Presidential Scholars Research Symposium: 3rd-Year Presentations

Event Information

May 11, 2022, Columbia University, Jerome L. Greene Science Center/Online

This event featured presentations by Presidential Scholars Julia Hyland Bruno and Matthew Sachs and responses by their faculty mentors. 

Speakers:

TALK TITLE: An Interdisciplinary and Comparative Approach to Animal Communication

• Julia Hyland Bruno, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
  • Peter Bearman, Jonathan R. Cole Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
  • George Lewis, Edwin H. Case Professor of Music, Columbia University

TALK TITLE: A Neurobehavioral Account of Emotion Dynamics and Their Implications for Mental Health

• Matthew Sachs, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University
  • Christopher Baldassano, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Columbia University
  • Mariusz Kozak, Associate Professor of Music, Columbia University
  • Kevin Ochsner, Professor and Chair of Psychology, Columbia University
  • Christopher Peacocke, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University

Moderated by Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History, Chair of Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, Director of the Center for Science and Society, Columbia University.