Center for Biology and Society
Outreach
Biology and Society Faculty Engagements
The Center faculty members, students, and staff are active in the community. Selected examples include:
2008, January-June
John Lynch, "Was there a Darwinian Revolution?" Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix. February 10, 2008.
John Lynch, "Evolution is..." the Spirit of the Senses Salon. January 18, 2008.
2007, July-December
Jason Robert and Kenro Kusumi, "Clinicians and Cyborgs (Part I)". Drs. Robert and Kusumi discuss about their roles, the curriculum, and the unique education at University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix campus, in collaboration with Arizona State University.
Jason Robert and Kenro Kusumi, "Clinicians and Cyborgs (Part II)". In part II of this podcast, Kusumi and Robert elaborate on what cyborgs, personalized medicine, chimeras, biomedical informatics and gene therapies may mean in the practice of medicine and in their own researches in bioethics and spinal birth defects.
John Lynch, "Evolution is..." the Spirit of the Senses Salon. September 28, 2007.
Jason Robert, "How Should We Teach Ethics in Medical School?," The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix in Partnership with Arizona State University Mini-Med School. September 26, 2007.
John Lynch, "Designs on Darwin: A History of the Intelligent Design Movement" Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix. September 9, 2007. See
2007, January-June
Jason Robert, "Cyborgs, Ratbots, and Bionic Humans: Wiring Brains to Machines," Discovery Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 9, 2007.
Manfred Laubichler and Michael Thorpe, "Reductionism and Emergence in Science: New vs. Old Views of Nature and the Universe," Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University Science Cafe, Arizona Science Center. April 20, 2007.
John Lynch, "Designs on Darwin: Twenty Years of Anti-Evolution in America," Greater Phoenix MENSA Regional Gathering. March 31, 2007.
Jane Maienschein, Interview, Office of the President Podcast #64. March 31, 2007.
Jane Maienschein and Jason Robert, "Stem Cells, Embryos, and Clones," Rio Verde Community Center, Rio Verde, Arizona. March 19, 2007.
Jason Robert and Ranu Jung, "Adaptive Technologies for the Central Nervous System: Are We Changing What It means to be Human?" Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University Science Cafe, Arizona Science Center. January 19, 2007.