As midterms season continues, skip studying in the library and attend campus events about Antigone in prison art education, the 14th Amendment’s role in a legal case, and Barnard’s Accessibility Week.
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Student Spotlight:
Break into Spring with the Athena Center for Leadership
- Wednesday, March 6, 12 to 2 pm, Milstein Center, Athena Center (4th Floor).
- The Athena Student Advisory Board invites students to escape the stress of midterms and enjoy springtime activities. Stop by at any time to see a movie screening of Tangled, eat treats, paint with watercolors, and craft floral bouquets.
- No registration required.
- Wednesday, March 6, 5 pm, Uris Hall, Room 331.
- Columbia Alpha Partners is hosting an information session with Goldman Sachs for first- and second-year students interested in finance. Representatives from Goldman Sachs will speak more about the firm and its recruiting process for summer 2025 internships.
- Register here.
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Recommended:
Trump v. Anderson: Does the 14th Amendment Bar Trump from Office?
- Monday, March 4, 12:10 to 1:10 pm, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 105.
- Co-hosted by the Center for Constitutional Governance and the Constitutional Democracy Initiative, this event entails a conversation on the Trump v. Anderson case. Stuart McPhail, Senior Litigation Counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, will shed light on how Section Three of the 14th Amendment informs courts’ decisions on disqualifying Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential primary ballot. Lunch will be provided.
- Register here.
Lunchtime Book Talk with Julie Suk
- Monday, March 4, 12:10 to 1:10 pm, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104.
- The ERA Project invites you to listen to a book talk between Fordham Law Professor Julie Suk and Columbia Law Professor Claire Huntington on Suk’s latest book, After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It. Suk’s book delves into systemic misogyny in the law and suggests the constitutional change needed to overcome it.
- Register here or watch the event later on their Youtube Channel @GenderSexualityLaw.
- Tuesday, March 5, 5:30 to 7 pm, Diana Center, LL104.
- As part of Barnard College’s Accessibility Week, the Diversity Council, Office of DEI, CEP, and CARDS are hosting a diversity research salon to showcase student research or theses related to disability studies or lived experiences with disability/chronic illness. The event features opening remarks and facilitation by Professor Mara Green, and refreshments will be available.
- Register here.
Justice Forum: Antigone Bound in a Mexico City Women’s Prison
- Wednesday, March 6, 6:15 to 8 pm, Casa Hispanica, Room 201 or on Zoom.
- Rutgers University Professor Andrew Parker will discuss arts education in Mexican and US prisons as informed by a video created by imprisoned women in Mexico that was based on Sophocles’ Antigone. The women’s video, which protests their imprisonment, inspires Parker’s talk on arts education, confinement, and incarceration.
- Register here to attend in person or here to attend on Zoom.
Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen featuring Len Elmore
- Thursday, March 7, 6 to 8 pm, Italian Academy Teatro.
- Join the live audience recording of Emmy-Award-winning writer Randy Cohen’s public radio podcast, Person Place Thing, where guests discuss one person, one place, and one thing of particular value to them. Cohen’s guest will be former NBA professional basketball player, Harvard Law graduate, and Columbia SPS Senior Lecturer Len Elmore, who will talk about how his basketball skills were of use in the court of law.
- Register here or listen to the podcast later on Cohen’s website.
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