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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

  • “Roads to dark matter” Monday, 2:10 PM, 8th Floor, Pupin Hall Theory Center. Vera Gluscevic.
  • “The Galindez Case: The Kidnapping of A Columbia University Professor and Trujillo” Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 PM, 802 IAB. Stuart A. McKeever, Bernardo Vega de Boyrie, Dr. Ramona Hernández (RSVP by sending email to ilasRSVP@gmail.com).
  • “Hacking the Election? Why We won’t be able to Verify the Outcome of the 2016 Election” Wednesday, 5:00-6:00 PM, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Hall (CEPSR). Barbara Simons.
  • “Black Hole Blues & Other Songs from Outer Space” Thursday, 6:30 PM, James Room, Barnard Hall. Janna Levin.

Monday, October 17th

  • “Roads to dark matter” 2:10 PM, 8th Floor, Pupin Hall Theory Center. Vera Gluscevic.
  • “Religion and the Vote: The Role of Faith in Modern American Elections” 4:10-6:00 PM, 1501 IAB. Anthea Butler, Robert P. Jones, Sarah Posner. 
  • “Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016” 4:30 PM, 504 Diana Center. Ignacio G. Galán, Kadambari Baxi, Leah Meisterlin.
  • “Cabot Winners Panel” 7:00-9:00 PM, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall.

Tuesday, October 18th

  • “The Day Memory Dissolved: an artistic perspective on endangered archaeological sites in the Middle East” 6:00 PM, Italian Academy. Massimiliano Gatti (RSVP).
  • “The Galindez Case: The Kidnapping of A Columbia University Professor and Trujillo” 6:00-8:00 PM, 802 IAB. Stuart A. McKeever, Bernardo Vega de Boyrie, Dr. Ramona Hernández (RSVP by sending email to ilasRSVP@gmail.com).

Wednesday, October 19th

  • “Hacking the Election? Why We won’t be able to Verify the Outcome of the 2016 Election” 5:00-6:00 PM, Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Hall (CEPSR). Barbara Simons.
  • “Justice Forum | Unlocking Potential: Education is the Key” 5:00-8:30 PM, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall. Carl Hart, Geraldine Downey, Mysonne Linen (RSVP).
  • “What is a Draft? The Case of the King James Bible from its Earliest Known Draft Onward” 6:00-8:30 PM, 523 Butler Library. Jeffrey Miller (RSVP).
  • “The Historian as Healer” 6:00-8:00 PM, Faculty House. Henry Rousso.

Thursday, October 20th

  • “Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon” 6:00-8:30 PM, 203 Butler Library. Larry Tye, Jack Rosenthal (RSVP).
  • “Black Hole Blues & Other Songs from Outer Space” 6:30 PM, James Room, Barnard Hall. Janna Levin.
  • “Enemy Women and the Laws of War in the American Civil War” 4:20-5:20 PM, 908 Jerome Greene Hall. Stephanie McCurry (For dinner availability email jeremy.k.kessler@gmail.com).

Friday, October 21st

  • “Central Asia: Leaderships in Transition” 12:00-1:30 PM, 1219 IAB. Peter Leonard.
  • “DJ Patil, PhD, Chief Data Scientist, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy” 1:00-2:00 PM, Wu Auditorium, Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center (104 Haven Avenue at 171st Street). DJ Patil.
  • “Surviving the Misinformation Age” 8:00-10:00 PM, 301 Pupin Hall. David Helfand.