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.

Who was involved in producing the food you ate this morning? Are you wearing plastic today?

Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies hosted a panel discussion discussing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) and its implications for current global corporations.

On Friday, February 10, staff writers Lily Mooney and Claire De La Roche visited SIPA’s Kellogg Center for an event envisioning the challenges and steps toward building a food-secure world.

Three scientists call us to action to avoid catastrophe.

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.

In a panel hosted by the Columbia Climate School, a group of Indigenous climate activists examined the presence of Indigenous voices in discussions surrounding climate change.

Earlier today, President Bollinger announced the next phase of Columbia’s Sustainability Plan, which outlines emissions and sustainability goals for the next ten years. 

If you’re selling something on Facebook, you should include the price in the listing.

This week SGA met with Sustainability Director Sandra Goldmark to discuss sustainability efforts across campus.

Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below, and the full list is after the jump. If you notice any events that have been left off the […]

NSOP’s over, but that doesn’t mean the end of free swag! Thanks to SGA, Barnard students have the opportunity to pick up a free thermos (it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold!) today and tomorrow, as long as they show up at the following times and places: On Monday, September 21: Location: McIntosh Dining […]

After the first two CCSC meetings of the year were consumed by long-term goals, the first half of this meeting was concerned with updates. Importantly, the council clarified they were not given a say in the changing of the off-campus sign-in policy. The council also gave class by class updates: The Class of 2014 is […]

Great news for fans of ridiculously good looking Republicans–former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate front-runner Mitt Romney will be speaking at Columbia mid-September. Romney will be speaking at the Millennium Campus Conference, a gathering of 1,000 or so student leaders and leading minds for a candid discussion on matters of sustainable international development. […]

The architecture firm behind the new geochemistry building at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory has won three design awards at the 2009 Sustainable Design Awards (building pictured at right).  Xerox’s new CEO, the first African American women CEO of a Fortune 500 company, is also a Columbia graduate. Her degree? Master’s in engineering. Three more Columbia […]