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Will the Robots Win? Promises and Perils of Technology in Society
Technology is ubiquitous. Computers and phones impact our daily rhythms, communicative abilities, and cognitive energies. Consider being hospitalized, flying from one country to another, or taking a prescription medicine. Or […]
FreeCANCELLED "Into the Sea" Documentary Screening
Cultural Center at Merrill Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz, Merrill College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDr. Easkey Britton lives in Ireland and she's an amazing competitive big wave surfer --one of the few women in the sport--and she has a PhD in Environment and Society. […]
FreeChristopher Chen: "Ed Roberson and the Poetics of Serial Identities"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesChristopher Chen’s scholarly interests include theories of comparative racialization, racial capitalism and the black radical tradition, and debates over what Charles Taylor and others have called the "politics of recognition." […]
FreeAntonella Guidazzoli: "Open Virtual Heritage Applications: From Research Tools to Emotional and Participatory Virtual Spaces"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAntonella Guidazzoli, CINECA Supercomputer Center, Bologna Italy, leads research services for the 3D Virtual Information Research Lab at Italy's supercomputer center in Bologna, CINECA, a non-profit consortium comprising 69 Italian […]
FreeFabrizzio McManus Guerrero: "From Queer Theory to Teoria Cuir: Latinamerican appropriations of Gay Identities"
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesGuest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain, Mind, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39), co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, UCSC, Winter 2015. Fabrizzio McManus Guerrero studied Biology in the […]
FreeLiving Writers Series: Maceo Montoya
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Creative Writing Program presents Maceo Montoya in the Winter 2015 Living Writers Series. Maceo Montoya grew up in Elmira, California. He graduated from Yale University in 2002 and received […]
FreeFabrizzio McManus Guerrero: "Neuro-Biological Explanations of Sexual Orientation and Their Counter-Explanations"
Jack Baskin 152Guest Lectures for “Introduction to Philosophy” (Phil 11) and “Brain, Mind, and Consciousness” (Cowell 39), co-taught by Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, UCSC, Winter 2015. Explaining Sexual Orientation, or for that matter, […]
FreeFriday Forum for Graduate Research: Michael Wilson
Humanities 1, Room 202Friday Forum For Graduate Research: A weekly interdisciplinary colloquium series for sharing graduate research across the humanities. Join us for light refreshments and weekly presentations by your fellow graduate students. Fridays […]
FreeRebecca Kukla CHANGED TO MARCH 6: "The Sedimentation of Bias in Medical Institutions"
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAbstract: Bias is becoming an increasingly central topic in both moral psychology and bioethics. We have ample evidence that biases shape our interactions, including interactions between health professionals and patients, […]
FreeFirst Annual Grad Slam
B206 Earth & Marine SciencesAlso known as the 3 Minute Thesis® competition, started by the University of Queensland, Australia, the UCSC Grad Slam will challenge graduate students to present a compelling presentation of their […]
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