May 2018
Megan Vaughan – Metabolic Disorder, Global Health and ‘Noncommunicable’ Disease in Malawi
This paper examines how the concept of ‘metabolic disorder’ or ‘metabolic syndrome’ has been applied to the collection of global health metrics on ‘noncommunicable’ disease in Malawi. It argues that though the contemporary science of metabolism points to complexity and contingency, its application in this context has led to a narrowing in understanding of the drivers of epidemiological change.
Find out more »CPRC Children, Youth, and Families Annual Mini-Conference: New Research on Disparities in Health and Development
The CPRC invites you to join a group of leading interdisciplinary scholars to learn about exciting new research, network, and engage in discussions about the next steps of scholarly pursuits and policy developments.
Find out more »From Rome to Beijing: Sacred Spaces in Dialogue Symposium
This interdisciplinary symposium will explore the relationship between the Jesuit enterprise and China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Find out more »Ilan Dar-Nimrod – Who Are You – Who Am I? Theoretical and Practical Concerns at the Era of the Gene
Dar-Nimrod will present theoretical and empirical research that addresses the effects that are elicited when individuals encounter arguments propagating the relevance of genes for specific behaviors, conditions, diseases, and group differences.
Find out more »What Can Neuroscience Contribute to Economics? – Seminars in Society and Neuroscience
The speaker and respondents will discuss the best uses of neuroscience in economics research and how they can be further refined and improved. Furthermore, the participants will consider what the future holds for our understanding of the human mind and the implications for economics and the decision sciences.
Find out more »The Statistical Subject in the Age of Data
How are statisticians changing our world? Are they still taming chance? New decisional statistics are seeking less to discriminate people into categories than to extract, from massive data that collects the most anodyne things of our lives, a knowledge about our most private desires.
Find out more »Making and Knowing Project Offers “Coloring Textiles with Bugs” Public Workshop
The Making and Knowing Project is partnering with Genspace to offer a public workshop to teach history and the science of coloring textiles with organisms using historical techniques and new scientific developments. Combine your printed microbial designs with your hand-dyed cochineal textiles to create decorative art.
Find out more »Robert Krueger – Personality and the Meta-Structure of Psychopathology
Robert Krueger from the University of Minnesota discusses empirical modeling of psychopathology.
Find out more »Talks Progress Administration: HIV, The Three Epidemics – Underground Science Festival
Three Epidemics uses a mix of science and theatrical multimedia to explore the history of HIV and assess how it evolved from a deadly infection to a chronic disease, how lack of access to healthcare and mistaken public perception may be helping the disease spread, and how we can use tools of advocacy and awareness to win the fight against AIDS. With Allison Navis, directed by Sarah Hughes.
Find out more »June 2018
Conflicted: The Matilda Effect – How Science Hides Women’s Achievements – Underground Science Festival
From rivalries and gossip to attacks and blood feuds, Conflicted is the comedy show that gives you the inside scoop on what (probably) happened during history’s greatest fights. This month, join Kate and Peter as they investigate The Matilda Effect, getting into the stories of these three women in science and the forces they fought to get their work recognized.
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