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On Wednesday, November 13, Professor C. Randy Gallistel gave a talk hosted by Barnard’s Cognitive Sciences department. This was the last of a series of three speakers as a part of their Cognitive Science Symposium.

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Last Wednesday, October 30, undergraduate and graduate students gathered in Hamilton 702 to attend the “Introduction to Computational Biology,” hosted by Systems Biology Initiative.

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On October 29, 2024, Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute held a symposium titled “The Neuroscience of Social Connections” at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center at 130th Street and Broadway.  The event featured faculty speakers and a series of presentations by PhD students highlighting the biological and psychological mechanisms of social interactions.

This past Friday, the Columbia Space Initiative and Professor Michael Massimino hosted a conversation with astronaut Don Pettit live from Expedition 72.

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This Wednesday, the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies hosted the authors of “Children of Modest Star” at the International Affairs Building. They discussed how a new governance framework could help nations tackle planetary issues more effectively. 

On October 22, the Columbia Climate School hosted Academy Award-winning filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi to showcase her 2023 documentary ‘Wild Life.‘

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In the latest “Tissue Talks” lecture hosted by Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Dr. Ron Weiss discussed his lab’s research on “programming” stem cells. Through this research, he hopes to unlock the secrets of organ development

On October 17, Staff Writer Lorelei Gorton attended Music on the Brain, a conversation at the National Jazz Museum of Harlem on the emotional impacts of music with a Columbia neuroscientist and a local musician.

Last Friday, The Forum at Columbia hosted a panel of climate justice educators, where they discussed how universities can create real change in the field of environmental advocacy.

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