This semester, we’re bringing back Science 101, Bwog’s semi-regular advice column geared towards science students! In this edition, Science Editor and Environmental Biology major Sydney Wells explains all the different biological science majors at Barnumbia.

Last Friday, with the Columbia Center for Archaeology, Dr. Lamya Khalidi presented her research on human adaptation to the changing climate in the Afar Lowlands of Ethiopia during the early to late Holocene.

Alisha and Linus looked at some amazing rare manuscripts (and you can, too!).

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 Thursday, January 26, Columbia Climate School hosted Dr. Nyeema Harris as part of the Emerging Voices in the Geosciences and Society Seminar Series. Professor Harris gave a talk about how human presence has impacted animals, specifically carnivores, across complex landscapes.

A spotlight from the Biomedical Engineering Department featured thoughts on how to improve disease diagnostics and the University’s approach towards science.

At the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department colloquium’s Radical Hypothesis Lecture, Daniel Apai spoke about the Nautilus project, an idea that seeks to redefine and improve space observation.

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 Tuesday, MIT physics professor Nikta Fakhri gave a guest lecture on nonequilibrium processes in living matter and how they assist in making life possible.

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 Friday, November 4, Desirable AI kicked off its lecture series by hosting Dr. Olivia Erdélyi for a talk about the importance of interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder cooperation in AI regulation.

Columbia Professor Claudia Dreifus hosted a talk by science journalist Laura Helmuth on journalism before, during, and after the pandemic.

On Wednesday, the Astronomy Department colloquium featured Rachel Somerville, who spoke on the investigation into the early days of the Universe using the James Webb Space Telescope.

On Friday, Staff Writer Manny Gonzalez attended the monthly ELSI Friday Forum seminar, featuring a discussion about the value, importance, upsides, and downsides of advocacy and allyship in ELSI.