An E-book version of the 2008 Neurosciences and Free Will Symposium is now available in PDF format. Please view it here:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/symposiumIII.html

 

 

The CSSR Spring 2009 Newsletter is now available. Please view it here: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/newsletter.html

 

 

 

CSSR Symposium "Common Ground" in the news:

Link to current issue from America Magazine

 

 

The CSSR extends warm congratulations to our talented graduates. Join us in celebrating their achievements:

Ossian Foley graduated from the Columbia University's School of General Studies and is off to the writing program at the University of Iowa to pursue a MFA in writing. He coordinated all the Center's events and programs for the last few years and has been an invaluable member of the central CSSR administration team.

 

Emily Jordan graduated Columbia College with a double major in psychology and anthropology and has received a Gates Cambridge Fellowship to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience next year. Her work with the CSSR included research on the ethics of assissted reproductive technologies and ova harvesting, as well as assistance with literature search for CSSR publications.

 

Jay Chudow graduated from Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science with a degree in Civil Enginnering and is pursuing medical school in the following year. Jay's work with the CSSR includes but is not limited to his reserch at Terrence Cardinal Cooke, a program he helped coordinate in the following year. In addition he assists with event coordination of the CSSR seminars.

Additional congratulations to:

Pilar Jennings, who received her PhD in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary. Pilar assists the CSSR in the coordination of the University Seminar in Slavery and Memory.

 

Best of luck to all!

 

Faith leaders and community activists of Harlem have joined forces to fight for environmental justice through a green mapping project. Green mapping identifies both green places, such as parks, and environmental hazards, such as places with high emissions.

 

Thanks to all who attended our Fourth Annual Fetzer Institute and CSSR Symposium

Common Ground: Science and Religion
in Dialogue for a Sustainable Future

Please check back in August for online video coverage of the Symposium. To be placed on the notification list for when videos will be uploaded, email wm2170@columbia.edu with subject heading "Common Ground Video Notification List"

There are no scheduled events for the summer.
Please check back in August for our Fall 2009 Seminar Series.

 

To View All Upcoming CSSR-Related and Affiliated Events Click HERE

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Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete - God at the Ritz
video | audio

Hans Kung - Challenges to Islam, Christianity and Judaism in Today's Global Crisis
video (opens to EI website)

Jan Witkowski - "America for Americans": Immigration and the Politicizing of Genetics
video | audio

To find these seminars at a later date, please visit the Events Archive