Columbia University in the City of New York

Feb 28, 20196:30 pm
Interdisciplinary Conversation

Richard Axel and Sarah Sze: Neuroscience, Art and the Construction of Reality

Featuring Nobel laureate Richard Axel, MD, University Professor and codirector of Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and artist Sarah Sze, Professor of Visual Arts and the Zuckerman Institute Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence.

February 28th, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at Lenfest Center for the Arts

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Please join us for an intimate conversation between Nobel laureate Richard Axel, MD, University Professor and Codirector of Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and artist Sarah Sze, Professor of Visual arts and the Zuckerman Institute Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence, as they discuss the construction of reality in the first of a series of conversations between artists and neuroscientists on the Manhattanville campus.

This conversation will be moderated by Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and Rui Costa, DVM, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology; Associate Director and Chief Executive Officer at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute.

This event will be held in the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, on Columbia's new Manhattanvillle campus.

RSVP is required. Check-in will begin one hour prior to start time. Seating is limited and first come, first served. Advance registration does not guarantee seating; early arrival is suggested.

For more information about this event, please contact Katie Stearns.


This event is co-presented by Columbia University School of the Arts. Columbia's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute is grateful to Alan Kanzer for his generosity and commitment to fostering interactions between neuroscience and the arts.

Venue: Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W 129th St, New York, NY 10027

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