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Upcoming Events

  • A Global History of AI
    A Global History of AI
    Fri, Jan 23
    Bloomberg 397, Cornell Tech
    Jan 23, 2026, 11:15 AM EST – May 01, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT
    Bloomberg 397, Cornell Tech, 2 W Loop Rd, New York, NY 10044, USA
    Explore A Global History of AI — from the Enlightenment to Alan Turing to the era of Generative AI. Join Unso Jo (UWCSEA ’09) for this spring semester course at Cornell Tech, featuring thought-provoking conversations with impactful guest speakers.
  • Jakkai Siributr: There's no Place
    Jakkai Siributr: There's no Place
    Fri, Jan 30
    Jan 30, 2026, 12:00 PM EST – May 23, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
    Canal Projects, 351 Canal St, New York, NY 10013, USA
    Canal Projects presents There’s no Place, a solo exhibition of textile installations by Jakkai Siributr (UWC‑USA ’88).
  • Music Curation: Pulsing Sound
    Music Curation: Pulsing Sound
    Sat, Mar 07
    Mar 07, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST
    THE BLANC, 15 E 40th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
    Pulsing Sound is an experimental performance platform presented by THE BLANC and curated by Sofia Ouyang (UWC Changshu China ’20).
  • March SSS @ Stone Street Tavern
    March SSS @ Stone Street Tavern
    Sat, Mar 14
    Stone Street Tavern
    Mar 14, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Stone Street Tavern, 52 Stone St, New York, NY 10004, USA
    Our March SSS is on the 14th at Stone Street Tavern in Fi Di - hope to see you there!
  • Eoghan Walls: Field Notes from an Extinction
    Eoghan Walls: Field Notes from an Extinction
    Wed, Mar 25
    Mar 25, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague St, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
    Poet and novelist Eoghan Walls (UWC Atlantic College ’95) will be in NYC for a book tour event for his new novel, Field Notes from an Extinction.
  • Telos Consort Split Show
    Telos Consort Split Show
    Fri, Mar 27
    Scholes Street Studio
    Mar 27, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
    Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA
    Telos Consort presents a split show at Scholes Street Studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The program includes Commotion, a composition by Sofia Ouyang (UWC Changshu China ’20), Telos Consort’s 2025–2026 Artist-in-Residence.
  • Celestial Bodies: Ouyang, Zhou, Mozart
    Celestial Bodies: Ouyang, Zhou, Mozart
    Fri, Apr 10
    All Saints Episcopal Parish
    Apr 10, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
    All Saints Episcopal Parish, 701 Washington St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
    Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 is paired with the premiere of Sofia Ouyang's (UWC Changshu China ’20) "Drift, Mass" and Zhou Tian's Violin Concerto Night Tour. 
  • Write Your World - Spring Edition (with Fahmidan Education)
    Write Your World - Spring Edition (with Fahmidan Education)
    Apr 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
    Virtual +
    Participate in a virtual creative writing workshop led by Nandita Dinesh (UWC Mahindra '02). You do NOT need to be a writer to attend — as long as you’re curious and willing to engage!
  • Under One Roof: A Tenement Museum Apartment Tour
    Under One Roof: A Tenement Museum Apartment Tour
    Sat, Apr 18
    Lower East Side Tenement Museum
    Apr 18, 2026, 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
    Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 97 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002, USA
    Step inside 20th century history with Under One Roof, a private apartment tour at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, exclusively for the UWC New York community.

Past Events

  • UWC Impact Talk
    UWC Impact Talk
    Wed, Feb 25
    Webinar
    Feb 25, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Webinar
    Architects of a new humanity: How we’re remaking education for 2030 and beyond
  • Columbia Composers x TAK Ensemble: Five World Premieres
    Columbia Composers x TAK Ensemble: Five World Premieres
    Fri, Feb 20
    The Church of St Luke & St Matthew
    Feb 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST
    The Church of St Luke & St Matthew, 520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
    Experience the future of contemporary music with an evening of five world premieres by Columbia Composers including Sofia Ouyang (UWC Changshu China ’20), following a rousing performance at the Westside Chamber Players concert, Empires Resound at Columbia's St. Paul's Chapel.
  • February SSS: Community Love on This Valentine’s Day 💗
    February SSS: Community Love on This Valentine’s Day 💗
    Feb 14, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Pier 57 Oyster Classroom, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
    Join us us to celebrate our love for the UWC community
  • Doctors Without Borders Virtual Mapathon
    Doctors Without Borders Virtual Mapathon
    Feb 11, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
    Webinar
    Register to participate in a virtual Missing Maps Mapathon hosted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders on February 11, 2026.
  • Empires Resound: Shostakovich, Bach, Schofield
    Empires Resound: Shostakovich, Bach, Schofield
    Tue, Feb 10
    St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University
    Feb 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
    St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, 1160 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Join composer and conductor, Sofia Ouyang (UWC Changshu China ’20) as she conducts a Westside Chamber Players (WCP) concert, Empires Resound.
  • Shaping Tomorrow: A Dialogue with Young Humanitarian Leaders
    Shaping Tomorrow: A Dialogue with Young Humanitarian Leaders
    Feb 05, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
    Webinar
    Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, in partnership with UWC International, is pleased to invite you to a special webinar, Shaping Tomorrow: A Dialogue with Young Humanitarian Leaders, exploring new directions in humanitarian action.
  • United World Careers! Kick-Off - Virtual Option
    United World Careers! Kick-Off - Virtual Option
    Jan 26, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
    Zoom Meeting
    Join us for the official kick-off of United World Careers Mentorship Pilot Program!
  • United World Careers! Kick-Off - In-Person Option
    United World Careers! Kick-Off - In-Person Option
    Mon, Jan 26
    Oyster Classroom, Pier 57, Chelsea
    Jan 26, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
    Oyster Classroom, Pier 57, Chelsea, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
    Join us for the official kick-off of United World Careers Mentorship Pilot Program!
  • January SSS @ Radegast Hall & Biergarten
    January SSS @ Radegast Hall & Biergarten
    Sat, Jan 10
    Radegast Hall & Biergarten
    Jan 10, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Radegast Hall & Biergarten, 113 N 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
    We’re excited to kick off 2026 with our first monthly SSS—hope to see you there!
  • Dance, Edita, Dance!
    Dance, Edita, Dance!
    Fri, Dec 12
    Dec 12, 2025, 2:00 PM EST – Dec 14, 2025, 9:00 PM EST
    New York, 312 W 36th St. 4th floor, New York, NY 10018, USA
    English language world premiere of Dance, Edita, Dance!, a gripping Off-Off-Broadway play produced by Sondra Litvaitytė (UWC Adriatic ’00), a founding member of the New York Baltic Film Festival: Experience this coming-of-age Baltic story set in newly independent Lithuania in the 1990s.
  • UWC NY Holiday Dinner Party 2025!
    UWC NY Holiday Dinner Party 2025!
    Sat, Dec 06
    Beatrice's Home in Harlem
    Dec 06, 2025, 6:00 PM
    Beatrice's Home in Harlem
    Join us for our 10th Annual Holiday Party, eat amazing food, and contribute to UWC NY!
  • Our Lady of the Clouds
    Our Lady of the Clouds
    Thu, Dec 04
    Dec 04, 2025, 7:00 PM EST – Dec 07, 2025, 6:10 PM EST
    New York, 24 Bond St, New York, NY 10012, USA
    Celebrate 10 Years of The Mechanicals tomorrow! Come see a thrilling double bill at the 10-Year Anniversary Festival: Our Lady of the Clouds (co-directed by Salomé Egas, Pearson College UWC ’10) and Séance.
  • Write Your World: Intensive
    Write Your World: Intensive
    Sat, Nov 15
    Nov 15, 2025, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
    Virtual +
    Participate in a virtual writing intensive led by Nandita Dinesh (UWC Mahindra '02). You do NOT need to be a writer to attend — as long as you’re curious and willing to engage!
  • November SSS at Hudson Eats
    November SSS at Hudson Eats
    Sat, Nov 08
    Nov 08, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
    Hudson Eats, 230 Vesey St, New York, NY 10281, USA
    Join us for our monthly SSS on November 8 at 6:00pm at Hudson Eats in Brookfield Place, FiDi. Feel free to grab a bite and connect with the community. Plus ones, kids, and friends are always welcome!
  • Fourth Friday till Five: UWC NYC coworking @ Impact Hub Midtown
    Fourth Friday till Five: UWC NYC coworking @ Impact Hub Midtown
    Oct 24, 2025, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    New York, 417 5th Ave Suite 814, New York, NY 10016, USA
    On the Fourth Friday of the month, come work till 5:00 with fellow UWCers at Impact Hub's co-working space: meet new people /old friends and get cool coworkers for a day!
  • World Premiere of Fidelity
    World Premiere of Fidelity
    Sun, Oct 19
    Oct 19, 2025, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    New York, 850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, USA
    Come support Roberto Drilea AD '12 as he premieres his first feature: Fidelity at the Chelsea Film Festival - showing followed by Q&A with Roberto and some of the cast
  • October SSS: Picnic in Domino Park
    October SSS: Picnic in Domino Park
    Sat, Oct 11
    The Waterfront at Domino Park
    Oct 11, 2025, 4:00 PM
    The Waterfront at Domino Park, 1200 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
    Join us for our monthly SSS at 16.00 at the Waterfront in Domino Park! Bring picnic blankets, snacks, and games. Plus ones, kids, and pets are welcomed. In event of rain we will move across the street to "Other Half Brewing" on River and 1st St.
  • City of Forest Service Day at Socrates Sculpture Park
    City of Forest Service Day at Socrates Sculpture Park
    Oct 04, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    49-32 Vernon Blvd, 49-32 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
    Join us as we care for and mulch trees at Socrates Sculpture Park! All materials will be provided. We will also do some ‘forest bathing’ in Japanese ‘shinrin-yoku’ — a walk and meditation in the sculpture park.
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