Does Grey’s Anatomy count as the “literary imagination”?

We’re back with Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly curated list of interesting STEM-related talks, symposiums, and events happening on campus. For science and non-science majors alike, our list will bring you events that will satisfy your scientific curiosity for everything from astronomy to zoology, and everything in between.

For anyone, related-majors and non-majors alike:

• The Medical Imagination: Literature and Health in the Early United States
  • Monday, February 5, 6-7:30pm, The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room
  • “In this lecture, Sari Altschuler [Assistant professor of English at Northeastern University] will be talking about her new book on the history of the medical imagination… In reframing the historical relationship between literature and health, The Medical Imagination provides a usable past for our own conversations about the imagination and the humanities in health research and practice today.”

• Director of Experiments: The Science Behind Democracy and Political Campaigns
  • Monday, February 5, 1-2pm, International Affairs Building
  • “As an expert in political psychology and research methodologies, in 2007, Nickerson helped establish the Analyst Institute, a center that conducts field experiments on campaign strategies. This experience prepared him to help both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with their campaigns. Join Professors Donald Green and Paul Lagunes in a conversation with Professor Nickerson about the use of advanced data analysis in politics.”

• Data, Algorithms, and their Consequences for Society
  • Tuesday, February 6, 2:30 PM, Schapiro CEPSR Davis Auditorium
  • “Cathy O’Neil earned a Ph.D. in math from Harvard, was a postdoc at the MIT math department, and a professor at Barnard College where she published a number of research papers in arithmetic algebraic geometry… She is a regular contributor to Bloomberg View and wrote the book Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy.”

• Where Next on Climate? Energy Access, Development and Climate Change: Implications for Policy
  • Thursday, February 8, 6-7:30pm, Faculty House
  • “In a world struggling to respond adequately to the challenge of climate change, how should we think about the implications of efforts to alleviate poverty by facilitating energy development that enables economic opportunity – and what are the implications of success on climate change?” Registration is required.

For more advanced students of the given subject:

• Biological Sciences: “RNA/Protein Liquids: Lighting up intracellular phase space” – Seminar by Cliff Brangwynne
  • Wednesday, February 7, 12:00pm, 601 Fairchild
  • “In this talk I will discuss our work showing that phase transitions play an important role in organizing the contents of living cells.”
• Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology: “Genetic underpinning of evolving to unique environments: From limb morphology to metabolism” – Clifford Tabin Seminar
  • Tuesday, February 6, 4-5pm, Schermerhorn Extension E3B Conference Room
  • “Clifford Tabin, PhD, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, will speak on ‘Genetic underpinning of evolving to unique environments: From limb morphology to metabolism’.”
• Chemistry: “The Celgene Lecture: Synthetic Studies Toward Complex Natural Products”, Presented by Thomas Maimone, UC Berkeley
  • Friday, February 9, 4:15-5:15pm, 209 Havemeyer
  • “Efficient total syntheses of biologically active natural products will be discussed with a focus on the enabling synthetic tactics and methodologies utilized. Emphasis will be placed on complex terpene and meroterpene metabolites.”

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