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Town Hall Meeting on Europe with Frans Timmermans --Speaker: Frans Timmermans, First Vice President of the EU Commission --Welcome Remarks: Shailagh J. Murray, Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, Columbia University --Moderator: Pierre Vimont, Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Frans Timmermans will discuss with the audience the situation in Europe today—including the sustainability challenge, the rule of law, Brexit—and the transatlantic relationship. This event is organized by the European Institute, the School of International and Public Affairs, the Center for Global Economic Governance, the International Finance and Economic Policy Concentration, the Initiative on Central Banking and Financial Policy, the Columbia European Union Student Association, and the Columbia European Society. It is made possible thanks to the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. RSVP using the link above, or at http://bit.ly/europe-now Event Contact Information: Sharon Kim kim.sharon@columbia.edu

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. -- Dorothy Parker What is boredom? What are its neural mechanisms? And is it really the dark side of curiosity? Join the Research Cluster on Curiosity and three guest scholars to discuss the significance of boredom in behavior and clinical settings.   Event Speakers: James Danckert, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Area Head, University of Waterloo Wijnand van Tilburg, Lecturer in Psychology, King's College London McWelling Todman Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, The New School Event Information: This event is open to the public, however, seating is limited. Registration is required via Eventbrite. This event is hosted by the Research Cluster on Curiosity with support from the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.  

In this talk, Gyelmo Drukpa will discuss the history of Tibetan Studies in China, the current state of related research departments and academic fields, as well as new research findings and directions. About the speaker: Gyelmo Drukpa (Chi. Zhou Hua) is a leading historian of Tibet. His book, Concise History of Tibet (Tib. Bod kyi lo rgyus gleng ba’i gtam) was first published in Tibetan language in 1995. Its third edition, expanded and updated, was published in 2017. His expertise in Tibetan history, especially highlighting understudied regions such as Amdo and Kham, are key elements of his pioneering research and publications. In his Compilation of Essays (Tib. Rgyal mo ’brug pa’i che rtsom phyogs bsgrigs), he wrote extensively about the history of Minyak, Sumpa, among many other topics. Gyelmo Drukpa also served a key role as deputy director of the most recent publication of the comparative edition of the Kangyur and Tengyur. Among other high-ranking titles, [...]

The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies presents “Mechanisms, Causes, and Explanations” with Jack Donnelly, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Moderated by Saltzman Institute Members Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics, and Nikhar Gaikwad, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Abstract: Mainstream IR and Comparative Politics in the King, Keohane, and Verba era have been dominated by a prescriptive vision of science modeled on theoretical Physics and rooted in a covering-law conception of explanation and a Humean associational conception of causation. The standard view in the contemporary philosophy of science, however, is that different sciences employ different knowledge practices as appropriate to their subject matters. And it is common to suggest that the social sciences are much more like Biology than Physics. Donnelly accepts this suggestion and elaborates some of its principal implications. Biologists study not laws of nature (which are rare in Biology) [...]

Clean energy industries must raise trillions of dollars in the decades ahead for the world to achieve the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement. What is the track record to date in raising capital for clean energy? What can be done to facilitate financing for clean energy industries in the United States and around the world? As world leaders convene in New York City for the UN Climate Summit, the Center on Global Energy Policy will host Michael Liebreich, CEO, Liebreich Associates & Founder and Senior Contributor - Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power; and Sarah Davidson, Vice President, External Affairs, NY Green Bank on a panel moderated by David Sandalow, CGEP Inaugural Fellow and Co-Director, Energy and Environment, to explore financing challenges and opportunities in meeting the world’s climate goals. --- Register with my Columbia UNI Register as a Guest Guests unable to attend in person can [...]

A century and a half ago, New York began burying unclaimed bodies in mass graves using prison labor. On Hart Island, in the Long Island Sound, more than one million such burials have taken place. Changes wrought by the Civil War account for a sustained para-military handling of the dead as well as an increased role for physicians and diminished religious presence. For this event, the historian Thomas Laqueur joins Melinda Hunt, President of the Hart Island Project, in conversation about the history of the potter's field, as well as the work of the Project to document the dead, and win visitation rights for families. This event is part of the Death and After series at the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life. Cosponsored by the Department of History, the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. _______________________________ Melinda Hunt is a Canadian born interdisciplinary artist [...]

As part of Columbia University's Fall 2019 Development Workshop Suanna Oh will present a job market paper at the Development Seminar. Event Contact Information: Olena Jennings 212 854 2503 omj2101@columbia.edu

Presented with Columbia Law School's Continuing Legal Education Program and moderated by core faculty member David N. Hoffman, JD, the discussion will review current legal, clinical and ethical considerations for lawyers and doctors when clients/patients ask help at the end of life.

Introduced by Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts Renowned Danish-Icelandic visual artist Olafur Eliasson’s large-scale works such as Ice Watch and New York City Waterfalls spark critical dialogue about climate change and our relationship to nature. His work is driven by interests in perception, movement, embodied experience, and feelings of self, engaging the broader public sphere through architectural projects, interventions in civic space, arts education, policy-making, and issues of sustainability. Co-presented by The Forum Event Contact Information: Gavin Browning 212-851-9567 gdb2106@columbia.edu

Moderator: Robert Fullilove, EdD, Professor, Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center, Associate Dean, Community and Minority AffairsDiscussants: David Bell, MD, MPH, Associate Professor for Population and Family Health Jasmine McDonald, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Frederica Perera, DrPH, PhD, MPH, Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental HealthAfter the event, please join us for a reception in the VEC Lobby from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM. Initiated in 2008, Grand Rounds is a community conversation on the science, education and practice of public health. The series provides an intellectual space within which to explore national and global public health challenges and the innovative approaches needed to transform the public's health in the 21st century. Each year, we select a theme for Grand Rounds to view from multiple dimensions and disciplines. In commemoration of the grim 400th anniversary of the first Africans sold into bondage in North America, Grand Rounds will examine how [...]