Tag Archives: Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society

Global cancer pandemic

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Bookworm

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 

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Bookworm

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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