Science, Technology, and Society Speaker Series Fall 2019

 

Monday Sept. 30 at 4:00 pm in Miller 14

The Dam that would not Die: Yamba (On Japanese history)

Prof. Philip Brown, Dept. of History, The Ohio State University

Co-sponsored by East Asian Studies and Environmental Studies

 

Monday, Oct. 14, 4:00 p.m. in Olin 01

Joy in Science – The use of ‘fun’ in creating scientific personas, by Richard Feynman and Donna Strickland as case studies

Dr. Annelie Drakman (Uppsalla University, Sweden and Harvard University)

Co-sponsored by the Natural Science Division

 

Monday, Oct. 28 at 4:00 p.m. in Olin 01

FIRST WOMAN: Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere

Prof. Jim Fleming, Science, Technology, and Society Program, Colby

Co-sponsored by Colby Women in Science

 

Monday Nov. 4 at 7:00 pm in Lovejoy 100

Ecology and the Body

Prof. Debashree Mukherjee, South Asian Studies, Columbia University

Co-sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities

 

Monday Nov. 11 at 7:00 pm in Lovejoy 100

Natural and Anthropogenic Air Pollution

Prof. Karena McKinney, Chemistry Department, Colby,

Co-sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities

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Monday Sept. 9 at 7:00 pm in Lovejoy 100

Climate Engineering: How a Curious Scientific Idea Became Serious Politics

Julia Schubert, University of Bonn

Co-sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities