Welcome back to campus, Barnumbia! Bwog is here to kick off your spring semester with our weekly roundup of on-campus and Columbia-related events. If you’re stressed about how you’re going to get off of three waitlists in the next two weeks, take a break and read this week’s “Every Event On Campus” instead!

It’s that time of year…

Leading experts in the field of public health joined Thoai Ngo, Professor and Chair of the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, in order to discuss the imminent expansion of the Global Gag Rule on international communities. 

If you’re looking for ways to destress during the stressful reading week ahead, check out the many study break events happening around campus!

On Wednesday, December 4, the Columbia Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender hosted Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou, psychoanalyst and author of “Sexuality Beyond Consent.”

Are you somehow not stressed about finals and eager to attend an event this week? Check your Google Calendar and syllabi one more time… then check out Every Event On Campus!

Staying on campus over Thanksgiving break? Check out some events hosted by ResLife!

Staff Writer Mary Cook attended the Zine Library’s “How To and Lab Time” event and learned about how zine making really can be for everyone. 

This past Friday, the Undergraduate Writing Program hosted an event titled “Writing Inside & Outside the Academy” with Professor Dennis Yi Tenen and Dr. Nicole B. Wallack.

Acclaimed visual artist Shahzia Sikander spoke last Thursday in a co-presentation by the School of the Arts and the Wallach Art Gallery on the powerful meaning of her work and artistic practices. 

This week’s events include a zine making tutorial, panel discussion on constitutional courts in Asia, and a discussion of democracy as the “Citizen’s Story.”

Thinking about the election? Staff writers Eve Bertrand, Alexis Hernandez Lopez, and Eira Prakash attended the final event in a series by the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) events of the election, in which three experts break down their perspectives on the media’s role in the 2024 presidential race. 

So like, what do Trump and Jesus have in common?

As part of their Careers in Bioethics Lecture Series, Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies invited panelists to discuss the implications of the 2024 Election results on healthcare. 

Friendsgiving already? Nope, Columbia Dining is just adding a new Friendsgiving cooking event with Chef Mike!