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We’re back with Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly curated list of interesting STEM-related talks, symposiums, and events happening on campus. For science and non-science majors alike, our list will bring you events that will satisfy your scientific curiosity for everything from astronomy to zoology, and everything in between.

For anyone, related-majors and non-majors alike:

  • “Just Genomes?” A seminar on race and genomic research by Dr. Jenny Reardon, UC Santa Cruz
    • Monday, October 8, 4-6pm, Knox Hall Room 509, click here for more info
    • Event description: Since WWII, human geneticists had labored to distance the study of human genes from eugenics and the Nazi regime. In the wake of the sequencing of the human genome—or the postgenomic era—genome scientists and their supporters proposed a new ‘democratic’ approach to genomics. This talk explains how and by what means debates about ‘race’ and racism remain central and formative of the postgenomic condition.
  • HeForShe #GetFree Tour Columbia: Gender Equality in STEM and Academia
    • Wednesday, October 10, 10-11:30am, Low Memorial Library, click here for more info (and to register)
    • Event description: Columbia University presents a discussion on women and equality in academia with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in conjunction with the UN’s global HeForShe movement for gender equality. Check out the list of speakers at the link above.
  • The Imagine Science Film Festival
    • October 12-19, various locations in NYC, click here for more info (and for tickets)
    • Event description: “This year we look at the high stakes for all life on Earth and beyond. We’ll feature tumultuous natural history and startling feats of adaptation. Apoptosis versus immortal cell lines. Half-lives and radical life extension. The deaths of stars and extraordinary paths to SURVIVAL.”

For more advanced students of the given subject:

  • “Higgs to beauty quarks. First observation of the big missing piece” Department of Physics Seminar by Dr. Caterina Vernieri (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
    • Wednesday, October 10, 1pm, 705 Pupin, click here for more info
    • Event description: The Higgs boson discovery at the LHC marked a historic milestone in the study of fundamental particles and their interactions. Over the last six years, we have begun measuring its properties, which are essential to build a deep understanding of the Higgs sector of the Standard Model and to potentially uncover new phenomena.
  • “Praxis of Reproducible Computational and Data Science” Data Science Institute Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Lorena Barba (George Washington University)
    • Thursday, October 11, 4-6pm, Pulitzer Hall, click here for more info (and to register)
    • Event description: Among the top challenges of reproducible research are (1) the creation, curation, usage and publication of research software and data, and (2) the acceptance, adoption and standardization of open-science practices. I will propose a praxis of reproducible computational and data science. The talk aims to be practical, including concrete examples of how we work, what tools we use, and what norms we have adopted.

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