0 CommentsIt’s that time of year when College Walk is filled with fancy black cars and world leaders. Sign up to attend a World Leaders Forum event asap to see the inside of Low Library (and listen to world leaders)!
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Student Spotlight:
From the Polls to Public Office: Your Vote in 2024
- Monday, September 23, 6 to 8 pm, Barnard Hall, Held Auditorium.
- Hosted by CUVotes and Barnard’s Office of Community Engagement & Inclusion, this event features a discussion with a campaign officer, NYC City Council candidate, deputy director of the ERA campaign at NYCLU, and Barnard Political Science Professor Michael Miller on the 2024 elections.
- No registration required.
The One Train Movie & TV Pitching Workshop
- Tuesday, September 24, 7 pm, Milstein 402.
- Learn how to pitch your film ideas to clubs, meetings, and executives with the help of The 1 Train is Delayed, an all-women and non-binary-run short film production group at Barnard!
- No registration required.
- Friday, September 27, 6:30 to 9 pm, Lerner Hall, Wang Pavilion.
- Join Undergraduate Student Life and CU Records for a night of student performances and bubble tea! Students can watch their peers or sign up to perform themselves, plus everyone will be entered into a raffle to win prizes.
- No registration required to attend. Sign up here to perform.
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WLF – General Secretary, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam H.E. Dr. Tô Lâm
- Monday, September 23, 11 am to 12 pm, Low Library or online.
- This event will feature a moderated question and answer session with H.E. Dr. Tô Lâm, the General Secretary and President of Viet Nam. Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Lien-Hang T. Nguyen will moderate the session.
- Watch the live stream here.
Representing Violence and Connection in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- Tuesday, September 24, 12 to 2 pm, Barnard Hall, Sulzberger Parlor (3rd Floor).
- Sophie Maríñez will share her new book Spirals in the Caribbean: Representing Violence and Connection in Haiti and the Dominican Republic at this book talk event.
- For more information, email Professor Maja Horn at mhorn@barnard.edu. Attend on Zoom here.
From War To Peace To Sustainable Development: A Lesson For The World
- Wednesday, September 25, 10 to 11 am, International Affairs Building, Room 1512 or on Zoom.
- Co-hosted by the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, the Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, this event features a discussion with Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, on the importance of peace for keeping the Timorese people safe and for the development of the country.
- Register here to attend in-person or here to attend on Zoom.
WLF – President Gabriel Boric Font of the Republic of Chile
- Wednesday, September 25, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, Low Library.
- Gabriel Boric Font, the President of the Republic of Chile, will speak with Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies Maria Victoria Murillo about the threats to democracy in Latin America. He will also discuss the need to create policies that increase citizen welfare in order to foster democracy in Latin America.
- Register here.
WLF – Secretary-General Wamkele Mene of AfCFTA
- Thursday, September 26, 6 to 7 pm, Low Library.
- Sponsored by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), this World Leaders Forum event will feature a discussion with H.E. Wamkele Mene, the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the role and impact of the AfCFTA in Africa’s economic transformation.
- Register here.
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