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Fire is in the News, and so is Dr. Pyne
With the number of wildfires in the news recently, Dr. Steve Pyne has been busy sharing his expertise.
HPS and the Future of Collaborative Work within the Life Sciences
Between April 21st and April 24th, philosophers and historians of science gathered at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to discuss scholarship at the intersection of the…
Alumni Spotlight: Marci Baranski
The Center for Biology and Society recently caught up with Marci Baranski, a 2015 PhD (4E Track) who is currently a Climate Change Specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Erica O’Neil and Kate MacCord learn to be Digital Humanists
History of medicine and the digital age collide! On April 11-13, CBS PhD candidate Erica O’Neil and Project Coordinator Kate MacCord participated in the “Images and Texts in Medical History” …
Between Conservation and Ecotourism: Marielle Abalo advances her Research in Germany
Marielle Abalo, a first-year Biology and Society PhD student, recently took advantage of a CBS funded conference trip to advance her research. As part of the 4E (Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of the…
Kelle Dhein receives Ford Foundation Fellowship
Kelle Dhein, a first year PhD student in the Biology…
A Real Zootopia? Ben Minteer Examines the Evolution of Zoos
What if it were possible to create a zoo without enclosures, a place where visitors could move freely among the elephants and giraffes? And what if zoo designers actually got so good at simulating…
Embryo Project at Night of the Open Door
The Embryo Project (EP) engaged audiences of all ages at this year’s Night of the Open Door on ASU’s Tempe Campus on Saturday, February 27, from 4:00 to 9:00pm. This was the fourth year that ASU…
Hurlbut Contributes to International Debate over Human Gene Editing
In recent months, CBS center faculty affiliate Ben Hurlbut has contributed to an emerging, international debate about human applications of CRISPR/Cas9—a new technique of genetic engineering or “gene…
The Biology Education Research Lab’s Eye on Equity
Active learning is being adopted across undergraduate biology classrooms, but not all students may equally reap the benefits of these practices. Multiple barriers may prevent students from fully…
Fire Expert Receives Teaching Honor
On Monday, January 25th, Stephen Pyne, a Regents’ Professor, Distinguished Sustainability Scholar and Center for Biology and Society faculty member thought it was going to be a normal day of…
CBS Student Experiences Public Health Policy in Israel
CBS graduate student Rachel Gur-Arie is coming up on her sixth month of being a Fulbright research scholar at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel, with Dr. Nadav Davidovitch. Gur…
Spotlight on the Digital Innovation Group
Harnessing computational power for the history of science. In the Fall 2015 semester, more than two dozen computer science and humanities students spent nine hours each week in a small lab in the…
ASU-Leuphana Global Classroom Comes to a Triumphant Conclusion
Global classroom ends with final lessons on interdisciplinarity and working across cultures.
MBL History Project Enters Third Year, Expands in New Directions
Brown University Royce Fellow and biodiversity are among this year’s big news at the MBL History Project.
Graduate Students Form a Tradition of Civic Leadership
For students in the Center for Biology and Society (CBS), civic leadership is quickly becoming a tradition.
Annual History of Biology Seminar hosted at the Marine Biological Laboratory
The 27th annual MBL-ASU History of Biology seminar occurred in Woods Hole May 13-20,…
CBS Faculty Pyne and Minteer discuss conservation in the Age of Humans
Today many environmental scientists, historians, philosophers, journalists, activists, and land managers are wrestling over the future of nature preservation in the “Anthropocene.” A…