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ONLINE EVENT: Presidential Scholars Research Symposium: 3rd-year Presentations

May 12, 2020
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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This event will include final presentations from Federica Coppola and Noam Zerubavel, who will be completing Columbia University's Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program this June. Join us to learn more about their projects, accomplishments, and their experiences engaging in interdisciplinary research at Columbia and beyond.

Speakers:

Federica Coppola
2017-20 Presidential Scholar

Humanizing Criminal Justice Through Social and Affective Neuroscience: My Journey as a PSSN Scholar

Faculty Respondents: 
Paul Appelbaum (Psychiatry, Medine, and Law), Geraldine Downey (Psychology), Jeffrey Fagan (Law and Epidemiology)


Noam Zerubavel
2017-20 Presidential Scholar

No Mind Is an Island: How Social Brains Become Entangled in Social Ties

Faculty Respondents:
Peter Bearman (Sociology), Daphna Shohamy (Psychology)


Moderator:

Christopher Peacocke
Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Interim Chair of Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required via Eventbrite. A link to the online event will be provided to all registered attendees.