April 2016
Gene-Environment Interactions in the Era of Genome-Wide Data: Conceptual and Analytical Approaches
A Columbia Population Research Center mini-conference held on April 15, 2016; registration required. For a full program and to register, please visit the CPRC website.
Find out more »Ice Cubed Keynote: John Luther Adams and Barry Lopez in Conversation
How have the violence and serenity of stark, icebound landscapes found their way into artistic expression, whether sonic or literary? In an age of rapid global warming, when does an artist become an activist? John Luther Adams, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of Become Ocean, and Barry Lopez, author of the National Book Award-winning Arctic Dreams, reflect on these and other themes in this special event.
Find out more »CALL Walk – Ice Cubed: An Inquiry into the Aesthetics, History, and Science of Ice
Please join CALL/ City as Living Lab for a WALK with artist Marshall Reese and anthropologist Ben Orlove, who will reveal geological traces and disappearances in the neighborhood of Columbia University's Heyman Center.
Find out more »Mihai-Dan Cirjan – Talking about Work: Romanian Psychotechnics and the Evaluation of Labour after the Interwar Capitalist Crisis
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 »Prediction: How Forecasting and Prospection Shape Thought – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience
Speakers: David Danks, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University Karl Friston, Wellcome Principal Research Fellow and Scientific Director, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging; Professor of Neurology, University College London Carol Krumhansl, Professor of Psychology, Cornell University Moderator: Christopher Peacocke, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University Prediction plays a fundamental role in cognition. Accurate prediction allows humans and other animals to act in ways that anticipate future states of the environment, potentially reducing the threat posed by dangers and increasing…
Find out more »Jennifer Tour Chayes – Once Upon a Graph: How to Get from Now to Then in Massive Networks
On April 20th, Jennifer Tour Chayes (Distinguished Scientist and Managing Director of Microsoft Research New England) will speak about modeling networks.
Find out more »David Edgerton – The Supremacy of Uruguay: How a peripherical historiography of science and technology may yet turn the world the right side up
Speaker: David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History, King's College London. Our knowledge of the material constitution of society is limited, but is problematic because we think it unproblematic. This is a issue not just for the history of technology, but all the relevant humanities and social sciences which assume a well-founded account of its development. Starting with a story written for a local magazine in the 1930s I show we can…
Find out more »Gerard Karsenty – Bone as a Rheostat of Aging
Partnered for this special event with the Columbia Global Centers|Paris, the Columbia Aging Center continues its Distinguished Lecture Series with this talk by Gerard Karsenty, Paul A. Marks Professor of Genetics & Development, Professor of Medicine, and Chair in Columbia University’s Department of Genetics & Development. Dr. Karsenty received his MD at the Université Paris Descartes (Paris V) and his PhD from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI). A geneticist, he works to understand how organs in vertebrates interact with one another to regulate physiological functions.
Find out more »Cognition And Decision Seminar Series – Symposium on Information Selection
A Symposium on Information Selection will be held on April 21st from 6:00-7:30P.M. This event features Mark Dean, Jacqueline Gottlieb and Eric Johnson. It will be held in Uris 326 (the Columbia Business School main building). This event is free and open to the public. Registration is available by visiting the event's website. Understanding how people choose what information to attend to is central to modeling human behavior. The study of information acquisition lies at the intersection of three disciplines: neuroscience, psychology and economics. This symposium…
Find out more »Distinguished Lecture in Precision Medicine – Approaching Precision Medicine: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Challenges
Speaker: Hank Greely, JD, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law; Professor, by courtesy, of Genetics; Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences; Director, Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society, Stanford University Hank Greely is the Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law and Professor, by courtesy, of Genetics at Stanford University. He specializes in ethical, legal, and social issues arising from advances in the biosciences, particularly from genetics, neuroscience, and human stem cell research. He…
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