Staff Writer Linus Glenhaber visited a talk on designing buildings for more than just humans.

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On October 7, Events Editor Julia Tolda attended an event hosted by Barnard College, which celebrated its authors. Professor Emily Sun was joined by panelists to discuss her newest book On the Horizon of World Literature.

On Wednesday, Staff Writer Charlie Bonkowsky attended “Modern Sufis and the State: The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond,” a book talk and conversation between several of the professors who contributed articles or edited the new volume.

This past Wednesday, Staff Writer Ava Slocum attended an online reading of Asiimwe Deborah Kawe’s play Appointment with gOD, presented as part of the 2021 Columbia University School of the Arts International Play Reading Festival through the Lenfest Center for the Arts.

Graduate School of Journalism Director Jane Eisner and the Museum of Jewish Heritage interviewed author and journalist Met Laytner about his new book.

Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you notice any events excluded from our calendar or have a correction, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

At the World Leaders Forum on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization addressed global vaccine inequality, outlined areas for improvement, and asserted that health is a human right that is worth the cost.

On Wednesday night, Columbia Global Centers hosted a virtual panel as the first in a series of Amerfrican Dialogue and the fourth in a series of Brazil-Peru meetings on Black women, decoloniality, and activism in Latin America. Bwog Staffer Obutor Ogonor covers the event.

On Monday, the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life hosted the first event in what will be a multi-year series exploring the theme of religion and climate change. 

The Khalidiyya Library, located in Palestine, is a newly digitized source for historic papers, emphasizing the importance of manuscripts.  

So much to choose from!

Daily Editor Panu and Staff Writer Linus braved the maze that is getting into Italian House to visit an event on lying and the law.

President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani spoke on Friday at the World Leaders Forum.

Scientists from CIESIN talk about the climate crisis in a Climate Week Event.