Bowman and Doxzen on Human Genome Editing

Dr. Diana Bowman and Hoffman Fellow Kevin Doxzen on Human Genome Editing Professor Diana Bowman and Hoffman Fellow Kevin Doxzen co-released an article on human genome editing. This article, which appears on Slate, questions how human genome editing should be regulated. They discuss various types of genome editing and our worlds “disastrous example of global […]

Brad Allenby Series 3

Environmental Scientist Brad Allenby on Chinese Soft Authoritarianism versus American Constitutional Pluralism Series Three Brad Allenby’s third and final series in his question on if current government regulations are still functional, explores if “high tech soft authoritarianism is the 21st century form of 20th century pluralism.” Read the article here.

Phelps Foundation Joins Dr. Bowman in Drowning Prevention

The Michael Phelps Foundation has joined Dr. Diana Bowman in her Water Safety Initiative Dr. Diana Bowman created the Water Safety Initiative after moving to Arizona to help prevent drownings. The Phelps Foundation recently joined Dr. Bowman in her mission and now they help promote water safety together. Cronkite News reported a story on their […]

Gary Marchant in The Clinical Times

Meet Marco, the mental-health assisting robot! Professor Gary Marchant is featured in a news story in the Clinical Times written on a robot named MARCo, that was engineered to assist with mental health. Marchant talks about the robot’s data and if it is covered by HIPPA entity. Read the news story here.

Brad Allenby Series 2

Environmental Scientist Brad Allenby on Assessing Government Models Series Two Brad Allenby’s second series in his question on if current government regulations are still functional, analyzes the horse race between China and the United States for dominance. Allenby scrutinizes the characteristics governments should have, and gives plausible ideas for what could happen in the future. […]

LSI Lunch Talk with Mark Esposito

LSI Hosted Lunch Talk with Mark Esposito, Ph.D. September 23/ Room 349 at 12:10PM Please join us for a lunch talk with Mark Esposito. Mark comes to us from Thunderbird School of Global Management, he is the Clinical Professor of Global Shifts and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The title to his talk is, Post-Pandemic Designs: […]

Brad Allenby Series 1

Environmental Scientist Brad Allenby on Governance Series One Brad Allenby has begun a new series questioning if current government institutions are still functional and if they are not, are we able to conjecture on what might eventually replace them? Allenby will be exploring his inquiry in several succeeding posts. He notes the concept of technological […]

Gene Therapy

New Gene Therapies May Soon Treat Dozens of Rare Diseases, but Million-dollar Price Tags Will Put Them Out of Reach For Many Zolgensma – which treats spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disease that damages nerve cells, leading to muscle decay – is currently the most expensive drug in the world. A one-time treatment of the life-saving drug for a […]

Justice Department Announces New Cyber Fellowship

If you know any 3Ls who may be interested – DOJ just launched a Cyber Fellowship (three year rotational program focused on national security and criminal cyber threats). September 8 is the deadline.  On August 27, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new DOJ fellowship that may be of interest to some Lawfare readers.  […]