Come meet your fellow WISC members over a friendly game of Pictionary of bananagrams! The snacks and beverages will flow, and we can’t wait to see your faces at our first Spring semester in-person event.

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STEM Starters at Columbia University hosts an afternoon of water-themed experimental demos for local students! Come learn about what holds water molecules together, water's optical powers, how water moves through our organs, what tiny critters are living in the Hudson River, and more! Content is geared toward a middle-school level background, but all ages are welcome! Registration is FREE. Attendees will rotate between demo breakout rooms and talk with scientists as they learn. See you there!

STEM Starters hosts a virtual science demo day on November 6th! Walk through experiments with Columbia University students & scientists.

UPDATE: Postponed until next week, Nov 2nd, due to inclement weather.

Want to meet other graduate students interested in WISC's mission to promote gender inclusion and diversity on Columbia's campus? Looking for a supportive community that spans many different STEM departments? Craving free donuts and hot apple cider? This is the event for you! Swing by or stick around to meet the WISC 2021 Board and hear more about what WISC is up to this year. Event is capped at 50, so sign up ASAP!

Graduate student-led science outreach events are coming back soon. Plan events and volunteer with us!

Come chat and learn from a group of Columbia grad students from a variety of STEM fields that are eager to pass on their insights and experiences!

The criminal justice system affects the lives of millions of people in the United States, but it is unclear how people reason about it. In this STEMinar, we will discover how people's ideas about why people come in contact with the criminal justice system change between childhood and adulthood. Moreover, we will discuss the social implications of people's ideas about the causes of justice system contact.

Content is geared toward high school level science background and events are open to all ages and always free! Register for Zoom link!

Women in Science at Columbia (WISC) hosts a discussion with the fantastic scientists and hosts of the popular Dope Labs podcast, Dr. Titi Shodiya and Dr. Zakiya Whatley! Registration is free, and the zoom link will be sent to registered attendees. Upon registration, submit potential questions for us to ask during the event.

Music enjoys a peculiar role in our lives in that it manages to make us feel and remember things without having to convey any tangible information. But what allows it to do that? What is music in the outside world before it reaches our ears, and how do our brains transform it into something meaningful to us? In this STEMinar, we'll talk about how instruments turn finger plucks into sound, how our ears decode that sound, and evidence from ancient peoples as to why this process means so much to us.

Content is geared toward high school level science background and events are open to all ages and always free! Register for Zoom link!

Memory is a foundational ability that allows us to reflect on past experiences, access stored information, and guide our future actions and behaviors. This STEMinar will focus on the basics of brain imaging techniques and also how to apply them to the study of human memory.

Content is geared toward curious high school and middle school students, but all are welcome! All events are free.

Mitochondria are the essential organelle that make the energy needed for cells. Mitochondria are motile and move throughout the cell so that the right energy production is at the right place in the cell. In this STEMinar we will learn about how mitochondria power some of the most energy hungry cells in the body- the brain cells!

Content is geared toward high school level science background and events are open to all ages and always free! Register for Zoom link!

Living things are made up of many, many cells, and these cells have instructions inside them called DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). These instructions include things called "genes" which control the proteins our cells create, and ultimately, control how our cells look and behave! Genetic engineering is a super important development because we can build and alter genes to make cells look and behave in certain ways. Why is this a big deal, and how does this help scientists better understand life? Learn with us and grad student Tyler Perdue at 11am April 10th!

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