On the Election and the Road Ahead — a University Life Forum, Wed. Nov. 11 at 4 PM

November 04, 2020

Dear Colleagues,

As our nation is learning the election’s outcomes and considering their meaning for our future, we invite you to join as a University community for a University Life Forum: Reflections on the 2020 Election and the Road Ahead, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 4 PM ET. We’ll have an up-to-the-moment discussion of where we are, politically and legally, and what the votes cast, and not cast, tell us about our nation and prospects for what’s ahead. Register here.

The discussion will feature:

  • Steve Coll, Dean of Columbia Journalism School; Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism
  • Jamal Greene, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
  • Gillian Metzger, Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law; Co-director of the Center for Constitutional Governance, Columbia Law School
  • Maria Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs; Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies
  • Yamil Velez, Assistant Professor of Political Science

We welcome your questions for panelists when you register and during the live Q&A. The event will also be livestreamed on the University Life website and a recording posted there on a later date.

For additional post-election events happening around Columbia, please see University Life’s CU Engage calendar, which will continue to be updated as new events are announced. Please also note that we have a virtual reflection space for students todayLet’s Talk: The 2020 General Election and What's Next, from 5-6:15 PM ET on Zoom, and have reminded students of well-being resources available to them, including added opportunities for post-election reflection.  

We look forward to seeing you next Wednesday.

In community,

Suzanne B. Goldberg
Executive Vice President for University Life
Herbert and Doris Wechsler Clinical Professor of Law