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Angela Saini: The Legacy of Scientific Racism
Virtual Event
A conversation with Angela Saini, journalist and author. Opening remarks from Provost Warwick Arden.
Free
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Book Launch and Interview – Elizabeth Jones, Ancient DNA
Fishbowl Forum, D. H. Hill Jr. Library 2 Broughton Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesGo behind the scenes of science and celebrity with Dr. Elizabeth Jones, NC State History alumna and author of Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science.
Free
Welcome Back Lunch | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023 – In-person, no Zoom
1911 Building, Room 129 (North Campus) 10 Current Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesIn-person, no Zoom this week. Happy new year! Our first class will be held in the 1911 Building, room 129 and lunch will be served! Come join us to catch up on one another's research and to hear about the Colloquium's new format and speaker list for Spring 2023.
Has the UN Biodiversity Convention been a force for ‘good’ or ‘evil’ in how biotech crops are regulated globally? | GES Colloquium
Virtual Event
AgBioFEWS Fellows Asa Budnick, Nick Loschin, Joseph Opoku Gakpo and Modesta Abugu will share their observations on and interrogate practices at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada that eventually lead to global decisions on the governance of biotech crops.
Sebastián Zarate and Jill Furgurson – 4S 2022 Cholula: Reunion, recuperation, reconfiguration | GES Colloquium
Virtual Event
The 2022 Annual 4S conference brought together researchers and practitioners to explore science, technology and innovation across different cultural, economic and social settings.
Karen Maschke – Nonhuman Animals Containing Human Cells: Ethics and Oversight | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023
Virtual Event
This presentation focuses on ethical and oversight issues as they relate to the insertion of human cells into nonhuman animals, e.g., “chimeric research.”
Jonathan Allen and Rebecca Brown – Food sciences, technology, and globally sustainable food systems | GES Colloquium [In-Person]
1911 Building, Room 129 (North Campus) 10 Current Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States
Virtual Event
Where the food science and nutrition communities have come and may be going in defining sustainable food systems with examples from research in the NC State Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Department.
The Challenges, Successes, and Sustainability of NRT FEWS programs | GES Colloquium
Virtual Event
Panel: Drs. Karletta Chief (University of Arizona), Yael Perez (University of California-Berkeley), and Amy Sapkota (University of Maryland). Joining us from three different NSF research traineeships on food, energy, and water systems (FEWS), our panelists will share each programs' challenges, opportunities, and sustainability.
Fernanda Santos – GE Foods Regulation – The U.S. Way | GES Colloquium
Virtual Event
This discussion aims to give participants some thought-provoking information on how food is generally regulated in the U.S., in addition to a general overview of the process utilized by the regulatory bodies to approve genetically engineered foods for human consumption.
Jack Wang – Multiplex CRISPR-Editing of Wood for Sustainable Fiber Production | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023
Virtual Event
The video and podcast of this colloquium will be embargoed until after the referenced research is published (date TBD).
Future of Food: Near-Future Genetically Engineered Foods: Prospects and Controversies
Fishbowl Forum, D. H. Hill Jr. Library 2 Broughton Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States
Virtual Event
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Come try a selection of GE foods, such as the Pinkglow pineapple, and join us for a panel discussion on what stuff you should know about the next generation of genetically engineered foods.
Free
SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Dominique Brossard – Why We Should (Still) Care About Communication and Genetics | GES Colloquium [In-Person]
1911 Building, Room 129 (North Campus) 10 Current Dr., Raleigh, NC, United States
Virtual Event
SPECIAL GUEST: Dominique Brossard’s research agenda focuses on the intersection between science, media and policy with the Science, Media and the Public (SCIMEP) research group, which she co-directs. A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the International Communication Association, Brossard is an internationally known expert in public opinion dynamics related to controversial scientific issues.