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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

New Jewish studies major approved in College of Arts & Sciences

9/08/2022

“These efforts recognize the critical questions Jewishness raises and its place as part of a shared heritage.”

Community read launches Society for the Humanities’ ‘Repair’ theme

9/01/2022

"The Society for the Humanities thought there is no better way to kick off the year of Repair, than to begin at home."

Rossiter honored for 'writing women back into the history of science'

8/29/2022

Her major work, “Women Scientists in America,” published in three volumes between 1982 and 2012, has redrawn the historical landscape of women in science.

Harrison College Scholars explore politics, wellness, environment in summer work

8/03/2022

From Ithaca to Hawaii to Ecuador, students in the Robert S. Harrison College Scholars Program took advantage of the summer as a time to explore their research interests.

Overlooked, undervalued: Cornell research seeks to elevate home care workers

6/16/2022

Madeline Sterling '08, an Arts & Sciences alum, is part of a team launching a research program to elevate the value of home care workers.

Chasing carbon from trees to soils

7/25/2022

A group of students, including some in the Nexus Scholars Program, completed field work and analysis this summer on soil coming from a long-term forest fertilization experiment.

Studying connections between animal-human health

7/19/2022

Their map will visualize research about the spread of existing or known and new or emerging zoonotic diseases.

Researchers consider invisible hurdles in digital ag design

6/22/2022

Enabling farmers to tinker with their own systems and involving them early in the design process could better translate technology from the lab to the field.

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S&TS Events

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a PhD!

Rockefeller Hall

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30

Gender, Authority, and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics

Goldwin Smith Hall

Oct

25

OUR BODIES, Their Laws: Impacts of Dobbs V. Jackson on LGBTQ+ Communities

Goldwin Smith Hall

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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.

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