STS SSRG presentation audience

Department of Science & Technology Studies

The Department of Science & Technology Studies (S&TS) at Cornell is concerned with understanding the larger ethical, social, and political dimensions of science-intensive issues. Science and technology are at the core of many of the most important concerns or topics of our day, from the control of military technology, to the ethics of assisted reproduction, to privacy on the Internet. The thread connecting these diverse issues is a shared understanding of science and technology as inherently social activities that are best studied from an interdisciplinary perspective.

S&TS News

Person wearing clerical robes and hat stands in a field of green grain stalks

Ancient farming strategy holds promise for climate resilience

EEB's disease ecologist and agroecologist Alison Power, co-authors paper by current and former Cornell researchers: maslins, or cereal species mixtures, have the unique capacity to adapt in real time to increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather caused by climate change.

Read More
Two red shacks on log platforms in a bay

Designed for rural living

Small communities struggle with infrastructure ill-suited to rural life. Phoebe Sengers is improving design processes for better outcomes.

Read More
All S&TS News

S&TS Events

Apr
12
Student Lunch with Nita Farahany
Statler Hotel
Apr
12
M Studio: "The Battle for your Brain" with Nita Farahany
Bill and Melinda Gates Hall
May
01
2023 Nordlander Lecture in Science and Public Policy
700 Clark Hall
See all events

The Department is saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague, Trevor Pinch.

Trevor Pinch, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Science and Technology Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, who helped found multiple areas of study related to science, technology and sound, died Dec. 16 after living with cancer for more than four years. He was 69.

Read more here.

Department Links of Interests

Faculty Courses STS Major Biology & Society Major Graduate Program

Land Acknowledgement:

Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' people, past and present, to these lands and waters.

This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' leadership.

Top