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The Science Studies Research Workshop Presents: Richard York on “Energy Transitions and Unintended Consequences”

170 Academic Center (Ellicott Complex)

Abstract: Transitioning away from fossil fuels requires the production of energy from non-fossil sources. However, quantitative analyses and historical assessments of previous shifts in energy use indicate that the expansion of non-fossil energy sources – _in the absence of direct efforts to suppress fossil fuel extraction and challenge the power of the fossil fuel industry […]

Science Studies Research Workshop: “Modeling Across Disciplines”

474 Park Hall 211 Mary Talbert Way, Buffalo, NY, United States

Modeling Across Disciplines: A conversation with an atmospheric scientist, a family sociologist, and a philosopher about how we can (and cannot) use models to better understand our world. The world is almost as messy as it is complex. This is a big problem for anyone attempting to understand…well… anything. How are we to tease apart […]

Science Studies Research Workshop: Workshop with Dr. Wangui Muigai, “The Widening Gap: The 1980s Crisis of Black Infant Survival.” [HYBRID]

545 Park Hall

Workshop on a pre-circulated chapter-in-revision, “The Widening Gap: The 1980s Crisis of Black Infant Survival.” WANGUI MUIGAI, PHD, ASSISTANT PROF., BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY 545 Park Hall, 10:45am to 12:15pm, and can also be attended by Zoom at https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/97306125070?pwd=VDlQMFR1Y0paemhFZEJTM0hKSFpTdz09 The chapter traces the historical origins of the Black infant mortality crisis, and how new medical theories and […]

Science Studies Research Workshop: Dr. Wangui Muigai, “To Protect the Mother and Baby: Black Infant Death in Historical Perspective.” [HYBRID]

532 Park Hall

Formal talk, “To Protect the Mother and Baby: Black Infant Death in Historical Perspective.” WANGUI MUIGAI, PHD, ASSISTANT PROF., BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY 532 Park Hall, 3-5pm, and can also be attended by Zoom at https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/91630026180?pwd=djdDM2ZDN3NlNFF0bTVSUVVmY3FwZz09 Dr. Muigai will trace the long history of efforts to reduce Black infant mortality. Through exploring how politicians, physicians, midwives, and […]

UB Critical Ecologies Research Collaborative and Science Studies Workshop: Hannah Holleman, No Empires, No Wastelands: “The Necessity of Forging a Real Ecological Solidarity for the 21st Century”

170 Academic Center (Ellicott Complex)

In this lecture, Professor Holleman will discuss the vital lessons we can learn from one of the first global environmental problems of modern capitalism, which reached its apogee in the “dust-bowlification” of agricultural lands in the 1920s and 1930s. Based on award-winning research, Prof. Holleman explains that the regional crises of soil erosion in this […]

Science Studies Research Workshop: Dr. Lauren Richter, “Strategic Science Production and the Case of PFAS”

474 Park Hall 211 Mary Talbert Way, Buffalo, NY, United States

This talk will examine the capacity of chemical manufacturers to influence the scope of U.S. regulatory decision-making through mobilizing the scientific field surrounding PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Drawing on participant observation at two offices within Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in-depth interviews, and analyses of industry documents, Richter will share a portion of her research investigating […]

Science Studies Research Workshop | Talk by Scott Frickel (Brown University), “Ground Truth: Toward a Sociology of Late Industrial Soils”

474 Park Hall 211 Mary Talbert Way, Buffalo, NY, United States

The HI Science Studies Research Workshop will host a talk by Scott Frickel of Brown University. This talk introduces new research that aims to reconstruct a history of soil contamination science and policy and its relationship to broader socio-ecological processes of environmental inequality and urbanization. Set mainly in Providence, Rhode Island the study is anchored […]

Science Studies Research Workshop | Workshop with Antoine Johnson (Johns Hopkins)

545 Park Hall

The HI Science Studies Research Workshop will host a pre-circulated chapter workshop with Antoine Johnson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Johnson will workshop a pre-circulated draft book chapter on a Black gay AIDS activist who founded or participated in multiple organizations in […]

Science Studies Workshop Series on Race, Health, and Science | Antoine Johnson, “More than Pushing Pills: Black AIDS Activism in the Bay Area”

Fitz Books 433 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY, United States

As part of the Humanities Institute’s Science Studies Workshop Series on Race, Health, and Science, Dr. Antoine Johnson will be presenting from his research “More than Pushing Pills: Black AIDS Activism in the Bay Area” at two events on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. 12:00 - 1:30 - Workshop on a pre-circulated draft book chapter in 545 […]

Science Studies Research Workshop | Talk by James Elliott (Rice University), “How and Why Social Inequities Matter for Climate Resilience”

509 O'Brian Hall North Campus

The UB RENEW Institute and the HI Science Studies Research Workshop will host James Elliott of Rice University for his talk, "How and Why Social Inequities Matter for Climate Resilience”. Despite their global nature, climate change and related hazards are not things we experience “together.” Rather they reveal and exacerbate social inequities that call for […]