Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

On February 18, Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, the director of ICAP at the Mailman School of Public Health, presented on the HIV epidemic and its lasting effects on global and public health for the annual John Lindenbaum lecture hosted by the Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

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.

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

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.

Welcome back to Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

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. 

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

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.

On September 19, Bwog News Editor Emma Burris and Staff Writer Lorelei Gorton attended the Voyager Golden Record Experience, an interdisciplinary exploration of humanity’s place in the cosmos. 

Last Thursday, Staff Writer Amélie Acevedo attended a virtual seminar on aging, aimed at discussing recent trends in mortality rates in the US and UK over the past decade. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the once-assumed continuous progress in life expectancy feels increasingly uncertain.