Tag: Sheila Jasanoff
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Human rights — ‘vision and reality’
Scholars reflect on movement 75 years after landmark document adopted by U.N.
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Hollywood’s messaging problem: Sometimes people feel insulted
Experts took a virtual look at the role of satire in pushing climate change action, with reviews mixed on a recent film.
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Bringing 17th-century Enlightenment tradition to Memorial Hall
The Harvard Undergraduate Salon for the Sciences and Humanities aims to revive the “age of conversation,” particularly about bridges between the two topics.
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Puncturing myth of purity of science, technology
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Sheila Jasanoff, winner of the 2022 Holberg Prize, reflects on the long road she’s traveled to develop the field of science and technology studies.
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Coming to grips with planetary existential threat
Environmental Science and Public Policy takes multidisciplinary approach to complex existential threat.
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10 join American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences announced its newest members, including 10 from the Harvard community.
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Gearing up for a consequential fall
Harvard faculty shape online classes to engage with COVID, race reckoning, election, and beyond.
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Perspectives on gene editing
Harvard researchers, others share their views on key issues in the field
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Humanities and science come together at conference
The sixth annual National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC), considered the largest student-run undergraduate research symposium in the nation, brought an estimated 200 undergraduates from across the U.S. and abroad to Harvard’s campus Jan. 19–21.
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In Germany, learning while seeing
The Harvard Summer Program in Freiburg, Germany, seeks to broaden the outlook of 20 Harvard students, each of whom is paired with a German student from the University of Freiburg, though a combination of classroom teaching, excursions to important sites in the region, and exposure to the town and its people.
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Genes without patents
The ACLU’s lead attorney and other participants in the Supreme Court case that overturned the common practice of patenting human genes discussed the ramifications in an event at the Science Center.
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New ways to fund science
As research funding dwindles, scientists need to rethink their methods for supporting the most promising projects, and how they communicate their work to the public, Nobel Prize–winning geneticist Paul Nurse told an audience of Harvard scientists.
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‘Silent Spring,’ 50 years on
Environmentalists and faculty members gathered at Sanders Theatre to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” which catalyzed the environmental movement in its impassioned presentation of the impact of chemicals on nature.
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The future of self-knowledge
Anne Wojcicki, chief executive officer and co-founder of 23andMe, talked about growth in personal genomics in an event sponsored by the Program on Science, Technology and Society.
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Jasanoff lectures as Sarton Chair
Harvard professor Sheila Jasanoff, the 2011-12 Sarton Chair in History of Science at Ghent University, recently gave two lectures that will be published in the journal Sartoniana.
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Learning to love the irrational mind
Just how much should we allow “human nature” to guide our politics — and our everyday decision making? Columnist David Brooks and a trio of Harvard analysts debated new findings on the unconscious mind during a panel discussion.
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Doubting Thomas nation
Why aren’t you listening? Scientists discuss the difficulty of transferring scientific consensus to the public.
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Six from Harvard receive Guggenheim Fellowships
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded fellowships to six faculty members from Harvard.
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‘Landscapes of Energy’
In a world marked by dams, oil fields, mines, and other energy infrastructure, scholars in a new Harvard journal begin looking at its social impact.