The Nerds & the Bees: Comedy and Data – What’s Really Happening in Modern Dating
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesNearly ⅓ of people alive right now are using dating apps -- but how many of them are happy about it? Whether you’re encountering bigots, catfish, ghosters or simply lamenting how hard it is to meet up in person, apps are changing the way we connect in ways that can sometimes leave us feeling desperate. […]
AMNH Presents | SciCafe: Hacking the Stars
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesCan hacking help advance astrophysics? Meet Hakeem M. Oluseyi, an astrophysicist, inventor, science communicator, and humanitarian whose team at the Florida Institute of Technology has harnessed hacking to process massive amounts of data. Their results are fast-tracking the investigation of galactic structure and formation, the development of new propulsion technology, and more. Hakeem M. Oluseyi is an […]
Beyond Oneself: The Ethics and Psychology of Awe
New York Academy of Sciences 250 Greenwich St Fl 40, New York, NY, United StatesAt 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 […]
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: A Conversation
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Growing Up in Science: Jacqueline Gottlieb’s Unofficial Story
Jerome L. Greene Science Center 605 W. 129th St., New York, NY, United StatesThis 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 […]