Events & Gallery

Life in academic research.

Talks, symposia, outreach, and moments from the work we do together.

Upcoming & Recent

Jul 30 – Aug 3, 2026

NYC Neuromodulation 2026

Chairing “Chasing Biomarkers of Disease” at the NYC Neuromodulation Conference, City College of New York

Jul 27, 2026

NKI Summer Scholars 10th Anniversary Social

Celebrating ten years of the NKI Summer Scholars program · T.F. Noonan’s, Pearl River, NY

Jun 24, 2026

Why Your Senses Matter for Lifelong Brain Health

Public talk for Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month · Nyack Library, Community Meeting Room · hosted by the NKI Postdoc Committee

May 18, 2026

Pint of Science

Public science talks over a pint at The Pearl River Saloon · With the Pint of Science team

May 5, 2026

NKI Science Day

Annual research symposium at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

Apr 16, 2026

Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD)

International outreach on the role of animals in biomedical research

Mar 16–22, 2026

Brain Awareness Week

Global campaign celebrating the progress and promise of brain research, coordinated by the Dana Foundation

Feb 27, 2026

Anosmia Awareness Day

Raising awareness of anosmia — the loss of the sense of smell — and its impact on health and daily life

Apr 24, 2025

EPNA 2024 Award

Excellent Paper in Neuroscience Award — NEURON (Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research), for work on transparency and ethics in non-human primate neuroscience · Talk presented at the International Neuroethics Society (INS) meeting, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, Germany

Oct 28, 2024

Women in Olfactory Science (WIOS) Seminar

"Women's journey in chemosensory research: a path outside academia" · WIOS online seminar series

Event flyer: Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month — Why Your Senses Matter for Lifelong Brain Health, a talk by Dr. Renée Hartig at Nyack Library, June 24 at 2:00 p.m.
Nyack Library talk · June 24, 2026 · hosted by the NKI Postdoc Committee
EPNA 2024 award statement graphic featuring Dr. Renée Hartig
EPNA 2024 Award · April 24, 2025 · International Neuroethics Society (INS) meeting, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich.
Women in Olfactory Science (WIOS) Seminar flyer: Women's journey in chemosensory research, 28 October 2024
WIOS seminar · "Women's journey in chemosensory research" · October 28, 2024.

Book releases

Feb 1, 2027

The Human Nervous System (4th Edition)

"The Olfactory System" (Ch. 34) · Eds. Paxinos, Mai & Kassem · Elsevier

Aug 15, 2026

The Rat Nervous System (5th Edition)

"The Olfactory System" (Ch. 26) · Eds. Paxinos & Kassem · Elsevier

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