Events

Past Event

Richard Axel and Sarah Sze: Neuroscience, Art and the Construction of Reality

February 28, 2019
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Lenfest Center for the Arts (Otto-Bernstein Screening Room), 615 West 129 Street, New York

Event Description: 

Richard Axel, Neuroscience, and Sarah Sze, Visual Arts / Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence at the Zuckerman Institute, discuss the construction of reality in the first of a new series of conversations between artists and neuroscientists on the Manhattanville campus. 

Event Speakers:

  • Richard Axel, University Professor and Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry at Columbia University and Nobel Laureate
  • Sarah Sze, Visual Arts / Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence at the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University
  • (Moderator):Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts
  • (Moderator): Rui Costa, Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at Columbia University

Event Information: 

Check-in will begin one hour prior to start time. Seating is limited and first come, first served. Advance registration does not guarantee seating; early arrival is suggested. Overflow seating will be available in the Lantern.

This event is now at capacity and registration is closed. A standby line will form in the lobby of the Lenfest Center at 5:30 pm. For more information, please visit the event webpage.

This event is hosted by the Lenfest Center for the Arts and the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.