CNS-UCSB site syndication http://www.cns.ucsb.edu Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:36:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/podcast-where-do-innovations-come-from-lessons-for-nanotechnology/ As part of its ongoing Speaker Series, CNS-UCSB hosted Dr. Fred Block, Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Davis, in May 2008 to deliver a public talk entitled, Where Do Innovations Come From? Lessons for Nanotechnology. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:06:58 +0100 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-co-pi-publishes-in-science-progress/ Science Progress May 7, 2008 It’s Just Like That, Except Different The Power of Analogy In Describing Nanotechnology By W. Patrick McCray Historical analogies have power. Is Iraq circa 2008 like Southeast Asia in 1968? Can one think of the United States, as Cullen Murphy suggests, as an imperial power whose recent history and future fate compares with ancient Rome? Historical analogies help frame policy debates and, while they do not establish proof, they suggest possibility. For the broader public, analogies also generate useful connections and relations, emotional as well as logical. At the same time, false or poorly constructed analogies can promote misunderstandings and even bad policy. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:43:11 +0100 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-event-where-do-innovations-come-from-lessons-for-nanotechnology/ The NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society Presents Prof. Fred Block Where Do Innovations Come From? Lessons for Nanotechnology Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. 2001 Engineering Sciences Building Mon, 12 May 2008 16:37:56 +0100 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-event-uc-santa-barbara-to-host-nanodays-activities-for-local-community/ Local exhibits are part of an annual national effort designed to educate and engage the public Santa Barbara, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara will host special education activities and exhibits, designed to educate and engage the local Santa Barbara community in the growing fields of nanoscale and nanotechnologies, at UCSB’s Elings Hall on Saturday, April 5, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. These activities are hosted by the California NanoSystems Institute and the NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB, and are part of the first annual “NanoDays,” sponsored by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) Network, a national education effort during the week of March 31 – April 6, 2008. Interactive education activities are designed for ages... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:26:04 +0100 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/dietram-scheufele-lecture-2/ UCSB-CNS Podcast Episode 3 - Professor Dietram Scheufele of the University of Wisconsin delivers a talk to CNS-UCSB on how the public forms opinions about emerging technologies. Introduction by Prof. Bruce Bimber, Co-PI of the CNS-UCSB. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:03:09 +0100 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-event-how-the-public-forms-opinions-about-emerging-technologies/ The NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society Presents: Dietram A. Scheufele University of Wisconsin Values, Frames and News Coverage: How the Public Forms Opinions About Emerging Technologies February 22, 2008 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Marine Science Building Auditorium UC Santa Barbara Professor Dietram A. Scheufele addresses an audience at UC Santa Barbara Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:17:05 +0100 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/cns-ucsb-event-the-myth-and-reality-of-chinas-science-and-technology-development/ The NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society Presents: Dr. Lan Xue Tsinghua University The Myth and Reality of China's Science and Technology Development: The Case of Nanotechnology A Brown Bag Seminar Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m. 3001 Elings Hall, CNSI UC Santa Barbara Dr. Lan Xue leads a seminar of CNS-UCSB Graduate Fellows Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:13:17 +0100 http://www.cns.ucsb.edu/news/2008-09-graduate-fellowships-for-social-science-and-humanities-students-2/ The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) announces fellowship opportunities for outstanding graduate students pursuing research in the social sciences and humanities. The CNS-UCSB seeks to produce and encourage excellent and innovative scholarship that addresses the intersection of nanotechnologies with society. CNS-UCSB researchers work in the departments of Anthropology, Communication, English, Global and International Studies, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Women’s Studies, and are engaged in several areas of inquiry including: the historical context of nanotechnologies; innovation, intellectual property and globalization; and risk perception and media framing of emerging nanotechnologies. Click here (index.php?option=com_remository Itemid=100 func=startdown id=81) for the flier. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:33:38 +0100