Liberal Studies and Allied Arts
SCIENCE AT NYU: A PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Spring 2009 Events
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This spring, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies Division of Liberal Studies and Allied Arts joins with The New York Academy of Sciences, and the Office of the Dean of Sciences at NYU in presenting NYU science faculty working on the frontiers of contemporary science.
The New York Academy of Sciences is one of the world’s foremost conveners of science events aimed at deepening academic and public discussions of science. The Office of the Dean for Science supports scientific research at NYU through its constituent departments.
All events in this lecture series are $20 ($10 for NYU students, faculty, and staff, and for NYAS members).
Neurocinematics! Where Neuroscience Meets Filmmaking
Monday, May 4
7–9 p.m.
New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 40th floor,
Presentation and reception. Join us as a panel of experts on the brain and cinema draw an interdisciplinary connection between film and neuroscience. (NYU students, faculty, staff and alumni please register as “NYU Affiliate.”)
Speakers:
- David Heeger and Barbara Knappmyer of the NYU Computational Neuroimaging Laboratory
- Nava Rubin of the NYU Center for Neural Science
- Uri Hasson of the Deptartment of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University
- Michael Grabowski, NYU Adjunct Instructor in Film, Video, and Broadcasting