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Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below, and the full list is after the jump. If you notice any events that have been left off the list, or a correction, please leave them in the comments.

Recommended

• “Feminist to the Core Goes to the Opera: Sexual Violence Onstage: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni” Monday, 4:10-6:00 PM, 203 Butler. Ellie Hisama, Bonnie Gordon, Elaine Sisman, Micaela Baranello.
• “Media Lessons from the Madoff Scandal” Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 PM, Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall. Diana Henriques (email JSchoolRSVP@columbia.edu to RSVP).
• “Turmoil, Transition and Opportunity: the United Nations in a Changing World with Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General” Wednesday, 2:00-3:00 PM, Teatro, Italian Academy. Ban Ki-moon (RSVP).
• “Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton’s Senior Policy Advisor” Thursday, 6:00-7:00 PM, Teatro, Italian Academy. Jake Sullivan, Merit E. Janow (RSVP).

Monday, October 24th

• “Psychology Monday Seminar” 12:00-1:30 PM, 200B Schermerhorn. Emilie Bruneau.
• “China’s Role in Global Energy Finance” 12:00-1:30 PM, 555 Lerner. Kevin Gallagher, Bo Kong (RSVP).
• “Feminist to the Core Goes to the Opera: Sexual Violence Onstage: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni” 4:10-6:00 PM, 203 Butler. Ellie Hisama, Bonnie Gordon, Elaine Sisman, Micaela Baranello.
• “The Relationship Between the United Nations and the World Bank” 6:00-8:00 PM, 1501 IAB. Björn Gillsäter, Dr. David Nabarro, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco (RSVP).

Tuesday, October 25th

• “Cuba is Changing!: A Brief History of Misperception” 1:00-2:00 PM, 802 IAB. Vincent Bloch.
• “Abraham Path/Masar Ibrahim: Economic Development Across Fragile Communities in the Middle East” 1:00-2:00 PM, 402B IAB. Anisa Mehdi, Ivan Schouker (RSVP).
• “Media Lessons from the Madoff Scandal” 6:00-8:00 PM, Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall. Diana Henriques (email JSchoolRSVP@columbia.edu to RSVP).
• “The Rise and Implications of the 1099 Economy” 6:00-8:00 PM, 1501 IAB. Susan Houseman, Alan Krueger, Robert Solow, Eric Verhoogen, David Weil (RSVP).

Wednesday, October 26th

• “Walking on Thin Ice: Turkish-Russian Relations in a Turbulent Region” 12:00-1:30 PM, 1219 IAB. Şuhnaz Yılmaz.
• “Teachers’ Lounge: Academic Ethics across Cultures” 12:00-1:00 PM, 212 Butler. Chia-Ying Sophia Pan.
• “Turmoil, Transition and Opportunity: the United Nations in a Changing World with Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General” Wednesday, 2:00-3:00 PM, Teatro, Italian Academy. Ban Ki-moon (RSVP).
• “The U.S. Elections through Foreign Eyes” 6:00-7:30 PM, 1512 IAB. Dame Babou, Matthew Bishop, Maria Cristina Ramirez, Weifeng Ni.
• “Gender & Migration in France & the U.S.” 6:00 PM, Sulzberger Parlour, Barnard Hall. Nancy L. Green.

Thursday, October 27th

• “7 into 15 at Columbia University” 12:00-1:00 PM, Milbank Chapel (120th St.). (RSVP)
• “Rule of Law or Lawlessness in Putin’s Russia: How Does a US Lawyer Fit In?” 12:00-1:00 PM, 536 Jerome Greene Hall. Glenn S. Kolleeny.
• “The Dynamics of Guanxi in China’s Transitional Economy” 4:00-5:00 PM, 918 IAB. Yanjie Bian.
• “Common Threads: A New Era for Constitutional Jurisprudence” 5:00-7:00 PM, 103 Jerome Greene Hall. Suzanne Goldberg, Melissa Murray, Kate Shaw.
• “Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton’s Senior Policy Advisor” Thursday, 6:00-7:00 PM, Teatro, Italian Academy. Jake Sullivan, Merit E. Janow (RSVP).
• “Manufacturing Doubt: The Industry Playbook for Undermining Science and Thwarting Regulation” 4:00-5:30 PM, Alumni Auditorium, Black Building 650 W. 168th Street. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RSVP).

Friday, October 28th

• “National Ignition Facility (NIF) Discovery Science Program” 2:00-3:00 PM, 214 Mudd Hall. Bruce Remington.
• “Afghanistan, Russia, and the U.S.: Then and Now” 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM, 102B Jerome Greene Hall. Kimberly Marten, Benjamin B. Fischer, Austin Long.