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Wed, 02/17/2021

Brightening Biochemistry: The Role of Humor in Scientific Research

Lunchtime Lectures

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. EST (UTC -5)

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Thu, 02/04/2021

The Library & Museum at the American Philosophical Society and the Linda Hall Library are excited to collaborate on a series of COVID-Calls focused on what library and archival materials in the...

Tue, 09/08/2020

Biotechnology, Race, and Memory in Washington Heights

By Robin Wolfe Scheffler

Amidst the economic and human toll inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic on the City of New York, one industry still thrives: the city’s Economic Development Corporation trumpeted the news...

Sat, 09/05/2020

Promises and Perils of a COVID-19 Vaccine

Sep 5

Saturday, September 5, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Virtual - Zoom

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Fri, 07/24/2020

In today's Washington Post I use the research from A Contagious Cause to argue that we cannot allow hope for a coronavirus vaccine to distract our efforts from dealing with the harms of COVID 19 in the present.

Thu, 05/21/2020

**Cancelled, but recorded and avaliable here: https://youtu.be/RNksA-WFDfU**

Robin Wolfe Scheffler follows the search for infectious agents responsible for cancer from nineteenth century theories that cancer was...

Wed, 02/26/2020

The McGill University Social Studies of Medicine Department will host Robin Scheffler as he speaks on:

 Genetown: Boston and the Modern Biotechnology Industry

Today, the Boston area hosts the densest cluster of biotechnology and biopharmaceutical firms anywhere in...