Past Events

CTLgrads Learning Community: “Would You Ever Teach This?” Difficult Knowledge and Inclusive Teaching in the Classroom (Session 1) - for graduate students This two-part, multidisciplinary Learning Community is designed to reflect on how to deal with difficult knowledge in today’s classroom. “Difficult knowledge” — contents which cause students to analyze social trauma (Britzman 1998) — has progressively moved to the foreground of pedagogical discourse, as it interests every discipline. However, there still is some skepticism towards difficult-knowledge issues, which are often covered…

This event is intended to be a hybrid event. In-person attendance is reserved for CUID cardholders only. In-person attendance register here. Webinar registration for all non-CUID holders to attend online is available here. For more information, please visit this link. Book Talk by Susan Shirk For three decades after Mao’s death in 1976, China’s leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy. To facilitate the country’s inexorable economic ascendence, and to prevent a backlash, they reassured the outside world of…

Relationships and dating have gone digital - there's no escaping it. One big challenge is that people tend to say and do things online that they would never say or do to your face. Some of these challenges are familiar (unsolicited photos) and others sound dystopian (Stalkerware or Deepfakes). We'll break down how anyone can survive and thrive in the modern dating landscape - and ensure the things we value in a relationship like boundaries, consent, and safety aren't minimized…

Are you interested in the research on teaching and learning and how to apply this research to your teaching practice? Join us for our CTLgrads Journal Club where we take a closer look at the research on teaching and learning. This term, we will be looking closely at a series of articles published in Teaching gradually: Practical pedagogy for graduate students, by graduate students. Each week we’ll look at one article and focus on how we can use the education research within…

Thursday, October 27, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Zoom Session Join GSAS Compass for an employer information session with ReD Associates. ReD is a strategy consulting company that hires anthropologists, sociologists, economists, journalists, and designers to employ the methods of social science to study human behavior and help their clients develop a new perspective on their business. This event is an excellent way to make employer connections, gain insider knowledge, and learn about open positions at ReD. Register here.

Need to expand your circle? Want to meet other grad students? University Life invites you to attend the Grad Hangout: Cocoa & Cookies event! Come mix and mingle with graduate and professional students from across campus while enjoying hot cocoa and cookies on Thursday, October 27 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in Butler Library, Room 214. RSVP is encouraged, but not required. This event is a part of University Life’s Graduate Initiative for Inclusion and Engagement and was designed with the needs of…

REGISTER HERE Featuring: Danny Taing, Founder and CEO, Bokksu Inc. Moderator: R.A. Farrokhnia, Executive Director (Dean's Office), Advanced Projects and Applied Research in Fintech, Columbia Business School What you'll learn: o The backstory of how Mr. Taing's unconventional and seemingly disconnected career journey in his 20s led him to ultimately founding Bokksu at the age of 30. o What it was like in the first few years of Bokksu when Mr. Taing was a solo bootstrapped founder who had to…