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AMNH Presents | SciCafe: Hacking the Stars
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesCan hacking help advance astrophysics? Meet Hakeem M. Oluseyi, an astrophysicist, inventor, science communicator, and humanitarian whose team at the Florida Institute of Technology has harnessed hacking to process massive amounts of data. Their results are fast-tracking the investigation of galactic structure and formation, the development of new propulsion technology, and more. Hakeem M. Oluseyi is an […]
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: A Conversation
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: A Conversation between Corey Robin, the author of The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (Metropolitan Books, 2019) and Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, and Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, on December 4, 2019 at 6:30PM in the Kelly Skylight Room of The Graduate […]
Growing Up in Science: Jacqueline Gottlieb’s Unofficial Story
Jerome L. Greene Science Center 605 W. 129th St., New York, NY, United StatesThis seminar will begin at 4:00 pm at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, room L7-119. Jacqueline Gottlieb, PhD studies the mechanisms that underlie the brain's higher cognitive functions, including decision making, memory, and attention. Her interest is in how the brain gathers the evidence it needs — and ignores what it doesn’t — during everyday […]
A Playlist for Our Future? Human Advantage in an Age of Technology
Davis Auditorium 530 West 120th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis panel will address artificial intelligence and which lessons from the humanities and the social and behavioral sciences are needed. The theme for Columbia University's incoming class of 2023 is “Press Play,” encouraging students to craft their own learning experiences and inspiring them to express their “whole, authentic self.” Building on this appeal, let’s start by […]
Book Signing with Gloria Steinem
Books Are Magic 225 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin Books Are Magic for a book signing with Gloria Steinem in celebration of her new book THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, BUT FIRST IT WILL PISS YOU OFF. For decades—and especially now, in these times of crisis—people around the world have found guidance, humor, and unity in Gloria Steinem’s gift for creating quotes that […]