The Symposium: Academic Stand-Up *Secret Lives of PhDs*

When: Thu., Sep. 20, 2018 at 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Where: Caveat
21 Clinton St.
212-228-2100
Price: $7 adv/ $10 at the door
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THU // SEP 20 // 2018

Kick those boring old lectures goodbye! Discover a new side to Academia in this evening of research-inspired stand-up comedy. Academics, researchers, teachers, & comics take the mic to give life to those dusty textbooks and show you what research & teaching is really like. From statistics to evolution, philosophy, history, and more, come for the laughs and the cutting-edge ideas, stay for the laughs and the cutting-edge ideas.

 

This month: Secret Lives of PhDs

It’s National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Celebrate with The Symposium’s 1-year anniversary with our first all-academics comedy show. PhDs and Postdocs are dishing hilarious tales & standup about their research & work lives.

 

Hosted by Kyle Marian

Performances by Yelena Bernadskaya (NYU Biology), Linda deVoogt (NYU Neuroscience), Yixin Wang (Columbia Statistics), Michael Salgarolo (NYU History), Michael Levine (Weill Cornell, DE Shaw Research), Ozy Ismael (UCL Biology, Why Aren’t You A Doctor Yet? Podcast)

 

Doors 9:00pm, show 9:30pm.

Tickets $7 adv/ $10 at the door

21+

 

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