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Student Event Spotlight

  • On Tuesday, March 1, from 7 to 8 pm EST, the Columbia Political Union will be hosting the Zoom discussion “Russia and Ukraine: What’s Next?” featuring Russia and Ukraine experts from Columbia’s various schools and foreign policy institutes. The event will be co-moderated by CPU and Ukrainian students on campus. CPU will also be hosting a “watch party” for the Zoom event in Hamilton 318.

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Recommended 

  • On Tuesday, March 1, from 5:30 to 7 pm EST, is the online discussion “Intersectionality in Racism and Public Health,” presented by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. This panel discussion will explore intersectionality: the simultaneous effects of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other social and personal categories of identity. The panelists will discuss the tenets of intersectional theory and the necessity for public health to take an intersectional approach to our research, policy, and practice. Registration is required for this online event.
  • Also on Tuesday, March 1, from 7 to 8 pm, artist and composer John Thomas Levee will be leading a workshop in video game sound design. The workshop will take place in the Music & Arts Library in 701 Dodge, and will include a basic overview of adding sound to video game environments in Unreal Engine 4. Prior experience with UE4 is highly recommended, but prior experience with audio editing and creation is not required. Registration is required.
  • On Wednesday, March 2, from 1 to 2 pm, The School of International and Public Affairs will be hosting the Zoom discussion “Using Data to Fight Corruption and Alleviate Poverty.” Join William Jorge Dau Chamat, Mayor of Cartagena, Colombia; and Ana Maria Gonzalez-Forero, Director of International Cooperation in the Mayor’s Office of Cartagena and 2018-2019 Obama Foundation Scholar, on how they utilize data in their work to tackle corruption and address poverty in the communities they serve. Registration is required for this online event.
  • On Thursday, March 3, from 8 to 10 pm, Columbia’s Maison Française will be hosting a screening of the film As I Open My Eyes, directed by Leyla Bouzid. As I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman who is balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as the singer in a politically charged rock band. Director Leyla Bouzid’s musical feature debut offers a nuanced portrait of the individual implications of the incipient Arab Spring. The screening will take place in Buell Hall. Registration is required to attend.
  • On Friday, March 4, from 5 to 6:30 pm, is the presentation “Professor Brodsky: Poetica Ex Cathedra” by author and literary historian Maya Kucherskaya. Kucherskaya will present her work on the creative assignments Joseph Brodsky gave to his students at Mount Holyoke College as a part of his poetry course. Drawing on archival documents from Yale University’s Beinecke Library, Kucherskaya will examine Brodsky’s assignments and reading lists as the key, on the one hand, to his poetics, and on the other, to his views on poetry and its role in the academy and in society. This event will take place in Room 1219 of the International Affairs Building, with Zoom and YouTube livestream options available. Registration and a valid CUID are required for in-person attendance.

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