Happy February! This week’s events include indoor roller skating in Roone, a business conference by the Columbia Women’s Business Society, and a World Leader’s Forum event on Nordic-Baltic Voices on Critical Geopolitical Issues.

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Student Spotlight:

Symposium Poetry Night

  • Monday, February 5, 7 to 8 pm, 510B Lerner Hall.
  • Symposium will disassemble texts and recreate their own collage pieces as well as discuss this semester’s events. Symposium’s E-Board requests that attendees bring their own scissors, as well as any magazines they wish to use.
  • Register here.

ASA Screening of “The Matumbilas”

  • Monday, February 5, 9 pm, Lerner Cinema.
  • The African Students Association will host a screening of the KweliTV series “The Matumbilas,” which will be followed by a panel discussion with members of the show’s creative and acting teams.

Columbia Women’s Business Leadership Conference

  • Sunday, February 11, Alfred Lerner Hall.
  • Columbia Women’s Business Leadership will host its twentieth annual conference, encouraging students to reimagine their career, make connections with speakers and other attendees, and be inspired by keynote speakers in business. The event will include exclusive networking opportunities and career panels as well as speeches from executives across several business fields.
  • Purchase a ticket here.

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Nordic-Baltic Voices on Critical Geopolitical Issues

  • Monday, February 5, 12 to 1:30 pm, Low Library Rotunda.
  • In a World Leader’s Forum panel discussion moderated by Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs Jenik Radon, the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committees will speak on important issues confronting the world and potential peaceful resolutions. The event will include a welcome from Columbia President Minouche Shafik as well as a moderated question and answer session with Columbia students.
  • Registration required.

The Sisterhood: How Black Women Writers Changed American Culture

  • Tuesday, February 6, 6 to 8:30 pm, Buell Hall, East Gallery.
  • The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race presents a conversation with author Courtney Thorsson (GSAS ‘09), as well as members of the Sisterhood Margo Jefferson and Patricia Spears Jones. This event is moderated by Farah Jasmine Griffin and co-sponsored by the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Department of English and Comparative Literature, School of the Arts, Barnard Department of Africana Studies, and Barnard Center for Research on Women.
  • Register here.

Smallpox Inoculation in the Era of Atlantic Slavery

  • Wednesday, February 7, 6 to 7:30 pm, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Room 801.
  • Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History at Princeton University Elise Mitchell will speak about the effect of the transatlantic slave trade and Atlantic World slavery on inoculation as a cultural phenomenon in the eighteenth century. This event is part of the New York History of Science Lecture Series and is co-sponsored by Columbia University.
  • Registration required. 

Roone Roll & Glow Indoor Roller Skating

  • Thursday, February 8, 5 to 7 pm, Roone Arledge Auditorium.
  • Join Undergraduate Student life as Roone is transformed into a glowing roller rink, complete with lights and music. Roller skates will be provided.
  • Registration not required.

Kidnapped Childhood: Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Children

  • Thursday, February 8, 6 to 8 pm, Pulitzer Hall, World Room.
  • Harriman Institute Director Valentina Izmirlieva will speak with Save Ukraine founder Mykola Kuleba, filmmaker Tetiana Khodakivska, artist Alevtina Kakhidze, and scholar Volodymyr Venherfounder to discuss Russia’s war crimes against Ukrainian children.
  • Registration required.

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