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11th Annual History of Medicine and Public Health Night – Part I
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us for Part I of our 11th Annual History of Medicine Night. This special evening of selected short talks will address topics in the history of medicine and public health. Due to the number of quality submissions received, a second evening of presentations has been scheduled for Monday, March 9, 2020. Speakers and registration for that event […]
Country Over Party
Cooper Union 7 East 7th St., New York, NY, United StatesAmerica’s leading conservative voices gather to mark the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s historic “Right Makes Might” speech About this Event On February 27, marking the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s historic “Right Makes Might” speech in Cooper Union’s Great Hall, America’s leading conservative voices gather to discuss what it means to be a patriot […]
The Science of Love
Simons Foundation 160 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesSimons Foundation Presents Free Event: The Science of Love About this Event Nothing is more treasured — and mysterious — than the bond between mother and child. After a mother gives birth, her brain and body change in ways that enable her to care for the new life. Bianca Jones Marlin examines the brain dynamics […]
Who’s Coding Our Future? Algorithms, Culture, Ethics: A Conversation
The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United StatesA conversation about how computer programmers and their algorithms are shaping our world About this Event Join The National Arts Club and our partner, creative tech organization CTWc, for a conversation about how computer programmers and their algorithms are shaping our world. Clive Thompson, author of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of […]
Can Time Heal Anything? Lee Mingwei and Dr. Lila Davachi
Rubin Museum 150 West 17th St., New York, NY, United StatesWhat lingers in your heart after a loved one is lost? And what can this teach us about the ephemerality of life? In his work The Letter Writing Project, part of the Rubin’s exhibition Measure Your Existence, artist Lee Mingwei invites visitors to pen a letter to a lost or absent loved one. The cathartic act of writing the unsaid is […]