Science and the Public: Biopiracy and Indigenous Sovereignty

Ikechi Mgbeoji | Clayton Brascoupe | Claudia Calderón | Jean-Michel Ané
Fluno Center | Howard Auditorium (1st floor), 601 University Ave, Madison, WI 53715
@ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

This public panel discussion will feature the following panelists: legal scholar Ikechi Mgbeoji (York University), and UW-Madison’s Claudia Calderón, Jean-Michel Ané and emeritus sociologist Jack Kloppenburg. 

Ketamine: Markets, Medicine, and Madness

Michael Oldani | Clinical Associate Professor, Executive Director of Interprofessional Practice and Education, State University of New York at Buffalo
8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building
@ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Zoom (@wisc.edu authentication required)

Ketamine is an older prescription drug that has undergone a renaissance in the pharmaceutical marketplace, specifically for treatment resistant depression and psychedelic therapies. This paper ethnographically presents a case study of a patient undergoing ketamine …

Monetizing Lives: (How) Should we do it?

Paul Kelleher | Associate Professor, Medical History & Bioethics, Philosophy
6015 Vilas Hall
@ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Monetized values of human life and death profoundly shape economic evaluations of climate policy. I will explain the general role played by these valuations, and will then discuss three different approaches to valuing mortality risks. …

Graduate Student Panel

Holtz grad student awardees
5055 Vilas Hall (Nafziger Room)
@ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Various topics.

A Progress Report on Social Genomics

Jason Fletcher, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Public Affairs
5055 Vilas Hall (Nafziger Room)
@ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm