McKinsey Senior Partner Lareina Yee, BC ’95, spoke last Wednesday, January 29 about succeeding in today’s professional world. Her talk focused on practical strategies for career advancement, the importance of being a technologist and addressing the challenges women face in the workplace.

As we launch into a new year, explore campus events discussing change, both personal and global. At this week’s events, you can learn about developments in the business and geopolitical realms, explore study abroad opportunities, and set goals for your well-being.

How do we understand historical movements in a modern context?

Bwog Staffers Talia Benson and Eira Prakash attended the event on Wednesday and breakdown Barnard professors’ perspectives on migration and its relation to human rights. 

As part of a series held on patriarchal violence, Dr. Parmigiani from the Harvard Divinity School presented on the topic of femicide in Italy.

This week’s events include a celebration of the legacy of MLK, Barnard’s first Zora Neale Hurston summit, and a talk with City Council Member Chi Ossé.

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.