Community Event Videos
Presented by the School of Professional Studies, the Community Events series covers a wide range of important topics of the day by bringing knowledgeable speakers to Columbia’s community at large.
View past Community Events below and visit the events page for upcoming Community Events.
“The Parallels between Art, Design, Culture + Tech” with Michele Washington—Fall 2020
Bundles Community Scholar Michele Washington discussed BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) creative thinkers and the intersections of how they work. She also addressed areas that overlap with other disciplines, as well as the ways that they are working outside traditional boundaries of creative practices. The live session was part of Ms. Washington’s Curious Stories podcast series that featured a cross-selection of interviews with architects, urban designers, product designers, designers, experience designers, plus futurists, innovators, and makers of color.
A Double Pandemic: Risking Your Life for Justice, Protesting Police Brutality during COVID-19—Summer 2020
In this Community Scholars Lecture, Renée Cummings, criminologist and AI ethicist, examines how artificial intelligence is shaping the public health response to the novel coronavirus and recoding the distribution of power and the administration of justice.
Online EPIC/SPS Talk: "My Story: Paved with Good Intentions"—Summer 2020
Barry Rosen, held hostage in the US Embassy in Tehran for 444 days, and Jo Shepherd, Professor Emerita, Teachers College, Columbia University conversed about the events of Rosen's life and the psychological aftermath of captivity.
