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Student Spotlight:

The Longest Goodbye Screening with CSI

  • Friday, November 15, 5 pm, Lerner Cinema.
  • Join Columbia Space Initiative (CSI) for their screening of the film The Longest Goodbye, which tells the story of astronaut Cady Coleman and depicts the mental hardships of being an astronaut in a long-term crewed space flight. After the film, Coleman will share her book Sharing Space, and The Longest Goodbye’s producer Valda Witt and director Ido Mizrahy will join Coleman to take student questions. 
  • Registration not required.

Mr. Philippines Cultural Pageant

  • Sunday, November 17, 3 to 7 pm, Roone Arlidge Auditorium.
  • Columbia’s student group Liga Filipina is hosting the 24th annual Mr. Philippines Pageant, a male cultural pageant and the organization’s largest event during the fall semester. Come watch contestants from over twenty Filipino organizations in the New York City and New Jersey area participate in this year’s competition, themed “kapwa”—a Filipino word that describes the deep connection between human beings that is created by something larger than blood or nationality.
  • Purchase tickets here.

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Recommended:

Election Debrief: Implications For Healthcare

  • Monday, November 11, 4:30 to 6 pm, Online.
  • Listen to experts in health policy and bioethics analyze the impacts of the presidential and congressional elections on healthcare in the US.
  • Register here.

Labor’s Repertoire of Contention in Contemporary Belarus

  • Tuesday, November 12, 4:15 to 5:45 pm, International Affairs Building, Room 1201.
  • Sponsored by the Harriman Institute, this event features a lecture by Olena Nikolayenko on the labor mobilization and civil resistance in Belarus after the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, during which thousands of Belarusian workers at major state enterprises protested against the fraudulent election and use of force against peaceful protestors. 
  • Register here.

Dining in Eggcellence: Friendsgiving Edition

  • Wednesday, November 13, 5 to 6:30 pm, Wang Pavilion.
  • Attend the second Dining in Eggcellence event of the semester and learn to make pumpkin gnocchi from scratch with Chef Mike himself!
  • Register here.

Carlo Ginzburg: The Eugene Sheffer Distinguished Speaker

  • Wednesday, November 13, 6:30 to 8 pm, Italian Academy. 
  • This year’s Eugene Sheffer Distinguished Speaker is Carlo Ginzburg, an influential historian and a Senior Fellow of Columbia’s Italian Academy since its inception. Ginzburg will speak on his life’s work and his impacts in the field of history, including his work in microhistory and the history of mentalities. 
  • Register here.

The Campaigns and the Coverage: Unpacking Politics, Media, and the Next Administration

  • Thursday, November 14, 5:30 to 7 pm, Low Library Rotunda.
  • Cosponsored by SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics and Columbia Journalism School, this event features a discussion between experts in political science, public affairs, and journalism on how the politics of this election cycle were framed, reported on, and examined in media coverage. Light refreshments will be served.
  • Register here.

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