Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured. Also, get your flu shot if you haven’t!!

November COVID-19 Research Webinar

  • Monday, November 15, 2021, 12 to 1:30 pm
  • Online event, link here
  • “Meet the scientists seeking new insights on COVID-19. Every month, we bring together a group of researchers studying wide-ranging aspects of the current pandemic, to share their research and answer questions from our community. Learn more about their ongoing efforts in the fight against COVID-19, including opportunities for collaboration.”

Diversity in Computing: Dr. Jiahao Chen (Parity AI) on Going From Academia to an Anti-Racist AI Startup

  • Monday, November 15, 2021, 6 to 7 pm
  • Online event, link here
  • “Dr. Chen discusses how his thinking on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is informed by his work on fairness and ethics in algorithmic decision-making, which has evolved throughout his nontraditional career path. He’s gone from academia and research software engineering, to industrial positions in large companies and startups. He’ll share some challenges he has encountered in taking ideas from research to concrete practical code and policy, like ethical harms assessments, privacy risks like deidentification, and difficulties faced in measuring outcomes and errors. These factors come together to complicate practices that measure inclusivity and mitigate bias. This motivates Parity AI’s work, which is to build anti-racist, responsible AI solutions for enterprises, particularly in highly regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and hiring.”

Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America

  • Monday, November 15, 2021, 6 to 7 pm
  • Online event, link here
  • “According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, one-third of young adults in the U.S. believe that climate change is not human-made, and no wonder: That’s what they are taught in school. What are the repercussions of the misinformation? Who has tried to influence what children learn? How successful have they been? This virtual conversation will explore the climate denialism that’s being taught in the classrooms of millions of school kids. The featured speakers will discuss the unique value of nonprofit, nonpartisan journalism, and the power of the partnership between three acclaimed investigative institutions coming together for the first time to publish MISEDUCATION: How Climate Change Is Taught in America, by Katie Worth.”

Digital Redlining: A Panel Discussion

  • Friday, November 19, 2021, 2:30 to 3:30 pm
  • Online event, link here
  • “The Undesign the Redline exhibit at Barnard College explores the history of structural racism and inequality and how these designs compounded each other from the 1938 Redlining maps until today. This Digital Redlining panel convenes community organizers and experts on the effect that technology has had on exacerbating these century-old redlining tools via broadband accessibility, biases in mortgage lending, and more. Panelists include Emmanuel Martinez, Investigative Data Journalist at The Markup, Chris Gilliard, Visiting Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center and a Detroit-based writer, professor and speaker on digital privacy, and Greta Byrum, program director for the Social Science Research Council’s Just Tech program. The panel will be moderated by CSC Associate Director Saima Akhtar.”

Environment, Climate+Cultural Heritage: Native American Perspectives

  • Friday, November 19, 2021, 5 to 9 pm
  • In-person, Casa Italiana, 1161 Amsterdam Ave, link here
  • “This online symposium gathers distinguished leaders in law and practice who advance the protection and survival of the cultural heritage of Indigenous communities.”

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