Sciences and Mathematics
"Ethics and Climate Change": An Earth Day presentation by Andrew Light, April 22, 2009
April 22, 2009 - Andrew Light is a professor of Philosophy and Environmental Policy and Director for the Center for Global Ethics at George Mason University.
April 14, 2009 - Michael Fortun is a professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His most recent work is Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation (2008).
"Breeding Choruses and Cocktail Parties: A Frog's Perspective on Hearing in a Noisy World": A presentation by Mark Bee, January 29, 2009
"Wastelands and Wilderness": Presentation by Peter Galison, January 23, 2009
January 18 and 25, 2009 - The Meaning of Calculus in the 17th Century - J.B. Shank is a professor of history at the University of MInnesota and one of the organizers of the Theorizing Early Modern Studies Collaborative.
January 4, 2009 - Science in Japan in the War Years - Hiromi Mizuno is a professor of History at the University of Minnesota.
December 21, 2008 - What makes a building work? - Leslie Van Duzer is a professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota.
"Magic as Ersatz Experiments": A presentation by Eric Van Duzer, November 24, 2008
"Sense and Sensibilities: Exploring the Origins of the Global 'Anti-Biotech' Movement": A presentation by Rachel Schurman and William Munro, October 30, 2008
"Combining Art with Science in the High-Tech Intensive Care Unit: The Role of Music Intervention in Patient Care" - Presentation by Linda Chlan, September 25, 2008
October 26 and November 2, 2008 - Controversies about Mathematical Knowledge and Leibniz and Newton: Continuity and Controversy - J.B. Shank is a professor of history at the University of MInnesota and one of the organizers of the Theorizing Early Modern Studies Collaborative.
October 12, 2008 - Two Scholars: History and Environmental Ethics - William Cunningham is an environmental scientist and author. He is Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at the University of Minnesota. He is particularly interested in conservation biology and environmental issues.
October 12, 2008 - J. Baird Callicott is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas. He taught an early environmental ethics course at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point in 1971 and environmental ethics has remained his central focus.
November, 2007 - Roger Hart is a professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin where he works in Chinese history and the history of science and mathematics in China.
November, 2007 - Dan Burk is the Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and a prominent authority on the law of intellectual property, specializing in the areas of cyberlaw and biotechnology.