Welcome back to Science Fair! As always, email braner@bwog.com if you want your event featured. Also, get your flu shot!

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. 

Science Editor Sarah Braner and Deputy Editor Rania Borgani reached out to Barnard to learn more about the specifics of the Barnard Year of Science such as funding allocations, the role the humanities may play, and the lasting impact of the BYOS.

We’ve got one hell of a marquee event this week. Email braner@bwog.com if you want your event to be featured!

In the midst of New York Climate Week, a group of faculty and students from Columbia, Yale, and Tsinghua universities met online to consider “The Role of Universities in Solving Our Climate Crisis.” New Bwogger Mason Cannon reports.

This past Friday Guest Writers Ava Slocum and Obutor Ogonor attended the first lecture of the year in Columbia Medical Center’s Implementation Science Seminar on Health Equity. 

LOTS of climate events to choose from this week! Email braner@bwog.com if you want your event to be featured!

If you didn’t have any plans for Thursday, now you do. It’s Science Fair! As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

On Thursday, Events Editor Julia Tolda joined Columbia Science Review’s webinar, “Decisions, Decisions: How Superstitions Drive Choice,” to learn more about the science behind superstitions and descriptive decision-making. 

Vaccine eligibility for NYers 16+ years old looms. Science Editor Sarah Braner cannot stop refreshing TurboVax in anticipation. It’s Science Fair!

Jacqueline Patterson and Jalisa Gilmore talked about COVID-19 and climate justice in an event hosted by the Columbia Science Review.

Science Editor Sarah Braner just submitted a draft of a thesis and is very tired. Send your student events to science@bwog.com if you want your event featured!

Staff Writer Phoebe Lu drooled over gorgeous food in an event featuring Dr. Hervé This.

As variant strains of SARS-CoV-2 spread across the country and New York City, Barnard and Columbia are not always told if a test conducted on one of their campuses contains a variant strain, and students have no way of knowing if their positive tests are positive for the original strain or a variant.

Welcome back to Science Fair, and this week, student groups are hosting tons of incredible events. As always if you want your event featured email science@bwog.com!