How can Ancient Greek plays guide discussion about the difficulties faced by the veteran community and their families? Bwoggers Donna Qi and Chloe Gong attended Theater of War’s production of Sophocles’ Ajax held at Miller Theater to experience this inspiring public health project. 

This Sunday, take a trip to the Bone Zone for skulls, brunch, and Halloween spirit!

Staff Writer Victoria Borlando reports on a speech delivered by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education.

After attending a panel discussion, Staff Writers Solomia Dzhaman and Victoria Borlando created a guide to the developments of the recent impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Bwogger Joya Kumar attended “The Voices of the Victims: The Rohingyas and Their ‘Subhuman’ Life,” a talk by Professor Nasir Uddin about the victims of the Rohingya genocide.

This Wednesday, I had the honor of going to a talk by Dael Orlandersmith, an award winning African American playwright, hosted at the Lenfest Center for the Arts.  Orlandersmith was raised in East Harlem for most of her young life, and still lives in the city to this day. She began her talk with a […]

Tonight is Night Market 2019: Dusk/Dawn!

Wednesday, a diverse panel of reflected on the Me Too movement one year after Christine Blasey Ford.

Thursday night, Caroline Mullooly attended Cultural Heritage Practices & Critical Fashion: How Does (High) Fashion Interpret Cultural Heritage?, a workshop and exhibition at the Italian Academy.

Senior Staffer Levi Cohen journeyed yesterday into the simultaneously futuristic and retro space of the Hall of the Universe in the AMNH’s Hayden Planetarium to experience In the Spirit of Collaboration: Voices from Ecology, the Arts, and Faith-Led Approaches to Nature Conservation.

Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, came to the Lenfest Center to deliver a talk on her recent exhibition at the Triennale di Milano, Broken Nature, and discussed it with Amale Andraos, Dean of the Columbia School of Architecture. Tl;dr, a big chunk of the exposition is coming to MoMA in 2020 […]

New Bwoggers Alan Wang, Victoria Borlando, and Zach Fisher attended a Keynote speech delivered by Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians during the 2019 World Leaders Conference at Columbia University.

On Friday, Teachers College’s EPIC (Education for Persistence and Innovation Center) kicked off their Yu Panglin Lecture Series with “Failing Upward: The Open Secret of Progress in Science with Nobel Laureate Martin Chalfie and Maiken Scott.”  Dr. Chalfie spoke about his college grades, glowing proteins, and more. Staffer Sarah Braner has the scoop. 

This week, Columbia hosted a series of speakers to share some of their work examining interactions between storytelling and academia. Bwog Sports Editor Jana Jaran attended a conference session this morning with speakers connecting the idea of narrative to topics from gay marriage to artificial intelligence. 

Last Thursday, an episode in the “In Dialogue” series—events focusing on Polish-Jewish relations throughout history—was held in Low Library. Senior Staff Writer Abby Rubel attended.