Winter Quarter Seminar Schedule

Ethics in Science

All presentation will be in Lab 1, Room 3033

Please present your topic to the class as a group and be ready to lead a discussion on it.

It will be useful to come with some discussion questions prepared and to provide the rest of the class with a short reading to focus the discussion.

Week 

Date

Topic

Facilitators

1

January 8th

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

John and David

2

January 15th

No Seminar -- Martin Luther King Day 

 

3

January 22nd

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

John and David

4

January 29th

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

John and David

5

February 5th

Use of Nazi Data

Jessica and Melissa

Eugenics

Noah and Jim

Pharmaceutical Research

Cori, Stefani and Sarah

6

February 12th

Genetically Modified Foods

Anna and Magda

Nanotechnology

Sam and Justin

7

February 19th

No Seminar -- President's Day

 

8

February 26th

Fusion Power

Zac and Jester

Eugenics

Drea and Paul

Fluoridation of Water

Matt and Mandy

9

March 5th

Nuclear/Chemical and Biological Warfare

David and Tyler

 

Richard and John

10

March 12th

Fermat's Last Theorem -- BBC Video