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Michael White on Political Philosophy

Oxford University Press has just published the second edition of Michael White's book, Political Philosophy:  A Historical Introduction.

Lydia and Stephen Pyne Author Book

Steven Pyne, PhD, and his daughter, Lydia Pyne, (who earned her PhD at ASU in 2008) have written a book, "The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene" which…

Kathleen Pigg Collaborates on Guidebook

Paleobotanists Kathleen Pigg, Melanie DeVore, and Karl Volkman created an extraordinary tool, “Fossil Plants from Republic:  A Guidebook” which makes identifying plant fossils from a locality in…

Manfred Laubichler, 2011 President's Professor

Manfred Laubichler was honored with the title of 2011 President’s Professor at the April 17 Faculty Excellence Award Ceremony. This award is given to ASU faculty who have made substantial…

Arizona Bioethics Network

Jason Robert led a bioethics roundtable at the annual conference of Arizona Bioethics Network on April 20, 2012. The conference was entitled “Ethics at The Bedside: Making the Hard Decisions”. Video…

History and Philosophy of Science Informatics Workshop

On April 12-15, 2012, approximately 20 participants attended the HPS workshop entitled “[Model] Organisms Meet Digital HPS” at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. The workshop was…

Sean Cohmer, Dean’s Medalist

The Center for Biology and Society is very proud of Sean Cohmer, graduating senior in Biology and Society and student employee, for receiving the Dean’s Medal in recognition of his academic…

Andrew Smith Receives Award for Excellence

Simon Stuart, chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, gives Andrew Smith a citation of excellence in February 2012 at the recent SSC Chairs’ meeting in Abu Dhabi, for his past, and continuing…

EP Training Grant Visiting Scholars Head Home

For the Center for Biology and Society's three visiting graduate students, spring break marked the end of their time here. After eight weeks in the Valley of the Sun, philosophy student Valérie…

Reflections from the 2012 Intermountain West Graduate Philosophy Conference

On March 1 - 3, 2012, the University of Utah Department of Philosophy hosted the annual Intermountain West Graduate Philosophy Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. This intimate conference brought…

AAAS 2012

The 2012 AAAS Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada was a tremendously influential opportunity for me and the rest of the twelve Arizona State University undergraduates who were able to attend. With…

Professor C. Ken Waters speaks at Lab

Director of the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science, discussed his work on the "Metaphysical Implications of Conceptual Practice in Genetics," on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 to the Biology…

Guido Caniglia wins Fall 2011 GIFT Scholarship

The School of Life Sciences has awarded Guido Caniglia from the Center for Biology and Society with the GIFT scholarship. GIFT supports SOLS graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in obtaining…

Center for Biology and Society has lost a great friend

We are sad to learn of the death of Lynn Margulis. Dr. Margulis had attended many History of Biology Seminars and was renowned for her seminal work on the evolution of nuceleated cells as a result of…

Salt Cedars in the Southwest-Management of Eradication?

Matt Chew, Assistant Research Professor, weighs in on the controversial attempts to eradicate the tamarisk trees in the Southwest.

College Experiences at ASU are Life-Changing

Emilio Galan, a senior majoring in biology and society, is one of the most active student leaders at Changemaker Central, an ASU center for students who are passionate about social change

Andrew Smith and Team of Investigators Win NSF grant

The National Science Foundation has awarded Professor Andrew T. Smith, a Center for Biology and Society faculty member, over $1,000,000 to study Tibetan grassland and the complex interactions in…

Congratulations Manfred Laubichler, ASU Parents Association Special Recognition Award

The ASU Parents Association awarded Manfred Laubichler one of their 2011 Special Recognition Awards for teaching and scholarship! Congratulations!