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For Whom the Genome Tolls - Jenny Reardon (UC Santa Cruz)

Apr 20, 2015 at | 3401 Walnut St., Rm 330-A

Jenny Reardon
For Whom the Genome Tolls: Race, Genomics and Justice in the American South at the Turn of the Millennium
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The Past and Present Significance of Racial Mobility - Aliya Saperstein (Stanford)

Apr 8, 2015 at | 3718 Locust Walk, McNeil Building, Room 286-287

Aliya Saperstein
The Past and Present Significance of Racial Mobility

In this talk, Professor Saperstein will…



Big Data Record & the Study of Racial Disparities - Jay Kaufman (McGill University)

Mar 26, 2015 at - | 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 330A

Jay Kaufman - 2014-1015 PRSS Visiting Scholar. 

"Big Data Record Linkages for the Study of Racial…



How do we Study Racial Disparities in Health - Jay Kaufman (McGill University)

Mar 25, 2015 at - | 3601 Locust Walk, The ARCH, room 108

Jay Kaufman 2014-2015 PRSS Visiting Scholar. 
"How do we Study Racial Disparities in Health and What Have we Learned?"

Traditionally, the…



Biocriminology and the Enduring "Question of Race" - Oliver Rollins (Penn)

Mar 19, 2015 at - | 3401 Walnut St., Max Kade Center Rm 329-A

Oliver Rollins
Biocriminology and the Enduring "Question of Race"

This talk examines the use of race in biocriminology. Specifically, it will provide an understanding of the discursive ways that the…



Big Data, Race, and Communication - Peter Chow-White (Simon Fraser)

Feb 4, 2015 at | 3401 Walnut St., Max Kade Center, Rm 329-A

Peter Chow-White 
Big Data, Race, and Communication: What are Challenges, Opportunities, and Risks for Genomics and…



Dr. David Satcher (Former US Surgeon General)

Jan 15, 2015 at - | Location: Smilow Center for Translational Research, Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium

Dr. David Satcher

Dr. Satcher is Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, and Professor of Community Health and Preventive…



Webinar: Talking Biopolitics with Dorothy Roberts and Jonathan Marks

Nov 12, 2014 at |

 



The Emperor’s New Genes - Ruha Benjamin (Princeton)

Oct 29, 2014 at - | 103 McNeil Building, University of Pennslyvania
 

Ruha Benjamin 
The Emperor's New Genes: Mapping and Marketing Populations in a Global Context

In this talk…



PRSS Inaugural Symposium

Apr 11, 2014 at - | Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum, 3260 South St. 

9:00-9:15--Welcome by Barbara Savage, Director, Center for Africana Studies; Introduction by Dorothy Roberts, Director, Program on Race, Science & Society 9:15-10:30--Panel 1: "The Crisis of Race in Science, Past…