Recent Events

2007-2008

 
Lars Bergström, filmmaker

Tues., Feb. 24, 2:30 p.m. in Miller 14, Lars Bergström, Swedish artist and filmmaker, showing and discussing Life Extended (2008, 58min).

Tues, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. in Lovejoy 208, Lars Bergström, showing and discussing Last Supper (2005, 58min).

Are Red Giant Stars Old or Young and Why Should We Care?

climatebeast

Monday, Nov. 17 from 1-3:30 pm in Olin 1  (class meeting of ST213)
Are Red Giant stars old or young and why should we care?
David DeVorkin
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
 


"You can argue with the facts: A political history of climate change"

Naomi Oreskes
Department of History and Science Studies
University of California, San Diego
Friday, Oct. 17th
Lovejoy 100
4:00 p.m.
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"World Religions and Ecology: The promise of partnership"

Mary Evelyn Tucker
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Yale Divinity School
Friday, Sept. 19th
Miller 15
Cookies at 3:45 p.m.
Lecture 4:00 p.m.
more...

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STS Senior Talks

Maddie Given
Kim Rudolph
Camden Bucsko
Adam Salamon

Thursday, May 8,
7:00-9:00 pm
Miller 14

Refreshments will be served
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Preserving, displaying, and interpreting technical artifacts at the National Air and Space Museum
David H. DeVorkin and Roger D. Launius, SmithsonianNational Air and Space Museum,
Tuesday April 29,
Miller 14,
2:30-3:45 pm
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"The Changing Place of Red Giants in the Evolutionary Process, 1890-1955"
David H. DeVorkin,
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum,
Monday, April 28,
Keyes 105,
3:00 pm
 
 
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"Preserving Polar Antiquities: The 1897 Andrée Ballooning Expedition to the North Pole"
Noel Broadbent,
Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian National Mueseum of Natural History,
Thursday, April 24,
Miller 14,
7:30 pm

 

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"Unintended Consequences: The Effect of Maize Cultivation on Malria Transmission in Ethiopia"
Jim McCann,
Professor of History, Boston University,
Wednesday, April 16,
Lovejoy 100,
7:30 pm


 

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"Global Warming and Climate Change"
Nobel Laureate, F. Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland,
Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science, U.C. Irvine,
Friday, March 14,
Ostrogrove Auditorium Diamond,
9:00 am
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"Our Changing Atmosphere: (1) The Ozone Hole (2) Carbon Dioxide"
IBM Lecture,
Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland,
Professor of Chemistry & Earth System Science, U. California Irvine, and Nobel Laureate,
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
7:00 pm,
Olin 1,
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"The Community Water Jar: Gender and Technology in Guinea West Africa"
Wenda K. Bauchspies,
Professor of STS and Women's Studies, Penn State University, 
Friday, March 7, 2008
4:00 pm, Miller 14
STS Seminar
"Climbing the Oil Peak: Energy, Power, and the American Way of Life"
Lenny Reich,
Professor of Administrative Science and STS
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
Cookies at 3:45 pm,
Lecture at 4:00 pm,
*Please note the change in location*
Arey 5
The Darkness of Light: Thoreau, Photography, and the Science of Light
Prof. Laura Saltz
Friday, November 30 
4:00 p.m., Lovejoy 119
Cookies at 3:45
 
STS Seminar: The Climate Engineers
Prof. Jim Fleming
Friday, Oct. 12th, 2007
4:00pm, Lovejoy 100
Cookies at 3:45pm
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STS Seminar: The Greening of the High Seas: Can Plankton Save Us From Global Warming?
Justin Grubich
Ph.D. AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
Friday, Sept. 28th, 2007
4:00pm, Lovejoy 100
Cookies at 3:45pm
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2006-2007

 
STS End of the Year Banquet
Keynote Speaker: Professor Rebecca Herzig, Bates College Women and Gender Studies Program
Wednesday, May 9
5:00PM (Dinner starts at 5:30PM)
Schair-Swanson-Watson Alumni Center
Marchetti Room
Contact Alice Ridky for more information.

STS Honors Presentation
Brian Fulmer ('07)
"Political Biology: Peter Kropotkin and the Darwinian Revolution"
Wednesday, May 3
4:00 PM
Smith Room, Roberts
STS Senior Scholar's Presentation
Tom Reznick ('07)
"From the Fair to the Laboratory: Agricultural Science and Education in Aroostook, Maine"
Thursday, May 4,
10:00 AM,
Hurd Room, Roberts
Spring Speakers' Series
Dr. Robert Friedel (University of Maryland)
"The Decline of American Technological Optimism in the 1970s: Counter-culture or Cultural Shift?"
Friday April 27
4:00-5:30pm
Miller 014
Spring Speakers' Series

Marty Sherwin, (Tufts University)
"Oppenheimer's Shadow: His Nuclear World and Ours"
Thursday April 12
7:00-8:30pm
Olin 1

Spring Speakers' Series

Wally Funk & Martha Ackmann
"Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight"
Thursday April 5th
Lovejoy 100, 7:00pm

STS Department Open House
Prospective STS Majors and Minors!
Come meet engaging faculty and students!
Thursday, March 22nd.
Miller 014
7:30-9:00PM
Refreshments will be provided.
Open to the public!

Spring Speakers' Series

Susan Rensing (Mississippi State)
"Breeding a New Man for the New Woman: Eugenics and Feminism in Progressive Era America"
Friday March 16
4:00-5:30pm
Olin 1
Spring Speaker's Series

Mark Hineline,
"Bridges' Benchmark: The Moon by Airbrush"
Friday February 23
4:00-5:30
Olin 1

STS Senior Research Colloquium
Thursday November 30th 2006
Mudd 311, 7:00-9:30pm


Session One
7:00-7:25

Tom Testo '07: "Last Blast: The Politics and Sponsorship of Formula One"
7:30-7:55
Aaron Bradford '07J: "A Very Moral Concern: Molecular Biology and the Development of Chemotherapy"

7:55-8:05: Refreshments

Session Two
8:05-8:30
Brian Fulmer '07
: "Political Biology: Peter Kropotkin and the Darwinian Revolution"
8:35-9:00
Tom Reznick '07: "Morals and Milk: Neo-Luddism and Bovine Somatatropin"

Refreshments will be provided from 6:45


Fall Speakers Series
Suzanne Moon
Colorado School of Mines
"Indonesia, Colonialism and Technology"
Friday, November 17, 2006
4:00 p.m. ~ Miller 014
Environmental Studies Lunchtime Colloquia
Piers J. Hale
(STS Program, Colby College)
"The Bread and the Roses: Natural Value and Justice in Environmentalism"
November 15, 2006
12:00 ~ Fairchild Room in Dana
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Goldfarb Center Energy Symposium

Friday, November 10, 2006
Session IV:  Debating the Energy Future  9:30 – 11:30
Mick Wormersley, Unity College: “Can the Market Solve Energy Problems?"
Beth Nagusky, Director of Energy Independence, Office of the Governor, State of Maine: The State Government and Energy Futures
All Meetings in Roberts Union, Whitney Room

Goldfarb Center Energy Symposium

Thursday, November 9
Session I: Fossil Fuels 1:30 - 3:00
Elizabeth Wilson, University of Maine: “A Global Look at Energy Resources: Challenges from Fossil Fuels to Renewables
Leonard Reich, Colby College: US Energy Consumption and Peak Oil: History, and Policy Quandaries
Session II: Nuclear Power: 3:30 - 5:00
Steve Kerekes, Nuclear Energy Institute: US Nuclear Energy Futures
Paul Josephson, Colby College:   Costs and Benefits of Nuclear Power
Session III: Keynote Address: 7:00 - 8:00
Matthew Wald, New York Times, “Energy Policy:  How to Recognize What Policy You’ve Got"
All Meetings in Roberts Union, Whitney Room

Fall Speakers Series

Piers J. Hale
Colby College
"Darwin's Other Bulldog: Charles Kingsley, Evolution and Education in Victorian England"
Friday, October 20, 2006
4:00 p.m. ~ Miller 014
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Fall Speakers Series

Rebecca Kluchin
California State University at Sacramento
"From Eugenic Procedure to Contraceptive Wonder: Technology and the Transformation of Sterilization, 1965-1975"
Friday, October 6, 2006
4:00 p.m. ~ Miller 014
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STS Student Wins Udall
Stephen Erario ’10 has been named a 2008 Udall Scholar, one of 80 such scholars nationally. Erario, an environmental studies and science, technology, and society double major, was nominated based on his academic achievement and leadership potential. Named in honor of Congressman Morris K. Udall, the prestigious $5,000 scholarship was awarded to Erario based on an essay and his involvement on campus and in Waterville.
Prof. Fleming on Australian National Radio:


The podcast for Prof. Fleming's "The Climate Engineers," which aired Sunday on Australian National Radio, is available at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/