February 2016
Gender-Based Violence and Reproductive Health
Featuring Anindita Dasgupta, PhD, MPH, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, T32 Training Program in HIV and Substance Use in the Criminal Justice System, Social Intervention Group, Columbia University School of Social Work
Find out more »The Promise and Challenge of Precision Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Conversation
This event features speakers representing fields from science, medicine,the humanities and social sciences at Columbia University.
Find out more »Adam Leeds – Assembling the Economic Mechanism: Soviet Economics 1937-1965 and the Technology of Socialist Government
The Science, Technology, and Knowledge (SKAT) workshop is a forum for the seminar-style presentation and discussion of graduate student work in the sociology of expertise, the sociology of professions, actor-network approaches, medical sociology, science studies, etc. The workshop is hosted by Columbia Sociology but welcomes graduate students from all institutions and disciplines.
Find out more »Online Info Session About Bioethics Online and In-Person Programs
Online students may take a single course, if they wish. Online courses all also earn CME credit.
Find out more »Hitting Hard or Below the Belt? The Role and Limits of Fear in Public Health Campaigns
What works in public health communication campaigns? And should the most effective strategies always be used? When, if ever, should fear based campaigns be incorporated as part of broader efforts to protect population health? Keynote Speaker: Tom Farley,President & CEO, The Public Good Projects and Former NYC Health Commissioner Panelists: Mark Hatzenbuehler, PhD, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Ruth Macklin, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein School of Medicine Event: 1:30 - 5:00 Reception: 5:00 - 5:30 Free…
Find out more »The Perception of Time – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience
Speakers: C. Randy Gallistel, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers, The State University of NJ David Laibson, Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University Michael Shadlen, Professor of Neuroscience and HHMI Investigator, Columbia University This event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow. This event is part of the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, Seminars in Society and Neuroscience series.
Find out more »Barbara Naddeo – From Arcana Imperii to Statistics: G.M. Galanti, Political Information and Science in the Age of Enlightenment – NY HoS Series
Speaker: Barbara Naddeo, Associate Professor of History, CUNY: The City College of New York and The Graduate Center In the early modern period the most fundamental social statistics of the age’s monarchies, from demographics to public finances, were considered to be the property of the king, whose officers most jealously archived and selectively employed them in the service of royal power. With the age of Enlightenment these same statistics became the objects of inquiry of a new breed of professionals,…
Find out more »Loren Cardeli – Preserving Indigenous Knowledge and the Library for Food Sovereignty
Speaker: Loren Cardeli, President and Founder, A Growing Culture Loren Cardeli is President and Founder of A Growing Culture (AGC), an organization that promotes ecological agriculture in the United States and around the world. A farmer, consultant, and graduate of Warren Wilson College, Loren’s expertise is in sustainable food systems, farmer-led research, and “farmer participation” approaches to extension and outreach. He has a wide-range of experience working with farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, having visited over 2,000 farms in more…
Find out more »March 2016
Mary X. Mitchell – Professional Marshallese: Cold War Rationality and the Death of Advocacy
The Science, Technology, and Knowledge (SKAT) workshop is a forum for the seminar-style presentation and discussion of graduate student work in the sociology of expertise, the sociology of professions, actor-network approaches, medical sociology, science studies, etc. The workshop is hosted by Columbia Sociology but welcomes graduate students from all institutions and disciplines.
Find out more »Sérgio Burgi – Photography and Urban History: Georeferencing Historical Photographs
Please visit the Studio@Butler for a talk on digital art history by Sérgio Burgi, Curator of Photography at the Instituto Moreira Salles in Brazil. The lecture will discuss Sérgio Burgi's pathbreaking work creating digital maps of Rio de Janeiro using GIS in conjunction with historical photographs.
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