Across Borders: A FREE Screening of Mira Nair’s “Mississippi Masala” Friday, April 9th 7:30-10:00 PM Lerner 569 Make April 9th your movie night! Come watch a FREE screening of Mira Nair’s “Mississippi Masala”! Starring Denzel Washington and directed by Mira Nair, “Mississippi Masala” is a beautiful and engrossing narrative about an interracial relationship between a […]

Broadway Room, Lerner Hall Presented by The Urban Research Workshop Come see a screening of Dislocation, a documentary by best-selling author and Freakonomics collaborator Sudhir Venkatesh about the closing of the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago and the dispersal of former residents. Following the film, Professor Venkatesh, Professor Catherine Fennel, and Professor Carla Shedd will […]

When The Night Comes Film Screening April 6th 7-9 PM Lerner Hall C555 Calling all Human Rights activists, Africa lovers, and world citizens passionate about humanity!Did you know that malaria kills a child every 30 seconds? This is an atrocity because it is both treatable and preventable. Produced and directed by Bobby Bailey, founder of […]

St. Paul’s Chapel The family of Karl Kroeber and the Department of English and Comparative Literature will hold a service of commemoration for Karl Kroeber on Thursday, April 8, from 3:30 to 5:30 in St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University, Broadway and 116th Street. Friends, colleagues, and former students are cordially invited to attend. nd122@columbia.edu

Ella Weed Room (223 Milbank Hall) on Barnard’s Campus Please join La Società Italiana in welcoming acclaimed writer, and 1974 Columbia Alum, Dianne Hales back to Columbia University! Dianne’s new book La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World’s Most Enchanting Language is a must read for all Italophiles and lovers of anything […]

Roone Arledge Auditorium BE EXCITED, THE WAVE IS HERE!! This year’s great line up of acts includes: -Girls and Guys Gayo -TaeKwonDo -HoHeup -Singing Act -Spoken Word -and more! Ticketing Info: KSA will also be on the Lerner Ramps every weekday from 12:00- 6:00 pm starting Monday 3/29 to sell VIP tickets. ** VIP tickets […]

Barnard Campus Altschul 202 The Taiwanese American Students Association is proud to present: ASIAN AMERICANS IN MEDIA, A Career Panel Curious about a career in music production or radio? Interested in what it takes to be a filmmaker or a hip hop artist? Then, come join TASA as we take a look into the lives […]

@ Kent 405 There is no doubt that the anti-choice movement has gained a ton of ideological ground while limiting access to vital abortion resources over the years. By chipping away at abortion rights bit by bit, the right wing has made the idea acceptable that women are somehow not capable of making choices regarding […]

@ Roone Arledge Auditorium Club Bangla and Sikh Student Association present the South Asian New Years Fair! Our annual Boishkahi Mela is fused with Vaisakhi (Sikh New Year Festival) to give you the collective South Asian New Year. Both Boishakhi and Vaisakhi mark the beginning of the new solar year in Bengal and Punjab, respectively. […]

Lerner Hall – Broadway Piano Lounge Last November, we surprised the Columbia administration by exposing the truth: they went behind the backs of the students by curtailing the ability of the Arts Initiative to carry out its mission, by moving it from its independent position in the President’s Office, to the School of the Arts, […]

Gender and Identity Politics at Columbia University Ella Weed Room, 223 Millbank, Barnard College Monday, April 12, 5:30-7 PM This annual career panel event will feature Asian American female panelists, who are faculty, staff, and administrators at Barnard College and Columbia University. These panelists will speak about their experiences of being Asian American women in […]

Campus Vibes Free Lunch “Homes & Heritage: Examining our Families, Traditions, and Multiple Identities” Co-sponsored with the Society of Asian American Sisters (SAAS) 302 Diana Wednesday, April 7th, 12-1 PM This is a lunch discussion with Barnard’s Office of Diversity Initiatives. For More Information: Contact: diversity@barnard.edu Check Out: http://www.barnard.edu/diversity/programs/dialogueseries.html

ROOTEd Sundaes on Mondays: International Volunteering and Advocacy Monday, April 5th, 9-11 PM Intercultural Resource Center (552 W. 114 Street) Come and discuss the power and politics of International Volunteering and Advocacy! (and enjoy some ice cream) Topics include: “Voluntourism. “Something is better than nothing.” “Volunteering abroad is for rich people.” “Volunteering abroad is an […]

Earl Hall Auditorium Guantánamo Bay is a symbol of injustice and abuse and it must be closed down. Enough is enough! Jamnesty is an event put on to create awareness about human rights issues. This year, Amnesty International’s focus campaign is on Guantanamo Bay/end torture. Join us on April 9th, at 7:30 p.m. at the […]

Event Oval – Diana Center A conversation between speakers CORNEL WEST, VIJAY PRASHAD, JAMAL JOSEPH, and MUMIA ABU JAMAL live via telephone. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist, humanist, advocate for social justice, and “Voice of the Voiceless” who has been wrongfully imprisoned on Pennsylvania’s death row for the last 28 years. A recent Supreme […]