Tag Archives: Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society

Lisa Genova

Bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova will present “How Art and Science Collaborate in Illuminating What It Is Like to Live With Alzheimer’s Disease” on November 2 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Genova, who holds a Ph.D. … Continue reading

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A Chernobyl guide to the future

Kate Brown, the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present “The Interminable Cycles of Chernobyl’s Catastrophes: War, Accident, and War Again” at Boston College on October 25. Brown is … Continue reading

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Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard

University of British Columbia Professor of Forest Ecology Suzanne Simard, author of the highly acclaimed book Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Vintage/Penguin Random House), will give a talk on September 27 at 7 p.m. in … Continue reading

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The future according to Kim Stanley Robinson

Award-winning science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, author of more than 20 books, will present “The Future of Climate, Technology, and Society” on March 29 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Robinson is best known for his Mars … Continue reading

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Global cancer pandemic

Cancer is the first or second cause of death in more than 130 countries. An estimated 19.3 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed across the world each year, and this number is expected to rise to 29 million by … Continue reading

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Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code 

Ruha Benjamin, professor of African American Studies and founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab at Princeton University, investigates the social dimensions of science, medicine, and technology with a focus on the relationship between innovation and inequity, … Continue reading

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