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Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Civic Engagement in STEM Fields Panel

  • Tuesday, March 24, 8 to 9 pm, Hamilton 503 
  • Join Columbia Votes and the Columbia Science Review for a panel featuring students and guest speakers discussing the importance of civic engagement in STEM fields and how voting can protect scientific advancements. 
  • No registration required.

Gen Z Political Media 

  • Thursday, March 26, 7pm, Havenmeyer 209
  • Join the Columbia Political Union for a discussion on Gen Z politics with Harry Sisson and Ben Langlois.
  • No registration required.

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Sleep 101 | Virtual Well-Being Workshop

  • Tuesday, March 24, 12 to 1 pm, Online 
  • This workshop will focus on the benefits of sleep and how to achieve a good night’s rest. Speakers will also discuss barriers that prevent individuals from getting sufficient rest. 
  • Register here.

The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

  • Wednesday, March 25, 11:45 to 1 pm, Uris Hall, Room 107 (Calder Lounge)
  • This discussion will feature Professor Avi Goldfarb, co-author of the bestselling books Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction. Artificial intelligence will undoubtedly impact our lives, but the key question is how we can redesign our systems to adapt to this technology. The conversation will focus on AI’s effects on jobs, inequality, and market power.. 
  • Register here.

America at 250 – A Global Perspective

  • Wednesday, March 25, 6 to 8 pm, Buell Hall
  • This panel will examine and reflect on the United States’ internal tensions surrounding migration, social justice, and the nation’s cultural composition. What role will the United States play in reshaping the global order? Will its institutions remain strong or weaken? The panel will feature Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University; Frédérick Gagnon, Director of the Observatory on the United States and Raoul Dandurand Chair at the University of Québec in Montreal; Anne-Cécile Robert, Deputy Director of Le Monde diplomatique and Professor at Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University and at IRIS; Romuald Sciora, Senior Research Fellow at IRIS and Director of the Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States; and Robert Shapiro, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University
  • No registration required. 

Material Histories of Italian Colonialism

  • Thursday, March 26, 10 to 6 pm, Italian Academy
  • This event will be the second international conference on the histories of Italian colonialism. It will feature researchers from the Decolonizing Italian Visual and Material Culture project in the Weddigen Department of the Bibliotheca Hertziana. The conference aims to examine the production and circulation of colonial objects and their role in shaping colonial imagery, visual culture, and imperial ideologies. 
  • Register here.   

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