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The Center for Biology and Society promotes diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice through what we value, what we do, and who we are.

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The Center for Biology and Society promotes research, education, and engagement related to study of the life sciences and their interconnections with society. 

Center News

Bioethics Breakfast Club Provides Food for Thought (and Bagels) to the School of Life Sciences

ASU faculty members Krystal Tsosie and Beckett Sterner led a discussion about the social and ethical considerations of sequencing global eukaryotic biodiversity.

Leah Gerber receives Spirit of Defenders Award for Science

Defenders of Wildlife has awarded Dr. Leah Gerber, one of the world’s leading conservation scientists, with its Spirit of Defenders Award for Science.

Sara Brownell Named President's Professor

Congratulations to Sara Brownell on being named a 2023 President's Professor!

Visit the Center for Biology and Society Collections

Did you know that the Center for Biology and Society has multiple collections available? Collections can be accessed in LSC 284 and are available for check-out.

Bio and Society Grad to Begin Bioethics Position at National Institutes of Health

After graduating from ASU in 2023 with a PhD in Biology and Society, Liz Dietz started in a bioethics position at the National Institutes of Health.

Welcome New 2023 Biology and Society Graduate Students

Meet the new Center for Biology and Society graduate students.
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