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Growing Up in Science: Jacqueline Gottlieb’s Unofficial Story
Jerome L. Greene Science Center 605 W. 129th St., New YorkThis seminar will begin at 4:00 pm at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, room L7-119. Jacqueline Gottlieb, PhD studies the mechanisms that underlie the brain's higher cognitive functions, including decision making, memory, and attention. Her interest is in how the brain gathers the evidence it needs — and ignores what it doesn’t — during everyday […]
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: A Conversation
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New YorkJoin us for The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: A Conversation between Corey Robin, the author of The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (Metropolitan Books, 2019) and Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, and Kendall Thomas, Nash Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, on December 4, 2019 at 6:30PM in the Kelly Skylight Room of The Graduate […]
Beyond Oneself: The Ethics and Psychology of Awe
New York Academy of Sciences 250 Greenwich St Fl 40, New YorkAt its core, awe and wonder appear to be powerful emotions that can inform and shape our attitudes toward ourselves and others, especially in relation to the larger meaning and purpose of our lives. What are the psychological underpinnings of these universal emotions? How does awe, for example, relate to self-knowledge, and more generally to […]