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.

New Frontiers in Accountability and Climate Justice

  • Monday, April 8 from 12:10 to 1:10 pm
  • In-person at Jerome Greene Hall, Room 105. Registration required. 
  • “Please join the Human Rights Clinic for a lunch event titled “New Frontiers in Accountability and Climate Justice” where clinic students will share innovative strategies to promote accountability for civilian harm, counter religious discrimination, and protect the environment.” More information. 

Watch the Solar Eclipse With the Astronomy Department

  • Monday, April 8 from 1:30 to 4:30 pm
  • In-person on Butler South Lawn
  • “Members of the Columbia Astronomy Department will be outside between Butler and Low libraries distributing eclipse glasses and observing the partial eclipse alongside their fellow Columbians.” More information. 

A Discussion: The Influence of Fossil Fuel Companies on Academia

  • Tuesday, April 9 from 8 to 9 pm
  • In-person at Mathematics Hall (Room 203). Registration encouraged. 
  • “How have fossil fuel corporations influenced academia? What should the role of fossil fuel companies be in academia? Is receiving fossil fuel funding permissible or at odds with institutional values? Join us to discuss these questions in a panel discussion with Karenna Gore, Anna Papp, and Jenik Radon.” More information. 

What FLACO Taught Us: Thoughts On Urban Wildlife & Human Connection

  • Tuesday, April 9 from 6 to 8 pm
  • In-person in Butler Library. Registration required. 
  • “Ecologist Carl Safina, the author of nine bestselling books about the natural world, will speak about the wider meaning of the Eurasian eagle owl Flaco’s life in New York. This open session of Professor Dreifus’s regular class Writing about Global Science for the International Media is presented by the master’s of Sustainability Management program of the Columbia University School of Professional Studies. The event will include a Q&A session, book signing, and refreshments.” More information. 

Roslyn Silver ‘27 Science Lecture: Transforming Education for Sustainability

  • Wednesday, April 10 from 6:30 to 8 pm
  • In-person at Barnard Hall (4th floor, James Room). Registration. 
  • “Hilary S. Callahan (Barnard College), Elizabeth M. Cook (Barnard College), María S. Rivera Maulucci (Barnard College), and Stephanie Pfirman (Arizona State University), contributors and co-editors of Transforming Education for Sustainability: Discourses on Justice, Inclusion, and Authenticity (Springer, 2023), will deliver the 2024 Roslyn Silver ’27 Science lecture on their new book. This book investigates how educators and researchers in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts, connect concepts of sustainability to work in their fields of study and in the classrooms where they teach the next generation.” More information. 

Minding what Matters: Philosophy in Neuroscience

  • Thursday, April 11 from 4 to 5:30 pm
  • In-person at Jerome L Green Science Center, 9th floor. Registration required. 
  • “The fluid boundaries between philosophy and the sciences during the 19th and early 20th centuries enabled pioneers like Hermann von Helmholtz and Santiago Ramón y Cajal to draw inspiration from philosophical inquiries as they embarked on their explorations of the nervous system. […] Join for a conversation that will challenge the divisions between philosophy and neuroscience and address the perennial question at the heart of it all: What is the relationship between the mind and brain?” More information. 

Public Astronomy Night: “From Wobbles to Worlds” with Daniel Yahalomi

  • Friday, April 12, from 7 from 8 pm (talk) and 8:10 – 9:10 pm (stargazing)
  • In-person at Pupin Hall 301 (talk) and College Walk (lecture). Registration required. 
  • “Columbia Astronomy PhD candidate Daniel Yahalomi will give a talk titled ‘From Wobbles to Worlds: Developing a Framework for Detecting the Unseen.’ Outdoor observing/stargazing will take place on College Walk, the portion of 116th street crossing through Columbia’s main campus; we will walk down to College Walk as a group following the lecture and Q&A. Telescopes and binoculars will be provided by Columbia Astronomy (but you are absolutely welcome to bring your own observing equipment).” More information.

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