Just Societies Highlights - April 2019

The Food Pantry, a student-run initiative, aims to help students focus on their studies, not on finding their next meal. Volunteer your time or donate food (online or in person) to ensure all students eat well.

On April 23, tune in for a Just Societies Facebook LIVE talk on health and human rights with professor Maya Sabatello and postdoctoral research scientist Anindita Dasgupta. These talks bring together faculty from the School of Social Work and across the University. See past episodes.

On April 25, come to the opening of South African artist Mary Sibande's first solo exhibit in New York City at Columbia's LeRoy Nieman Gallery. Sibande's art honors the women in her family who were forced into domestic work during apartheid. The show ends May 1.

Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu, who coined the term "net neutrality," explains in Columbia Magazine the perils of excessive corporate power, from big banks to big tech.

Columbia historian Matthew Connelly turns millions of government documents into data with History Lab, which preserves the fabric of the past and provides lessons for the future.