Bucket List brings to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you notice any events excluded from the list or have a correction, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Recommended

• Are you interested in learning about podcasting? The Columbia University Libraries’ created a podcasting club to teach students how to write scripts, record with professional equipment, edit sound and music, and narrate their own podcast. There will be meetings throughout October and November in Butler 305 from 5-8 pm. Click here for more information about the club.
• The flu is back and so is the flu fair. You can receive a free flu shot on campus with your Columbia ID. This week, Columbia will be offering flu shots in the Broadway Room in Lerner from 11:00-4:00 pm on Tuesday and in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Thursday from 11:00-2:00 pm. More information about the fair and accommodations for students with disabilities can be found here.
• The Butler Banner Project will be having its opening ceremony on Wednesday, October 2nd from 5:00-6:30 pm on Butler Lawns. In contrast to the names engraved in Butler Library, the banner will contain the names of eight female-identifying authors. Stop by to hear student readings and learn more about the project.

Monday, September 30th

• “Controlling the Black Box: Learning Manipulable and Fair Representations.” 11:40-12:40 pm. Department of Computer Science, 500 W. 120th St., Room 451. Richard Zemel, Professor of Computer Science and Industrial Research Chair in Machine Learning at the University of Toronto.
• “Book Talk. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Policy Since Independence.” 12:00 – 1:30 pm. International Affairs, Room 1219. Jasmin Hasić and Dženeta Karabegović.
• “Mapping and Modifying the Gut Microbiome in New Dimensions.” 12:00-1:00 pm. College of Physicians and Surgeons,
  W. Duane Todd Amphitheater, P&S 16-405. Harris Wang, PhD.

Tuesday, October 1st

• “To Join the EU or Not—Europe Must Decide: Drift and Unrest Dominates Western Balkans.” 6:00-8:00 pm. International Affairs, Room 1219. Moderated by Professor Tanya Domi (Columbia/SIPA).
• “Applied Mathematics Colloquium.” 2:45-3:45 pm. Mudd 214. Yue Yu, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Lehigh University.
• “Python User Group: Extracting Data from APIs.” 3:00-5:00 pm. Butler 523. Reserve your seat here.

Wednesday, October 2nd

• “Names You Should Know in Writing Studies.” 11:00-12:00 pm. GSAS Writing Studio Seminar Room, 321 Lehman Library.
• “Nonfiction Dialogues: Robert Boyers.” 7:30 pm. Dodge 501. Robert Boyers is the author of a new book entitled The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, The Academy & The Hunt for Political Heresies.
• “What We Mean When We Say Free Them All: Lessons from the Social Justice Initiative.”  6:30 pm. Barnard Hall James Room. La Vaughn Belle, Mariame Kaba, and CeCe McDonald.
• “Notes from the Field – Human Rights Internship Panel.” 12:30-1:30 pm. Interchurch Center 320C. Free pizza.

Thursday, October 3rd

• “Hellenic Studies Lecture: Egg tempera and Modern Greek art tempera-ment Byzantium and Neohellenic art.” 6:15-8:00 pm. 807 Schermerhorn Hall. Dr. Nikoleta Tzani.
• “The Curious Case of Coronado’s Shields: Towards an Iconology of Pueblo Visual Culture on the Eve of Spanish Colonialism.” Wine and cheese from 6:00-6:30 pm. Event begins at 6:30 pm. 832 Schermerhorn. Severin Morris Fowles.
• “Disinformation and Elections in East and Southeast Asia: Digital Futures and Fragile Democracies.” 4:00-5:30 pm. Pulitzer, World Room. Sahana Udupa, Cherian George and Camille Francois. Moderated by Sheila Coronel.
• “Cultural Heritage Practices & Critical Fashion Theory: How Does (High) Fashion Interpret Cultural Heritage?” Workshop at 3:30 pm and Exhibition at 6:30 pm. Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Ave. Q&A moderated by Barbara Carnevali.
• “Europe’s Green New Deal: Transitioning to a Low Carbon Economy for the 21st Century.” 1:00-3:30 pm. Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall. Hans Bruyninckx, the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency. Register for the event here.

Friday, October 4th

• “Narrative Practice: 5th Annual Urban Design Storytelling Symposium.” 1:00-3:00 pm. Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium.
• “International Students Workshop.” 12:30-2:00 pm. Lerner 8th floor – CPS Conference Room. Email Dr. Yaniv Phillip at py2120@columbia.edu or Dr. Priyam Talreja at pt2519@columbia.edu to reserve a spot.
• “Capitalism, Conflict, and Cooperation: A Celebration of the Work of Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis.” 1:30-5:30 pm. International Affairs 15th floor – Kellogg Center. Suresh Naidu & Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University; Michael Reich, UC Berkeley. Register for the event here.
• “Returning to Haifa.” 7:00 pm. The Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room Lenfest Center for the Arts.
• “Consent, Sex, and Sexual Ethics: A Muslim Perspective.” 6:30-8:30 pm. Earl Hall, Room 110. Khalid Latif and Amina Darwish. Register for the event here.

Butler without a banner via Public Domain