On September 19, Bwog News Editor Emma Burris and Staff Writer Lorelei Gorton attended the Voyager Golden Record Experience, an interdisciplinary exploration of humanity’s place in the cosmos. 

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured. Happy Climate Week NYC!

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

It’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)!

(Un)fortunately, the end of summer is near!

Staff Writer Ajwah Qureshi details the struggles of NSOP as a first year.

I love biomedical engineering (mostly), but boy is it hard. Here is a poem, though give me grace, as I’m not a bard.

Staff Writer Sophie Jones does important research for all the Barnard Baddies who value brains, gains, and their sense of smell!

Last Thursday, Staff Writer Amélie Acevedo attended a virtual seminar on aging, aimed at discussing recent trends in mortality rates in the US and UK over the past decade. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the once-assumed continuous progress in life expectancy feels increasingly uncertain.

Editor’s warning: Mentions of police and firearm violence.

On September 18, Staff Writer Ashlyn Darley attended Patricia Lockwood’s lecture on craft in creative writing. The lecture was part of Columbia’s School of the Arts’ Creative Writing Lectures Series.

Staff writer Amelia Foster attended “Sounds as Archives and Monuments: Centering the quotidian of a French Banlieue” at Columbia’s Maison Francaise on Tuesday, September 17, from 6 to 7:30 pm. The event was an exploration of Mame-Fatou Niang’s book, Néoblaste. 

On Wednesday, September 18, Sunrise Columbia hosted a presentation and dialogue on their newly released report, “Complicit Columbia: How Fossil Fuels Fund Columbia Climate Research.”  

Famous bwesties Avery Baumel and Erika Avallone review Joe’s latest seasonal beverage: The Yuzu Elderflower Spritz.

After Barnard released a new list of community expectations, the Barnard chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released a statement condemning the expectations, claiming they were “designed without community input” and “issued without warning.”