Events

"Youth at the Forefront: Leveraging Science and Social Inclusion for Sustainable Development” Speakers/panelists (tentative): Vedika Mandapati (Policy Analyst, Global Choices) Abigail Corrao (Educational Lead, GHGAPS) Steven Qi (Staff, African Department, International Monetary Fund) Elina Forsyth (Student, Monash University) Moderator: Danielly Magalhães (Senior Project Director, GCCHE) The Global Health Governance as Public Service (GHGAPS) program educates, equips, and empowers youth leaders across academic and personal backgrounds to effectively engage in governance spaces. Through dynamic, experiential learning with a focus on soft-skills, GHGAPS encourages youth to adopt a systems-thinking approach to address planetary crises across multilateral spaces. GHGAPS serves as an iterative framework for youth across the world to meaningfully advocate for and act towards sustainable development, to better the health of people and the planet. The 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum is adequately timed to discuss not only the increasingly crucial role of youth in global governance, but also the mechanisms by which youth can continue to educate other youth on the importance of engagement. This session will showcase the experiences of youth leaders across multilateral fora and demonstrate areas for cohesion among formal and informal educational programs to further support youth as prepared changemakers. As geopolitical tensions erode the credibility and value of multilateral instituions, it is increasingly important to place trust in youth to advocate for the organizations designed to defend the health and human rights of those who otherwise would be left behind.

Join us to explore the incredible systems that connect us to the world around us! How do our brains and bodies interact with nature and the environment? What role does science play in understanding the urban ecosystems we live in? Discover these answers and more at this exciting event! We invite families and community groups to learn how the human body and brain work in harmony with the environment through hands-on activities and unique scientific resources. This month’s theme is "Science and the City," and we’re celebrating Earth Day with a fun and educational exploration of how science helps us thrive in our cities and beyond! Saturday Science is generously supported by funds from Apple Bank and the NSF AI Institute for Artificial and Natural Intelligence (ARNI). This event is free and open to the public. Register now to guarantee entrance. Spanish translators available upon request. Please let us know your preferred language in the registration form. Hay traductores de español disponibles. Indica su idioma preferido en el formulario de inscripción. We recommend that all visitors (except children 5 years of age and under), including those who enter any campus facility for any period of time, should be vaccinated and have proof of a primary vaccination series. Tickets are limited, so please only register if you plan on attending! If you register but cannot attend, we ask that you release your tickets in a timely fashion so another young scientist has the opportunity to join us. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Content is geared toward elementary and middle school students, but learners of all ages are welcome. Guests can arrive at any time between 1 and 4 pm. Photography: On occasion, we photograph or video Saturday Science for promotional and archival purposes. When registering for the event at Jerome L. Greene Science Center, you give Columbia University in the City of New York the right to use you and your child's image for said purposes. We will never use your names, age or other identifying factors. Questions? Email us at programs@zi.columbia.edu Saturday Science complements other public programs produced by Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute. For more information on all of our programs, click here. Saturday Science is brought to you by the Zuckerman Institute, BioBus, and Columbia University Neuroscience Outreach, with participation of Para KIDS

Abstract This discussion illustrates how Latine immigrants have managed their racialized status as hyper-exploitable and patronized subjects in the rural sphere since the onset of COVID-19. The analysis draws on community-engaged ethnographic methods comparing West Central Missouri and Cache Valley Utah—each region constituting its state’s agro-industrial corridor. Both are maturing immigrant destinations where Latines’ 1990s settlement for work in meatpacking disrupted rural American White homogeneity. Findings animate how Latines’ COVID-19 experiences on the meatpacking shopfloor have corresponded with distinctive strategies asserting dignity, according to each context’s racial-ideological structure. The talk considers policy implications for Latine residents’ social, familial, and occupational well-being in two ruralities highly dependent on their labor in such hyper-exploitative industry.  Aaron Arredondo is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Utah State University. His research intersects critical immigration theory with sociology’s newly defined area on the racialization of space. Aaron has named this perspective the spatialization of critical immigration studies (SCIMS). His work has been published in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Sociological Inquiry, among other leading social science journals. Aaron’s book monograph draws on community-engaged ethnographic methods examining Latine immigrants’ experiences of racialized space, labor, and (non-)belonging across diversifying American ruralities.    

Using exposomics to reveal the environmental drivers of health and disease Gary W. Miller, PhD Professor of Environmental Health Sciences (in Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics) Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation, Mailman School of Public Health Co-Director, Precision Medicine Core, Irving Institute Director, Center for Innovative Exposomics   Lecture 12:00-1:00 pm Join via Zoom: https://forms.gle/UdwFYWSSPFWwCwu27