Robert T. Pennock Talk // Nov 15

The Character of Science: A Virtue Theoretic Account

Alan Rubel Brown Bag / Nov 21

Ethics, Agency, and Automated Decision Systems

Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Science and technology studies (STS) is a growing field of study that seeks to understand how science and technology shape human lives and livelihoods and how society and culture, in turn, shape the development of science and technology.

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In the 1990s, Bob and Jean Holtz made an initial commitment that created the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies at UW-Madison.

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ISSuES offers undergraduate students an opportunity to interact with the social sciences and humanities in a way that emphasizes the relationship between science, technology, engineering and society.

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November 2019

From Daffy’s Elixir to Dinitrophenol: Medicines and Their Early Regulation in America

November 13 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

1116 Rennebohm Hall, School of Pharmacy + Google Map

From Daffy's Elixir to Dinitrophenol: Medicines and Their Early Regulation in America John Swann, PhD, Historian, Food and Drug Administration Wednesday, November 13, 2:00-3:00 pm, 1116 Rennebohm Hall Refreshments will be provided. John Swann is…

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A Roundtable on Value/Economy

November 14 @ 7:00 pm

Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State Street
Madison, WI + Google Map

The third series of events related to the Sawyer Seminar: Interrogating the Plantationocene: A UW-Madison Mellon Sawyer Seminar is right around the corner! The November events explore the theme of "value/economy". - VALUE/ECONOMY EVENTS -…

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Value/Economy Workshop

November 15 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am

7191 Helen C. White Hall

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Deadline for proposals: Environmental Justice in Multispecies Worlds: Land, Water, Food

November 15 @ 5:00 pm

Call for proposals: Environmental Justice in Multispecies Worlds: Land, Water, Food An interdisciplinary graduate student conference hosted by the Center for Culture, History, and Environment University of Wisconsin–Madison March 6-8, 2020 multispeciesjustice.org The Center for…

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Ethics, Agency, and Automated Decision Systems

November 21 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

8411 Social Science

Ethics, Agency, and Automated Decision Systems A Brown Bag with Alan Rubel, JD, PhD, Associate Professor, Information School; Director, Center for Law, Society & Justice Algorithmic systems and predictive analytics play an increasingly important role in…

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