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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The new Columbia Initiative in Cell Engineering and Therapy (CICET) has appointed Michael Sadelain as the inaugural director.

Staff Writers Khushi Chhaya and Lorelei Gorton attended Sing for Science: Simpson’s Neuroscience, which featured Psychology professor Dr. Kevin Ochsner and voice actor Hank Azaria, who voiced Moe the Bartender on The Simpsons (and many other characters).

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The first speaker of the Barnard Cognitive Science Symposium series was Dr. Horowitz, a Psychology Professor and the Head of Barnard Dog Cognition Lab.

Professors Dan Steingart and Lauren Marbella collaborated to lead a team that could greatly improve battery performance and more.