What FLACO taught us: thoughts on urban wildlife and the human connection

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What FLACO taught us: thoughts on urban wildlife and the human connection

Join us on April 9, 2024.

By Columbia University, School of Professional Studies

Date and time

Tuesday, April 9 · 6 - 8pm EDT

Location

Butler Library

535 West 114th Street New York, NY 10027

About this event

Ecologist Carl Safina, the author of nine bestselling books about the natural world, will speak about the wider meaning of the Eurasian eagle owl Flaco’s life in New York.

Dr. Safina’s latest book, from Norton, is Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe.

Dr. Safina, president of the Safina Center, will be introduced by science journalist and SUMA instructor Claudia Dreifus.

This open session of Professor Dreifus’s regular class Writing about Global Science for the International Media is presented by the master’s of Sustainability Management program of the Columbia University School of Professional Studies.

The event will include a Q&A session, book signing, and refreshments.

For further information please contact Maria Gray, mlg17@columbia.edu.

For additional information about program offerings at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, please contact an Admissions Counselor at 212-854-9666 or inquire@sps.columbia.edu.

For questions about health and safety, please visit Columbia University’s Hub for Emergency Preparedness for the latest policies, as they are subject to change.


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