Jurimetrics Banquet Highlights Students and Alumni
Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology recently held its annual banquet at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. The banquet is an opportunity to mingle with current and former Jurimetrics members and to recognize outstanding students and alumni. The editors chose to recognize past Editor-in-Chief Ted Wimsatt with the Outstanding Jurimetrics Alumni […]
Call for Abstracts: Seventh Annual GETS Conference
The Seventh Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science (GETS) will be held at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law on May 22-24, 2019. The conference is premised on the belief that there is much to be learned and shared from and across the governance experience for various emerging technologies. The conference will consist of […]
Diana Bowman on Responsible Research and Innovation in Nanotech
Faculty Fellow and Associate Dean of International Engagement Diana Bowman recently co-authored a paper on responsible research and innovation (RRI) in nanotechnology. Devices of Responsibility: Over a Decade of Responsible Research and Innovation Initiatives for Nanotechnologies, published in Science and Engineering Ethics, discusses and takes stock of the international efforts to guide the responsible development […]
Worldwide Web Watch
August 17, 2016 As we navigate a world filled with great science and not-so-great science, one thing comes to light: the masses are not always right. The Authorea Team unveils eight instances of unjustifiable shunning of good science and asks us to ponder what other incredible ideas, proposals and advancements of tomorrow are being stalled today?
Worldwide Web Watch
June 15, 2016 In a law school class called Law, Science and Technology, LSI faculty Gary Marchant and Yvonne Stevens, devote an entire class to the question “what is science?” It can be a tricky question and in some ways, it is easier identified by what it is not. Unfortunately, science is not only prone […]
2013 Golden Goose Award
The Golden Goose Award Ceremony is being held on September 19, 2013 on Capitol Hill. Established by a group of congressmen, the award is bestowed upon and celebrates scientists whose research, with the help of federal funding, has made a significant contribution to society. The upcoming ceremony will honor Alvin Roth, David Gale (deceased) and […]
“Science is a way of behaving in the world. It is, simply put, a tradition” – Adam Frank
Science is a tradition that needs to be resuscitated, according to Adam Frank, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester and author of an article entitled, “Welcome to the Age of Denial.” In this featured piece, Frank claims that today’s society needs to become more connected with science and technology and reprimands […]