When you’re a humanities major and you’re chilling for the whole year but then suddenly you have 4 classes and 8 finals

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 if you have a correction, please let us know in the comments.

Recommended

• “Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media.” Tuesday, December 11, 6:30 PM. Lenfest Center, the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room.
• “Insight for a Changing Planet: Finding Opportunities To Impact Climate Change.” Friday, December 14, 4:00-8:00 PM. Butler Library, Room 208B.

Student Event Spotlight

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• Columbia’s original student-written theatre troupe NOMADS is hosting a panel at 6 PM Monday on how to submit your work for both Mainstage productions and Wordplay (a directed reading of student work).

Monday, December 10

• “Meet the Media: Report For America Fellowship.” 9:00-10:00 AM. Pulitzer Hall, Room 601B. Charles M. Sennott.
• “Sketching Algorithms.” 11:40-12:40 PM. Dept. of Computer Science, 500 W. 120th St., Room 451. Prof. Jelani Nelson.
• “Weak Gravity Conjecture from Unitarity and Causality.” 2:10 PM, Pupin Hall Theory Center, 8th Floor. Toshifumi Noumi.

Tuesday, December 11

• “Molecular Engineering of Real-Time Water Sensors Based on 2D Nanomaterials to Enable Intelligent Water Systems.” 2:30-3:30 PM. Mathematics Hall, Room 520. Dr. Junhong Chen.
• “University Seminar on American Studies: Guest Speaker Thuy Tu.” 7:00 PM. Faculty House. Thuy Tu.

Wednesday, December 12

• “The Purpose of Pilot Studies in Modern Research – Revisited.” 12:00-1:00 PM. Vagelos Education Center, Room 401. Dr. Martina Pavlicova.

Thursday, December 13

• “Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience University Seminar: Peter Rudebeck (Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai).” 4:00-5:20 PM. Faculty House. Peter Rudebeck.

Friday, December 14

• “The Chemistry of M-H Bonds and Their Applications to Synthesis.” 4:00 PM. Havemeyer Hall, Room 209. Prof. Jack Norton

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