A rare winter storm is affecting parts of the South Atlantic region.

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!

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. 

Columbia English professor Joseph Albernaz celebrated his new book, Common Measures, in a lively discussion on formations of community. 

SpaceX’s most recent launch aims to bring back NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams when it returns to Earth in February.

Budget cuts, fires, and diseases, yikes.

Does anyone else remember Schoolhouse Rock? No? Ok.

In the latest “Art + Life” discussion, Hilary Leichter (MFA ‘12) interviewed Hernan Díaz, who was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer prize in fiction for his novel Trust.

Last Wednesday, Guest Writer Jessica Weinfeld attended a book talk by Professor Suisheng Zhao, author of “The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy“.

Earlier this month, Bwog attended a Columbia School of the Arts Writing Program craft talk and Q&A with Megan McDowell, an award-winning translator of contemporary Latin American horror.

Professor Jack Halberstam discussed his latest book on queerness and wildness at an event at the Heyman Center for the Humanities.