Tag: Center for Law Science & Innovation

Concussion Biomarkers: Scientific and Legal Implications

By Gary E. Marchant Concussions have emerged as a major public health problem. The CDC estimates that over one-and-a-half million American suffer a concussion each year, many in contact sports such as football, hockey and soccer, but also as a result of military combat, domestic abuse, vehicle crashes, falls, and other accidents. Our ability to […]

ROUNDTABLE WORKSHOP: GMOs

On January 14, 2015, ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the Center for Law, Science & Innovation hosted the nation’s brightest scientists, lawyers, academics, journalists and regulators to meet and discuss strategic reform of the U.S. regulatory system, public perception, scientific communication and development barriers affecting genetically modified plant and animal organisms (GMOs).   […]

Marchant Presents at Society for Risk Analysis

Gary E. Marchant ASU Law Professor Gary Marchant gave two presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) in Denver on Dec. 8 and 9.  Marchant’s first presentation, entitled “Nanotechnology: From Harmful to Helpful?,” examined the possible role of hormesis in the toxicology of nanomaterials, and the risk management implications of […]

Center for Law, Science & Innovation – Fall 2014 Alumni Reception

Alumni, current students, distinguished faculty and community leaders & supporters came together last Friday, November 7, 2014 on the  Garden Terrace @ the Hyatt Regency Phoenix to celebrate, among other things, the preeminent Center for Law, Science & Innovation‘s 30th birthday and its noteworthy growth & contributions throughout the years.  Other highlights included an update […]

Check Out This Blog – It’s EPIC!

The Energy Policy Innovation Council (EPIC) informs and educates policymakers on current, complex issues in energy policy that impact Arizona and beyond.   EPIC is housed within the Center for Law, Science and Innovation at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.  EPIC recently launched an informative, multi-feature blog  […]

Wednesday Web Watch for November 5, 2014

George Dvorsky explains How Universal Basic Income Will Save Us From the Robot Uprising in response to predictions that robots, artificial intelligence and other types of technology will eliminate many of the jobs currently held by human beings.  The concept is commonly referred to as “technological unemployment.” In his article, published by io9,  Dvorsky discusses […]

Marchant’s Contribution Featured in TIME Magazine Online

Gary E. Marchant, Faculty Director, Center for Law, Science & Innovation and Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, recently contributed to the discussion With Great Scientific Power Comes Great Responsibility,  published by Zócalo Public Square and TIME online.  In his segment, entitled Developing Governance as Innovative as our Science and Technology, Marchant discusses […]

Marchant co-authors article in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology

  Gary Marchant An article, co-authored by Regents’ Professor Gary Marchant, Faculty Director of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law‘s Center for Law, Science & Innovation, was featured in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Marchant co-authored the article with Rachel Lindor, M.D., J.D., a resident at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The article titled, […]

Nanotechnology, Soft Law, Tort Liability and Insurance

By Gary E. Marchant, Ph.D., M.P.P., J.D. Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University  (SDO’CCL – ASU) Faculty Director and Faculty Fellow, Center for Law, Science & Innovation (SDO’CCL – ASU) Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law and Ethics (ASU) Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability, (ASU)   Traditional […]