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.

How We Cover The Biggest Story On Earth: Climate Change

  • Monday, October 30, 6 to 8 pm
  • In-person at Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall 3rd Floor. Registration required. 
  • “New York Times climate and environment reporter Raymond Zhong talks about his work and journalism with prize-winning science writer Claudia Dreifus of the Sustainability Management Program at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. Zhong was a part of the New York Times team that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in public service for coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.” More information here. 

Bridging the Divide: A Multi-Scale Approach to Galaxy Formation

  • Wednesday, November 1, 4:05 to 5:05 pm
  • In-person at 1402 Pupin
  • “Galaxies lie at the nexus of modern astrophysical pursuits. They are an essential cosmological probe, and set the environment in which stars form and compact objects merge. As such, galaxies are crucial to all of astrophysics, and yet our grasp of how they evolve is incomplete. The key lies in understanding the complicated balance between inflows and outflows that shape galaxies and regulate the amount of fuel available for star formation and black hole growth.” More information here. 

From Mind to Motion: How the Brain Directs Behaviors

  • Wednesday, November 1, 6:30 to 7:45 pm
  • Online over Zoom. Registration required.
  • “Though it might feel automatic to suddenly reach and grab for a falling cup, a lot has to line up for this action to take place–even if you don’t manage to catch the cup in time. What does it take to choreograph the cells across the brain in just the right way to do what we need to do? In this event, three experts studying the neuroscience of movement will discuss how neurons work together to generate a wealth of behaviors, from a simple reflex to complex learned skills.” Featuring Drs. Gwyneth Card, Mark Churchland, and Sumaira Zamurrad. More information here.

‘They Have Black in Their Blood’: Exploring How Genetic Ancestry Tests Affect Racial Appraisals and Classification

  • Thursday, November 2, 2 to 4 pm
  • In-person at 509 Knox Hall
  • A workshop with the Center for Wealth and Inequality (CWI), featuring Assistant Professor of Sociology Sam Trejo and supported by the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP). More information here. 

Uncovering the Origins of Close-Orbiting Giant Planets through Stellar Obliquity

  • Thursday, November 2, 2023, 4:35 to 5:05 pm
  • In-person at Pupin 1402
  • “Ever since the first discovery of a hot Jupiter, 51 Pegasi b, in 1995, the origin of close-orbiting giant planets has been a compelling topic of research. In this presentation, I will discuss recent advances in understanding their origins through the analysis of stellar obliquities, which is the angle between a planet’s orbital axis and its host star’s spin axis.” More information here. 

Ocean and Climate Physics Seminar: Dr. Julian Le Sommer

  • Friday, November 3, 11 to 12 pm
  • Hybrid event at Monell Building, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Email Isabelle Bunge at ieb2123@columbia.edu for a Zoom link. 
  • “On Friday, November 3rd, we will have an OCP Seminar given by Dr. Julien Le Sommer, a CNRS senior research scientist in the field of Computational Oceanography.” More information here. 

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium with Dr. Ryan Venturelli

  • Friday, November 3, 3:30 to 4:30 pm
  • In-person at Monell Building, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  • “The Earth Science Colloquium Series presents: Dr. Ryan Venturelli, Assistant Professor, Geology and Geological Engineer, Colorado School of Mines.” More information here.

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