Happy (belated) Earth Day! The official day is over, but you can still celebrate with this week’s environment- and social justice-themed events for the last week of classes.

Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Student Event Spotlight

  • Tonight, on Sunday, April 23, at 8:15 pm, CU Active Minds will host a Pot Planting and Decorating event in Broadway Residence Hall on the first floor lounge (Room 120). Come join to de-stress before finals and celebrate Earth Day by planting some seeds and painting some pots for your dorm! Please email or DM Active Minds on Instagram beforehand if you are a Barnard student so they can sign you in.
  • On Monday, April 24, at 9 pm in the Malcolm X Lounge, the African Students Association will be hosting an Earth Day-themed interactive meeting and discussion, “Art and Activism in Africa: Art for Environmental Justice on the Continent.” The meeting will highlight a few artists from across the continent who use film, music, fashion and more to spread awareness about Africa’s unique climate and environmental justice issues.
  • On Tuesday, April 25, at 6:30 pm in the Malcolm X Lounge, the African Students Association will host their April Book of the Month Club with a live reading and discussion of some of the poems in Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head by Somali poet Warsan Shire. Snacks will be provided!
  • On Wednesday, April 26, from 4:30 to 7:30 pm in Lerner, PPGen will be hosting a menstrual product drive! With the donations received, bags with the products mentioned below will be assembled and donated to students at the Bloomingdale School. These students include newly arrived asylum seekers and families in transitional housing. PPGen will accept pads of any size, small Tylenol or Advil packets, flushable wipes, and hand sanitizer. Please see their Instagram @cu_plannedparenthood for the complete list.

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Recommended

  • On Monday, April 24, from 5 to 6:40 pm, join Barnard Archives and the Barnard Zine Library for a Disability and Self-Care Zine Making workshop in the Milstein Zine Library! Decompress before finals and learn how to create a zine! Sabrina Sims, a chronically ill, Disabled, zine maker, and multimedia artist will teach you how to create your very own zine. The theme for this zine-making event is all about self-care, access needs, and community care. Use this zine making workshop as a place to explore your care needs. You do not have to have thought about this before, but it can be a place to experiment with intersections of creativity, art, access, and your care needs with others. Please register to attend.
  • On Tuesday, April 25, and Wednesday, April 26, Columbia Journalism School and the Columbia Journalism Review will host the two-day conference “FaultLines: Democracy: A Conversation on Building a Democratic Press.” This critical two-day conversation will focus on the role of a free press in a thriving democracy and its responsibility when a democracy is under assault. This signature event from the Columbia Journalism School will feature historians, journalists, policy makers and others to assess the state of the press in America and provide a roadmap for what happens next. A detailed agenda and a list of confirmed speakers will be announced soon. The conference will take place in Pultizer Hall’s Jamail Lecture Hall. Please register online to attend.
  • On Wednesday, April 26, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, students can join SPS’s Office of Student Life for a conversation with Juju Chang, Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News Nightline. One of the most prominent Asian Americans in broadcast news, Chang has reported on everything from anti-Asian hate crimes to violence against the LGBTQIA+ community, and the inequities of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation will take place at the Forum at 601 W 125th St. Please register online.
  • Also on Wednesday, April 26, from 6 to 7:15 pm, will be the 24th David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum, with the Honorable Eric Adams, 110th Mayor of the City of New York, as featured speaker. Mayor Adams will share his vision for our ‘gorgeous mosaic,’ the description of our city famously and lovingly coined by David N. Dinkins. Following his remarks, Mayor Adams will participate in a roundtable discussion with Professor Michael Nutter, the former Philadelphia mayor, and Professor Ester Fuchs, both of SIPA. Capacity for the in-person event has been reached, but registration for the livestream is still available!
  • Also on Wednesday, April 26, at 6:30 pm, Professor and CC Dean Josef Sorett will discuss his recently released work, Black is a Church: Christianity and the Contours of African American Life. Sorett’s scholarship explores the vital and complex role that religion has played in shaping Black communities and movements with insights and research that straddles the disciplines of history, literature, religion, art, and music. The event will take place at the Schomburg Center at 515 Malcolm X. Blvd. Please register online to attend.
  • On Friday, April 28, the Climate School will host its annual Student Research Showcase in partnership with Columbia’s Office of Sustainability. This event gives Columbia undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students the opportunity to present posters to share their experience on projects pertaining to sustainability, climate, and the environment. This year’s student work covers a range of topics including regenerative ecotourism, community engagement for negative emissions technology, climate education in NYC public schools, the connection between gender and climate finance, and many other interesting topics. The showcase will take place from 1 to 3 pm in Lerner Hall. RSVP on the event page.
  • Also on Friday, April 28, from 12 to 2 pm, will be the Zoom webinar Exploring the Frontiers of Generative Intelligence With OpenAI. As part of CUIT’s Emerging Technology Generative AI series, this event will feature AI researchers from OpenAI as well as Columbia University’s esteemed faculty, researchers, and administration. Together, they will delve into the latest breakthroughs in generative AI models, exploring their practical uses and profound influence on education, learning, and the broader societal landscape. Please register online to receive a Zoom link.
  • Also on Friday, April 28, from 1 to 2 pm, Undergraduate Global Engagement’s Global Learning Ambassadors (GLAs) and UGE Adviser, Laura Schiff will host a Study Abroad Picnic at the Butler Lawn Sundial where students can enjoy pizza and drinks! Get the opportunity to meet other peers preparing to go abroad during the Summer, Fall, or Academic Year and connect with GLAs, who previously studied abroad! All students are welcome to attend.

Lovely April campus via Ava Slocum