The Science Scene

March 9 to March 23
Atlanta Science Festival

"Atlanta Science Festival." A city-wide celebration of all things science, consisting of more than 100 interactive and educational events for all ages, many of them involving members of the Emory community. Topics to explore include AI and brain imaging, amphibians and snapping turtles, circus acts and coffee, bugs and birds and many more. The festival culminates with the Exploration Expo, a science extravaganza in Piedmont Park.

Saturday, March 16 to Tuesday, March 19

AI and Health Disparities
"SIMUVACTION on AI: AI and Health Disparities on a Global Stage." The SIMUVACTION project, organized under the auspices of France-Atlanta, is an opportunity for 40 university students from across the world to gather in Atlanta to actively engage, practice and contribute to the ethical development of AI. Students will focus their projects on AI, climate resilience and health disparities on a global stage.

Tuesday, March 19

"Photography between Art and Anthropology." A public conversation between Sasha Tycko, an Emory PhD candidate, and Jason Francisco, an artist and writer who teaches in the Visual Arts cluster at Emory. They will discuss the exhibition "Ways of the Atlanta Forest," currently on view in the Emory Anthropology building and based on Tycko's research using a range of media to explore the Atlanta forest movement. At 1 pm in Anthropology room 206.

Wednesday, March 20

"Virtual Spaces and Issues of Identity." Josh Rubin, an anthropologist from Bates College, joins Emory Film & Media Studies professors Tanine Allison and Jinsook Kim in a discussion of how technologically mediated spaces impact performances of identity, particularly in relation to gender and race. At 1 pm in Emory's PAIS, room 464. Registration required.

"From HAL to Her: AI in Film." Emory Cinematique screens "Blade Runner," a dystopian neo-noir about the value of life — regardless of whether that life is real or artificial. The Ridley Scott film is a loose adaptation of Philip K. Dicks' 1968 novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Gregory Zinman, from Emory's Department of Film and Media, will introduce the film and a post-screening Q&A will be held to discuss it. At 7:30 pm in White Hall, room 208. Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, March 27

"From HAL to Her: AI in Film." Emory Cinematique screens "After Yang," a film following a family's attempt to repair their beloved but no-longer functioning "technosapien." Gregory Zinman, from Emory's Department of Film and Media, will introduce the film and a post-screening Q&A will be held to discuss it. At 7:30 pm in White Hall, room 208. Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 9

"Combinatorial Creatures: Cortical Plasticity within and across Lifetimes." Leah Krubitzer, professor of pscychology at the University of California, Davis, is featured in an Emory Center for Mind Brain and Culture lecture.  At 12:15 pm in the School of Medicine, room 130.

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