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SUMMARY:Book Signing with Gloria Steinem
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 offer hope and inspire action. From her early days as a journalist and feminist activist\, Steinem’s words have helped generations to empower themselves and work together.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/book-signing-with-gloria-steinem/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic\, 225 Smith St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Culture,Free Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T193000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
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SUMMARY:A Playlist for Our Future? Human Advantage in an Age of Technology
DESCRIPTION:This panel will address artificial intelligence and which lessons from the humanities and the social and behavioral sciences are needed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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 imagining a “playlist for our future.” What kinds of tools and knowledge might be included in this holistic playlist? This panel will focus on questions of building human capabilities to address this new AI landscape and which lessons from the humanities and the social and behavioral sciences are needed in developing\, guiding\, and working alongside future technology. \nIn A Playlist for Our Future? Accelerating the Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Complexity\, we’ll explore: \n\nGenerative learning as a model for human and machine collaboration\, and to increase the human advantage for lifelong learning and problem solving.\nKey lessons from history and the humanities on how humans have navigated technological change in the past\, and ways we can identify and address issues now and in the future.\nPractical applications\, frameworks\, and future research directions for industry and institutions\, as well as opportunities for collaboration.\n\n\n\nEvent Speakers:\n\nLydia Chilton\, Assistant Professor of Computer Science\, Columbia University\nMatthew Jones\, James R. Barker Professor of Contemporary Civilization\, Columbia University\nAlison Lord\, Global Head of Talent\, Google Creative Lab​\nMickey McManus\, Autodesk Fellow\, researcher\, computer scientist\, serial entrepreneur\, and author of Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology \nModerated by Beth Comstock\, former vice chair and CMO\, General Electric\, and author of Imagine it Forward: Courage\, Creativity\, and the Power of Change
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/a-playlist-for-our-future-human-advantage-in-an-age-of-technology/
LOCATION:Davis Auditorium\, 530 West 120th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Free Event,Geek,Science,Tech
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191205T170000
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SUMMARY:Growing Up in Science: Jacqueline Gottlieb's Unofficial Story
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will begin at 4:00 pm at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center\, room L7-119. \nJacqueline 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 tasks and during special states such as curiosity. Her research could offer insight into disorders that involve deficits of attention\, such as attention deficit disorder\, depression and drug addiction. \nGrowing Up in Science is a seminar series initiated at NYU by Drs. Wei Ji Ma and Cristina Alberini in 2014. The speakers of this series do not talk about their science; they talk about the human side of becoming and being a scientist. They share their successes as well as the struggles\, weaknesses\, detours and failures.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/growing-up-in-science-jacqueline-gottliebs-unofficial-story/
LOCATION:Jerome L. Greene Science Center\, 605 W. 129th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T200000
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CREATED:20191130T021111Z
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SUMMARY:The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: A Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 Center\, CUNY. \nIn The Enigma of Clarence Thomas\, the first examination of its kind\, Corey Robin delves deeply into both Thomas’s biography and his jurisprudence\, masterfully reading his Supreme Court opinions against the backdrop of his autobiographical and political writings and speeches. The hidden source of Thomas’s conservative views\, Robin shows\, is a profound skepticism that racism can be overcome. Thomas is convinced that any government action on behalf of African-Americans will be tainted by racism; the most African-Americans can hope for is that white people will get out of their way. \nCorey Robin is the author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and Fear: The History of a Political Idea. He teaches political science at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center\, CUNY. Robin’s writing has appeared in the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, Harper’s\, and the London Review of Books\, among other publications\, and has been translated into thirteen languages. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \nKendall Thomas is the Nash Professor of Law and co-founder and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia Law School. His teaching and research interests include U.S. and comparative constitutional law\, human rights\, legal philosophy\, feminist legal theory\, critical race theory\, and law and sexuality. His writings have appeared in several academic journals and volumes of collected essays. Thomas is a co-editor of Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Founded the Movement\, The New Press\, 1996\, and What’s Left of Theory?\, Routledge Press\, 2000.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/the-enigma-of-clarence-thomas-a-conversation/
LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, 365 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Free Event,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T190000
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CREATED:20191130T022237Z
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SUMMARY:AMNH Presents | SciCafe: Hacking the Stars
DESCRIPTION:Can hacking help advance astrophysics?\nMeet 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. \nHakeem M. Oluseyi is an internationally recognized astrophysicist\, inventor\, science communicator\, and humanitarian. He currently leads a research group at Florida Institute of Technology that hacks stars to understand the fundamental interactions of plasmas and electromagnetic fields and that investigates Galactic structure and formation by using the techniques of big data astroinformatics and high-performance computing applied to survey data\, which has resulted in a new in-space propulsion technology.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/amnh-presents-scicafe-hacking-the-stars/
LOCATION:American Museum of Natural History\, 175-208 79th Street\, Central Park West\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Science,Tech
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T203000
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CREATED:20191130T011710Z
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SUMMARY:Music and Our Memories
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of jazz with a side of science. \nJazz musician Helen Sung will perform and neuroscientist Lenzie Ford will speak on how music connects to our emotions\, thoughts\, and memories. \nThis event is a partnership between the Zuckerman Institute\, Arts & Minds and The National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/music-and-our-memories/
LOCATION:National Jazz Museum in Harlem\, 58 W 129th St\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Music,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191203T180000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191130T011052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191130T011052Z
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SUMMARY:China Chic: Orientalist Representations in Western Performing Arts
DESCRIPTION:Phil Chan is co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface\, a movement for change in the ballet community of stereotypes of Asians. From The Nutcracker to Crazy Rich Asians\, Chan approaches issues of race and representation by exploring “cultural appropriation” through the lens of dance history — where he finds many parallels to fashion and costuming.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/china-chic-orientalist-representations-in-western-performing-arts/
LOCATION:Katie Murphy Amphitheatre\, 227 West 27th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Free Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191127T225603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191127T225603Z
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SUMMARY:Medieval Medicine and Literature: A Galenic Presence in Dante’s Writing
DESCRIPTION:The attention to the relation between medieval medicine and Dante’s writing shows how contemporary scientific thought manifests itself both in evident and less explicit terms\, which allude not to exclusively scientific concepts\, but to structures of thought shared by other contemporary intellectual discussions\, such as philosophy\, ethics\, political thought. This lecture investigates how the manifest incidence of strictly medical – and more precisely Galenic – notions\, such as complexio or the hegemonic principle which rules the human being – permits the investigation of a more oblique presence\, where medicine contributes to the formation of complex and multifaceted content. \nA lecture by Paola Ureni\, CUNY.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/medieval-medicine-and-literature-a-galenic-presence-in-dantes-writing/
LOCATION:NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò\, 24 West 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free Event,History,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191202T143000
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CREATED:20191127T224642Z
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SUMMARY:A Talk with Seymour Kaplan: Dachau Liberator
DESCRIPTION:At 17-years old\, Seymour Kaplan enlisted in the American Army and left Brooklyn to fight against Nazi Germany. He became a machine gunner with the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion attached to the 42nd Infantry Division. He was one of the first American soldiers to enter the Dachau concentration camp in April 1945. As a Yiddish speaker\, Mr. Kaplan served as a translator for the camp Survivors. The shock of what he witnessed traumatized him for the rest of his life. When he returned home to New York\, he established a garment manufacturing company\, eventually retired\, and then began a second career as a teacher. He is a mental health advocate and has been honored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/a-talk-with-seymour-kaplan-dachau-liberator/
LOCATION:Commonpoint Queens Central\, 67-09 108th Street\, Forest Hills\, NY\, 11375\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191127T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191127T130000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191125T020753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T020753Z
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SUMMARY:The Dance Historian Is In: Ishmael Houston-Jones
DESCRIPTION:David Vaughan was the archivist of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and author of Merce Cunningham/65 Years and Frederick Ashton and His Ballets. From 2012- 2017\, Mr. Vaughan held monthly screenings of his favorite dance films and videos from our collection. David passed away in October 2017\, and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division will continue screenings in his honor with guest hosts. \n\n\n\n\nIshmael Houston-Jones is an award winning choreographer\, author\, performer\, teacher\, and curator whose improvised dance and text work has been performed around the world. Jones will explore his own work and that of others in the field.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/the-dance-historian-is-in-ishmael-houston-jones/
LOCATION:New York Public Library for the Performing Arts\, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center\, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Free Event,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T130000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191117T185252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191117T185252Z
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Resistance in Auschwitz
DESCRIPTION:Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz\, Director of the Arnold and Leona Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University\, will share the extraordinary story of a religious artifact that survived the horrors of Auschwitz and a Nazi death march. This artifact\, a shofar (a ram’s horn that is made into a special wind instrument used during Jewish High Holiday religious services)\, is on view in the Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. exhibition. Along with the history of this shofar\, Professor Baumel-Schwartz will discuss other forms of spiritual resistance during the Holocaust that she has encountered in her career.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/spiritual-resistance-in-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Museum of Jewish Heritage\, 36 Battery Pl\, New York\, NY\, 10280\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191117T171126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191117T171126Z
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SUMMARY:BIOHACK THE WORLD: Self-Quantification\, Regeneration & Longevity
DESCRIPTION:It’s been widely stated\, “You can’t improve on anything you don’t measure.” The self-quantification movement was born out of this very concept. Thankfully\, with advancements in brain-enhancing nutrition\, fitness tech\, wearables\, AI\, and Big Data\, it’s now possible to strategize and track your every step towards optimal performance maximal longevity. \nIn this 14th installment of Biohack the World\, we’re going to dive into the foremost strategies to become your own best asset in your pursuit to elevate and maintain well-being\, and to become an authority on enhancing your own personal health. There’s never been a better time to be a biohacker because crafting your best body is finally within reach. \nPanelists: Dr. Oz Garcia\, Bob Troia & Baba Brinkman. The panel will be moderated by Biohack the World founder David Choi. \nThe show starts at 7\, but please join us at 6pm for the BioMatch Social Hour. There will be networking opportunities\, product demos\, keto/paleo treats\, free swag\, and the nerdiest health conversations galore.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/biohack-the-world-self-quantification-regeneration-longevity/
LOCATION:The Assemblage (John St)\, 17 John Street\, Manhattan\, NY\, 10038\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Mindfulness,Science,Tech
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T110000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191117T172943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191117T173109Z
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SUMMARY:Passions: A Book Signing with Nicolas Sarkozy
DESCRIPTION:Join Nicolas Sarkozy\, former President of France\, as he signs his latest book\, Passions\, recently published in France with éditions de l’Observatoire. \nFree and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/passions-a-book-signing-with-nicolas-sarkozy/
LOCATION:Albertine Books\, 972 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10075\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free Event,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T183000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191117T165027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191117T165027Z
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SUMMARY:Neuroscience and the Study of Intergenerational Trauma: How Does the Remote Past Get Under Our Skin?
DESCRIPTION:How do we “remember” things that did not happen to us? Neuroscience has made remarkable discoveries about ways in which our brains and bodies can be affected by traumatic experiences of our parents. We know that children born to survivors of cataclysmic events are themselves more susceptible to stress\, and at greater risk of mental illnesses like PTSD\, despite never having experienced the trauma themselves. Epigenetics\, the in-utero environment\, early experiences\, and the parent-child relationship all play a role. These discoveries have spurred a compelling field of research into intergenerational trauma\, revealing a complexity of biological and psychological interactions determining risk or resilience – but what does this new knowledge mean for survivors and their children? Scholars in the humanities and arts have long explored the lived experiences of those who feel they have inherited trauma from past generations. What can neuroscientists learn from these explorations\, and what can other disciplines take from advances in neuroscience? We hear from pioneering researchers\, clinicians\, and scholars as they make sense of how the remote past gets under the skin to affect the present. \nSpeakers:\nFrances Champagne\, PhD\, Professor of Psychology\, University of Texas at Austin\nGabriele M. Schwab\, PhD\, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature\, University of California\, Irvine\nRachel Yehuda\, PhD\, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience\, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai \n  \nDiscussant:\nMarianne Hirsch\, PhD\, William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature\, Columbia University \n\nModerator:\nClare McCormack\, PhD\, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience\, Columbia University \n  \nFree and open to the public\, but RSVP is required via Eventbrite. This event is part of the Seminars in Society and Neuroscience series. 
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/neuroscience-and-the-study-of-intergenerational-trauma-how-does-the-remote-past-get-under-our-skin/
LOCATION:The Italian Academy at Columbia University\, 1161 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Mindfulness,Philosophy,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T150000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191110T032029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191110T032029Z
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SUMMARY:When You Kant Figure It Out\, Ask a Philosopher!
DESCRIPTION:How can Kant comfort you when you get ditched via text message? How can Aristotle cure your hangover? How can Heidegger make you feel better when your dog dies? Join Marie Robert as she explains how pearls of wisdom from the greatest Western philosophers can help us face and make light of some of the daily challenges of modern life\, based on her book When You Kant Figure It Out\, Ask a Philosopher just published in the US by Little Brown. \nHilarious\, practical\, and edifying\, When You Kant Figure It Out\, Ask a Philosopher brings the best thinkers of the past into the 21st Century to help us all make sense of a chaotic new world.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/when-you-kant-figure-it-out-ask-a-philosopher/
LOCATION:Albertine Books\, 972 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10075\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free Event,Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T153000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191110T031441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191110T031441Z
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SUMMARY:Talk with David W. Blight\, Author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation with the historian David W. Blight about his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Blight\, a history professor and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery\, Resistance\, and Abolition at Yale University\, will discuss what prompted him to pursue the story of the escaped slave who became one of the leading orators\, abolitionists\, and writers of his era. The conversation will also touch upon Douglass’s involvement in the fight to release George Latimer – the father of inventor and Flushing resident Lewis Latimer – whose struggle for freedom became a pivotal case for the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts. \nBooks will be available for sale and signing.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/talk-with-david-w-blight-author-of-frederick-douglass-prophet-of-freedom/
LOCATION:Queens Public Library at Flushing\, 41-17 Main Street\, Queens\, NY\, 11355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free Event,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191110T030842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191110T030842Z
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SUMMARY:Scientific Controversies: Extra Dimensions
DESCRIPTION:Pioneer Works’ Director of Sciences\, Prof. Janna Levin\, invites renowned theoretical physicists Prof. Gregory Gabadadze and Prof. Cumrun Vafa to reflect on our dimensionality\, string theory\, reality\, and the multiverse.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/scientific-controversies-extra-dimensions/
LOCATION:Pioneer Works\, 159 Pioneer Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11231\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191110T025535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191110T025535Z
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SUMMARY:Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Horticultural Symposium
DESCRIPTION:For its second annual Horticulture Symposium\, Madison Square Park Conservancy will gather experts in the fields of landscape design\, horticulture therapy\, and forest therapy to discuss the significance of access to public green spaces in our city. With a diverse lineup of speakers and a keynote presentation by Amos Clifford\, founder of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs \, the symposium will explore the role green spaces play in our mental health and physical well-being\, initiatives that build restorative landscapes in our communities\, and what the future holds for horticulture therapy programs in the face of the climate crisis.. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to participate in collaborative activity led by Black Urban Growers (BUGS). The event will conclude with an optional\, guided Forest Bathing session in Madison Square Park\, led by author and keynote speaker\, Amos Clifford.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/madison-square-park-conservancys-horticultural-symposium/
LOCATION:Eataly\, 200 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Mindfulness,Nature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191110T022003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191110T022022Z
UID:1788-1573669800-1573675200@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:What’s a Brain For? A Moving Story
DESCRIPTION:Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert\, PhD\, is fascinated by how the brain controls our every movement. The ease with which humans move our arms\, our eyes\, even our lips when we speak masks the true complexity of the control. While computers can now beat grandmasters at chess\, no computer can yet control a robot to manipulate a chess piece with the dexterity of a six-year-old child. Join Dr. Wolpert as he discusses what makes control so hard\, especially in the face of incomplete or rapidly changing information about the world. \nThis conversation will be moderated by Shreya Saxena\, PhD\, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/whats-a-brain-for-a-moving-story/
LOCATION:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Philosophy,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191109T052449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T052449Z
UID:1773-1573588800-1573588800@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:Secret Science Club: Brain Lecture with Neuroscientist Nim Tottenham
DESCRIPTION:At the next Secret Science Club\, neuroscientist Nim Tottenham explores human brain development and its relationship to emotional behavior\, stress\, and well-being. She asks: \n–How are early-life experiences linked to emotional functioning in adulthood? Why do some early experiences matter so much? \n–How is brain development affected by relationships with parents and primary caregivers. \n–Can childhood stress rewire our brains? \n–How does brain plasticity in childhood relate to psychological resilience and vulnerability? \nNim Tottenham is a neuroscientist\, professor of psychology\, and director of the Developmental Affective Neuroscience Lab at Columbia University.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/secret-science-club-brain-lecture-with-neuroscientist-nim-tottenham/
LOCATION:The Bell House\, 149 7th St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T183000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191104T045820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T045820Z
UID:1745-1573403400-1573410600@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:Festival Albertine: How Do We Get People to Care
DESCRIPTION:Artists and activists will be called upon to discuss how to change people’s minds and amplify the call to action.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiterature\, music\, drama—these are key resources for societies trying to come to grips with new realities. In recent years we’ve seen them begin to grapple with climate change\, but that engagement must now grow. The arts have traditionally engaged with what seemed the most dramatic questions: the struggles of one set of human beings with another. That struggle is still underway\, of course\, but now we’ve added something different: the terrifying drama of people with a suddenly angry natural world. How does this new moment redefine what we think about when we take up brush or pen\, camera or keyboard? What is the work of a poet in a world on fire\, or an orchestra in a city where the seas are rising?\n\nWith Irina Brook\, Lauren Groff\, Fabrice Hyber\, and Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky. Moderated by Bill McKibben.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/festival-albertine-how-do-we-get-people-to-care/
LOCATION:Albertine Books\, 972 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10075\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Culture,Free Event,Music,Nature,Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191104T043553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T043553Z
UID:1736-1573315200-1573322400@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:Cornel West Matters: Book Talk with Mahamadou Lamine Sagna and Cornel West
DESCRIPTION:Join The Africa Center and Teranga as we present a conversation between Mahamadou Lamine Sagna and Cornel West about “Cornel West Matters”. \nThe book Cornel West Matters is a review of the titular philosopher’s seminal texts by Mahamadou Lamine Sagna\, who has long been interested in the way West analyses politics\, democracy\, religion and race\, and their intersections in America. It is also an analysis of the way West brings religion and music – particularly blues and jazz – into philosophy.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/cornel-west-matters-book-talk-with-mahamadou-lamine-sagna-and-cornel-west/
LOCATION:The Africa Center\, 1280 Fifth Ave.\, New York\, NY\, 10029\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Culture,Economics,Free Event,Geek,Music,Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191104T043033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T060036Z
UID:1733-1573311600-1573311600@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:Lincoln Center White Light Conversation: Let’s Talk About Religion
DESCRIPTION:God was declared dead in 1966\, no longer relevant to an increasingly secular society. Today\, people around the world ardently seek religious and faith-based experiences\, at times with an intolerant fervor. How did we vacillate between such extremes in the span of only half a century? In modern society\, few topics are as subject to ignorance\, misunderstanding\, and manipulation as religion. Although it is a central building block of human consciousness\, we possess surprisingly little knowledge about religious traditions—both of others and our own. From a more generalized “spirituality” to intersections with science and art\, religion has continued to powerfully resonate in our current challenging climate. Join WNYC’s John Schaefer and a group of leading thinkers for a spirited panel discussion exploring the many contradictions inherent in our understanding of religion and the evolutionary pathways of religious belief. \nSeating is limited\, and is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n  \nSpeakers: \nJohn Schaefer\, moderator \nKelly Brown Douglas\, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School\, Union Theological Seminary \nMarcelo Gleiser\, theoretical physicist and astronomer \nJames MacMillan\, composer \nStephen Prothero\, author\, Religious Literacy
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/lincoln-center-white-light-conversation-lets-talk-about-religion/
LOCATION:Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts\, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Free Event,History,Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T220000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191104T040044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T040137Z
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SUMMARY:Innovators: Start-Ups Fueled by NASA Technology
DESCRIPTION:As NASA explores further and further into space\, its innovations have impacted and transformed life on Earth. Join Steven González as he discusses the NASA roots of everyday innovations and how NASA continues to share technology with the world. \nCurious about launching a new venture using NASA technology? Hear from local companies that have licensed NASA tech\, such as Thornton Tomasetti\, who applied rocket technology to prevent swaying in a new prefab building in Brooklyn and CapCell Biologics\, who are using NASA tech for a novel drug delivery system.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/innovators-start-ups-fueled-by-nasa-technology/
LOCATION:Intrepid Sea\, Air & Space Museum\, Pier 86\, W 46th St\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Science,Tech
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T194500
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191104T034520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T034534Z
UID:1726-1573236000-1573242300@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:Simons Foundation Presents: The Math Puzzle That Spawned 100 Philosophy Papers
DESCRIPTION:At first glance\, the Sleeping Beauty problem appears to be a simple question about probability. But since being proposed 19 years ago by philosopher Adam Elga\, the problem has incited passionate debate in the philosophy community. \nIn this talk\, Peter Winkler will describe the famous thought problem about a dozy princess being awoken once or twice depending on the toss of a coin. Can it really be that the laws of probability do not provide a unique correct answer? Winkler will take a mathematician’s point of view while at the same time trying to elucidate the philosophical principles that the puzzle calls into question. He’ll describe the various camps in the controversy and examine their arguments. In the end\, you’ll have to decide for yourself where you stand. \nWinkler is the William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Dartmouth College and is currently serving as Visiting Distinguished Chair for Public Dissemination of Mathematics at the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath).
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/simons-foundation-presents-the-math-puzzle-that-spawned-100-philosophy-papers/
LOCATION:Simons Foundation\, 160 5th Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Philosophy,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T180000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191104T030421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T030421Z
UID:1716-1573143300-1573149600@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:Why Skill Matters: From Bronze Age Metalworking to the Future of Crafts
DESCRIPTION:What do we consider valuable knowledge\, and why? In this presentation\, Professor Maikel H. G. Kuijpers intends to explore the connections between craft\, science\, and technology through the notion of skill. \nMaikel H. G. Kuijpers is Assistant Professor of European prehistory at Leiden University. He holds a Ph.D. in archaeology and anthropology from Cambridge University. Specializing in the Bronze Age\, his work concerns the formulation of knowledge over time\, cognitive archaeology\, craftsmanship\, and skill.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/why-skill-matters-from-bronze-age-metalworking-to-the-future-of-crafts/
LOCATION:Columbia University Fayerweather Hall\, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Free Event,Science,Tech
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T190000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191103T005336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191103T005336Z
UID:1701-1573066800-1573066800@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:AMNH Presents: SciCafe: Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels
DESCRIPTION:The ongoing pollution of our atmosphere with an invisible odorless gas called carbon dioxide is trapping heat at the Earth’s surface and causing temperatures to rise on land and in the ocean. The polar regions are warming fastest of all and the melting ice sheets are causing sea levels to rise around the globe. How fast climate changes in the future will depend on our collective actions as individuals\, families\, communities\, and governments. In this presentation\, paleoclimatologist Maureen Raymo will review evidence for climate change\, natural and manmade\, and explore how ice sheets and sea level changed in the past.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/amnh-presents-scicafe-climate-change-and-rising-sea-levels/
LOCATION:American Museum of Natural History\, 175-208 79th Street\, Central Park West\, NY\, 10024\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Nature,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191104T024029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T024029Z
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SUMMARY:Math Encounters: “Tales of Impossibility: The Problems of Antiquity” with David Richeson
DESCRIPTION:“Nothing is impossible!”  While it is comforting to believe this greeting card sentiment — it’s the American dream\, after all — there are impossible things.  Ancient Greek geometers and future generations of mathematicians tried and failed to square circles\, trisect angles\, double cubes\, and construct regular polygons using only a compass and straightedge.  Join David Richeson\, Professor of Mathematics at Dickinson College and Editor of Math Horizons\, to try your hand at some of these unusual geometric construction techniques.  But get ready to fail — after two thousand years\, all four of these “problems of antiquity” have been proved to be mathematically impossible! \n4pm and 7pm sessions. \nLight refreshments will be served after the 4:00 pm session and at 6:30 in advance of the second session.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/math-encounters-tales-of-impossibility-the-problems-of-antiquity-with-david-richeson/
LOCATION:National Museum of Mathematics\, 11 E 26th St\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Event,Geek,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191103T002722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191103T003224Z
UID:1695-1572976800-1572984000@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:Carmen C. Bambach: Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the publication of Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered\, the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Carmen Bambach\, internationally renowned Leonardo specialist and author of the prestigious monograph. Carmen’s four-volume work is a groundbreaking contribution of original scholarship that continues the long legacy of Leonardo studies\, while simultaneously reexamining the multifaceted artist’s life and work from the ground up. Through her comprehensive research\, and original new narratives\, Leonardo emerges as a figure who both embodies his era and completely transcends it\, enduring as one of history’s greatest artists\, scientists\, and inventors. \nCarmen Bambach\, is curator of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/carmen-c-bambach-leonardo-da-vinci-rediscovered/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute\, 686 Park Ave.\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Books,Free Event,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191104T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191104T200000
DTSTAMP:20260608T214739
CREATED:20191102T233423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191102T233423Z
UID:1683-1572892200-1572897600@www.coolnycevents.com
SUMMARY:A Bridge Between You and Everything: Iranian Women Artists in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Working in the aftermath of the 1979 Revolution\, contemporary Iranian women artists are embracing themes of gender identity\, repression\, religion\, and memory. In this panel\, speakers will also discuss the complexities of cultural duality and the nuances of an evolving artistic discourse. Moderated by artist and curator Shirin Neshat\, with artists Shiva Ahmadi\, Afruz Amighi\, Ala Dehghan\, Roya Farassat\, Nazanin Noroozi\, Sepideh Salehi\, and Hadieh Shafie. \n  \nIn conjunction with the exhibition Modernisms: Iranian\, Turkish\, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection\, September 10–December 7\, 2019. \n\nAlso in conjunction with the exhibition A Bridge Between You and Everything\, November 7-24\, 2019\, High Line Nine Galleries\, 507 West 27th Street. Organized by the Center for Human Rights in Iran and curated by Shirin Neshat.
URL:https://www.coolnycevents.com/event/a-bridge-between-you-and-everything-iranian-women-artists-in-conversation/
LOCATION:NYU Hemmerdinger Hall\, Silver Center\, 32 Waverly Place\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Culture,Free Event,History
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