Staff Writer Ava Slocum’s Lit Hum professor recommended that her class attend Wednesday evening’s talk, “Classical Allusions in Contemporary African-American Poetry.” And it was so interesting! Dr. Chiyuma Elliott gave her presentation over Zoom, in a guest lecture coordinated by the Morningside Institute.

The Institute of Latin American Studies hosted a panel on November 10 that discussed proposals to promote economic growth in Argentina’s biotechnology and renewable energy markets.

At a Monday talk, Dr. Jonathan Kingslake explained the basics of how glaciers flow.

Columbia University Life discussed the 2020 Columbia Student Well-Being Survey. Although the survey found most students are thriving, challenges to community, mental health, and sexual respect continue, especially for transgender and non-binary students.

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Irish historian Christine Kinealy discussed the role of Black women—and Irish independence—in the abolitionist movement in a lecture hosted by NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House.

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Representatives from Guatemala, Chile, and Peru spoke during a Zoom session on October 29th about their aims to construct a plurinational state within Latin America.

On October 27, a Bwog Staff Writer attended the launch of an unprecedented digital map of New York populations in the mid-19th through early-20th centuries.

On Wednesday, the Columbia Historical Association hosted three professors to discuss publishing their recent books, writing history, and teaching it.

On Wednesday October 27, the Barnard Vagelos Computational Science Center hosted artist Jan Nikolai Nelles to speak about technoheritage and the politics of digital preservation. Staff writer Cher Li learned about the expansiveness that digitalization and art offer to reclaim stolen cultural heritage.

Deputy Events Editor Grace Fitzgerald-Diaz and Guest Writer Emma Melnikov attended an event Friday centered around Russia’s growing climate crisis.

Staff Writer Charles Bonkowsky attended the final play reading of this year’s International Play Reading Festival: This is not a memorized script, it is a well-rehearsed story by Dima Mikhayel Matta. 

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This Thursday, the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law school discussed a different constitutional right that protects abortion, because the Due Process Clause isn’t enough, apparently.