Northwest Building B-103 (large basement auditorium) - NOTE: THIS IS A LOCATION CHANGE
MBB JUNIOR SYMPOSIUM 2024: NEW WAYS TO STUDY THE BRAIN
Please note: This event is not open to the public.
The MBB junior symposium features talks by and discussions with a variety of scholars on an interdisciplinary theme in mind/brain/behavior. The symposium will include speaker presentations and a panel discussion with speakers and symposium organizers. Participation is required of students pursuing the Certificate in MBB (students in honors MBB tracks)...
With Howard Gardner's memoir "A Synthesizing Mind" as a point of departure, Steven Pinker will ask Gardner to review his varied scholarly interests and contributions over the course of Gardner's 62 years at Harvard. In addition to reflections on Gardner's well known theory of multiple intelligences, the speakers will cover several other strands of Gardner's research program including, most recently, what it means to have a 'synthesizing mind."
Nella Larsen's 1929 novel, Passing, describes the relationship between two Black women, once childhood friends, who have chosen different routes in life....
MBB JUNIOR SYMPOSIUM 2023: TWO BRAINS, ONE ORGANISM: THE GUT AND THE BRAIN
Please note: This event is not open to the public.
The MBB junior symposium features talks by and discussions with a variety of scholars on an interdisciplinary theme in mind/brain/behavior. The symposium will include speaker presentations and a panel discussion with speakers and symposium organizers. Participation is required of students pursuing the Certificate in MBB (students in honors MBB tracks) and is also open and recommended to students pursuing or...
An Afghan refugee named Bibi Bahrami – and the members of her little Indiana mosque – come face to face with a U.S. Marine who has secret plans to bomb their community center. But Mac McKinney's plan takes an unexpected turn. Directed by Joshua Seftel, 'STRANGER AT THE GATE' is a story of grace, transformation, and hope.
Following the screening of this 29-minute 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary, an expert panel will join the director in a discussion to examine just how this extraordinary set of events came about from the perspectives of Muslim values and...
Understanding behavior through the lens of disaster epidemiology
Adverse changes in health behaviors often accompany mass crises, as evidenced by reports of increased substance misuse following terrorist attacks, and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. Studying natural disasters provides a window into mechanisms underlying the link between crises and population level changes in health behaviors. By leveraging a natural experiment based on an observation...