Event



The Future of Race and Science: Regression or Revolution?

Apr 11, 2014 at | Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street

 

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Widener Lecture Hall (Penn Museum)

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 and Present"

Moderator--Tukufu Zuberi; Panelists--Kim TallBear and Harriet Washington

10:30-10:40--Break

10:40-11:50--Panel 2: "Teaching About Race in Science and Medicine"

Moderator--Ann Morning; Panelists--Evelynn Hammonds and Jonathan Metzl

11:50-12:00--Remarks by President Amy Gutmann

12:00-12:45--Break

12:45-1:50--Panel 3: "Using Race in Research and Biotechnologies"

Moderator--Alondra Nelson; Panelists--Jonathan Marks and Charles Rotimi

1:50-2:00--Break

2:00-3:00--Plenary session

3:00-3:30--Reception