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A Conversation with Manfred Laubichler
Celebrating our 20th year by exploring the intersection of Biology and Society! Join us for the first event in the Center for Biology & Society's 2016-17 Conversation Series!
Starting the New School Year with Life Science Ethics
ASU’s School of Life Sciences’ (SOLS) Program in Life Science Ethics helps students make ethics an integral part of studying science. Karin Ellison, Associate Director of the Center for Biology and…
Alumni Spotlight: Jen Macias
The Center for Biology & Society recently caught up with Jen Macias, a 2011 BS in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Biology & Society who is currently a Designer/Partner for Fine Counsel.
Faculty Summer Research
Sara Brownell, Assistant Professor studying biology education, reports that the Biology Education Research Lab has had a productive summer thus far. The lab had two papers published in the June issue…
MBL History Project closes its 4th Season
On Friday, July 22, 2016, the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) History Project closed its doors on its fourth season.
Galapagos Research
Marielle Abalo, a Biology and Society Ph.D. student, recently conducted a preliminary research trip to assess ecotourism perceptions for and future implications of marine protected areas by using the…
Former Embryo Project Scholar may have “straightened out the stem-cell field”
Philosopher of science, Lucie Laplane, has published her dissertation with Harvard University Press. The text, Cancer Stem Cells: Philosophy and Therapies, is grounded in philosophy, history, and…
ASU Digital Innovation Group Goes International
DigInG has grown! As of June, 2016, the Digital Innovation Group at ASU has merged with software development activities within Department I of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (…
Faculty Spotlight: Ben Hurlbut
Dr. Ben Hurlbut has been very busy this past spring and summer! He was recently appointed to the National Academies Committee on Integrating Education in the Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Engineering…
Alumni Spotlight: Chanapa Tantibanchachai
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Graduate Funding
Recently, Aireona B. Raschke, a PhD candidate from the Center for Biology and Society (4E track) put together a workshop for graduate students about sources of research funding with the help of …
Annual History of Biology Seminar Tackles the Question: Why Marine Studies?
Historians, philosophers, and scientists gathered from May 18 to 25 at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA, to tackle the big question of: Why Marine Studies? Lecturers and…
Paige Madison Studies Sensational Fossils
Paige Madison is a PhD candidate studying the history of paleoanthropology at the Center for Biology and Society. This summer, Madison is writing about her exciting research on the history of hominin…
Phoenix Comicon 2016
The Center for Biology and Society was well represented at Phoenix Comicon. Five people participated in the panels, each presenting multiple times. Erica O'Neil, Theora Tiffney, and CBS professor Dr…
Alumni Spotlight: Chelsea Russ
The Center for Biology and Society recently caught up with Chelsea Russ, a 2010 BS in Biology with a concentration in Biology and Society who is currently a Healthcare Analyst with the Health…
The MBL History Project Opens for its 4th Year
A team of ASU graduate researchers, led by CBS Director and University Professor Jane Maienschein and Project Coordinator Kate MacCord have opened their summer season at the Marine Biological…
Spring 2016 Biology & Society Defenses
Congratulations to all the Biology & Society students who defended their research in the Spring of 2016!