place from Oct 13-14.
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