Columbia University in the City of New York

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Nov 10 2016 6:30 pm
Lecture

Can Children Save the Lives of Their Parents in the Throes of Stroke?

Olajide Williams will describe a novel intervention called "Hip Hop Stroke" that targets inner city children ...

Olajide Williams, MD with a group of energetic and excited kids
Sep 19 2016 6:30 pm
Lecture

Hope in the Face of Fear: 
Using Neuroscience to Transform Treatments for Anxiety and OCD

Helen Blair Simpson will describe how the latest neuroscience is transforming our understanding of and ...

helen blair simpson is an expert on OCD and anxiety disorders
Apr 6 2016 6:30 pm
Lecture

Learning From Experience: How Our Brains Remember the Past and Shape Our Future

Daphna Shohamy’s research explores how different parts of the brain work together to support learning, what ...

Daphna Shohamy, PhD
Mar 16 2016 2:00 pm
Exhibition

Community Brain Expo

Columbia's Zuckerman Institute invites you to join us and celebrate Brain Awareness Week with real brains, ...

Students wearing a brain hat, enjoying learning about the brain at the 2016 Brain Expo
Feb 2 2016 6:30 pm
Lecture

Brain Development, Children and Socioeconomic Disparities

Kimberly Noble will share her groundbreaking work uncovering how socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with ...

kimberly noble is an expert on the impact of poverty on the developing brain
Nov 4 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

Scents and Sensibility: Representations of the Olfactory World in the Brain

Richard Axel, Nobel laureate and codirector of Columbia Zuckerman Institute, will share his acclaimed research ...

Sep 17 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

Heading Off Damage: New Insights in Traumatic Brain Injury

Barclay Morrison studies how the brain responds to head impact. His research could help to prevent head ...

barclay morrison speaks at brain insight lecture
May 6 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

Getting Beyond a Blind Date with Science

Alan Alda, actor, writer, and science advocate will share his passion for science communication in this free, ...

Alan Alda
May 5 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

How Mind and Brain Enable Self-Control: The Marshmallow Test and Beyond

Walter Mischel’s pioneering research on how preschoolers wait for two marshmallows later, rather than settle ...

marshmallow
Mar 3 2015 6:30 pm
Lecture

In Darwin's Footsteps: Witnessing the Origin of a New Species in the Galapagos

Pulitzer-prize-winning author Jonathan Weiner of Columbia University will tell a story of discovery.

jonathan weiner speaks at recent brain insight lecture in front of blue background