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October 2022
Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise – A Book Talk by Susan Shirk Followed by a Panel
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…
Find out more »Campus Conversations: Surviving and Thriving When Dating Goes Digital
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…
Find out more »CTLgrads Journal Club (for Graduate Students)
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…
Find out more »Go Big or Go Home: Explaining China’s Upsizing in UN Peacekeeping Missions in the Rise of Token Forces
Registration: To register to attend this event in-person, please register HERE. *CU ID holders only To register to attend this event online, please register HERE. Speaker: Xiaojun Li, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, NYU Shanghai and Affiliated Professor of Politics in the Wilf Family Department of Politics, NYU Moderator: Junyan Jiang, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University Xiaojun Li will give a talk based on his recent book, Token Forces: How Tiny Troop Deployments became Ubiquitous in UN Peacekeeping, forthcoming from Cambridge University…
Find out more »GSAS Fall 2022 Employer Showcase Series: ReD Associates
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.
Find out more »Grad Hangout: Cocoa & Cookies
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…
Find out more »CJEB Event: The Story of Bokksu: Bootstrapping a Japanese Snack Subscription to $100M Valuation in 5 Years
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…
Find out more »The Greatest Beer Run Ever – Film screening and panel discussion
The Greatest Beer Run Ever is based on a true story of an Inwood resident and former Marine and Merchant Seaman named Chickie Donohue who goes to Vietnam in 1967-1968 to show support for his neighborhood buddies who are serving in the war by bringing them Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. After the film screening, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A featuring members of the film crew: director Peter Farrelly (a Columbia MFA graduate), producer Andrew Muscato, costume designer Bao Tranchi, and…
Find out more »Peer-to-Peer Mock Interview Workshop
Thursday, October 27, 4:30 - 5:45 pm Zoom Session Interviewing is a crucial part of any job hunt. Sharpen your interview skills at this fun, interactive workshop! After a quick overview of interview tips, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to be on both sides of the interview table. Participants will rotate roles as interviewer, interviewee, and observer. Register here.
Find out more »EALAC Fall Reception
To all EALAC majors and concentrators: We would like to welcome you all back to campus with our Fall Reception. Details are below: Thursday October 27th from 5 - 7 pm, in 403 Kent Hall Please come by for some delicious food, and a chance to see your fellow majors and concentrators face-to-face again. We'd also very much appreciate it if you could come by and chat with the first and second-year students interested in EALAC who will also be…
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