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COLLOQUIUM: Human Mobility and the Spatial Dynamics of Knowledge: Mapping Science, Technology, and Medicine in late-Imperial China
E51-095Speaker: Catherine Jami, University of Paris-Diderot Discussant: Gabriela Soto Laveago Monday, April 30, 2018 | 4pm | E51-095
COLLOQUIUM: Golden Ages: Orientalism and the History of Science
E51-095Speaker: Marwa Elshakry, Columbia University Discussant: Ahmed Ragab, Harvard University
2019 ARTHUR MILLER LECTURE ON SCIENCE AND ETHICS
Bartos Theater E15 Atrium Level, 20 Ames StreetWith a focus on the Miller Lecture’s mission to explore the humanistic, social, legal, and cultural dimensions of scientific and technological developments, the event committee is producing a panel discussion featuring leaders in identifying many of the social complexities and challenges that have arisen with computation and especially with artificial intelligence and machinery learning. PANELISTS: […]
Morison Prize and Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society
Virtual MA, United StatesRECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqicqHpKmZA Join us for the webinar, Thursday, October 1, 2020, 4pm. Register in advance: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4qJ6VLGyS921W7wnF1QwHA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This year's recipient of the Morison Prize and Lecture is Dr. Alondra Nelson. Dr. Alondra Nelson is president of the Social Science Research Council […]
Artificial Intelligence & Ethics
Virtual MA, United Stateshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjYvx_xidF4 It turns out that it is not only social scientists and humanists who are raising concerns about the realities and directions of AI; many students and faculty in engineering are also voicing hesitations about all aspects of it, something few of us have seen with previous technologies. Listen in as the panelists raise the […]
David A. Mindell: The Work of the Future
Virtual MA, United StatesThe Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines Automation will transform our work, our lives, our society. Whether the outcome is inclusive or exclusive, fair or laissez-faire, is up to us. Getting this right is among the most important and inspiring challenges of our time – and […]
Book Talk with Anne Pollock, Ph.D, ’07: Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States
E51-095 MA, United StatesANNE POLLOCK, '07, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine King’s College, London SICKENING: ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE UNITED STATES An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americansin the twenty-first century. From the spike in chronic disease after Hurricane Katrina to the lack of protection for Black […]
2021-22 Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics: Prof. Kendall Hoyt, MIT HASTS ’02, Dartmouth College
Bartos Theater E15 Atrium Level, 20 Ames Streethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I5CEjtC6w8 FASTER VACCINES: A look at the past, present, and future of our efforts to accelerate development. Guest Lecturer: Professor Kendall Hoyt, MIT HASTS '02, Assistant Professor, Geisel School of Medicine; Senior Lecturer, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College DATE: Thursday, March 17, 2022 LOCATION: Bartos Theater, MIT, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA […]