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- Michele Moody-Adams Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Posted on May 14, 2021
Hastings Center board member Michele Moody-Adams was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She is the Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory at Columbia... - Genetic Pygmalion Effect? Study Suggests Negative Impacts of Genetic Tests for Educational Purposes
Posted on May 10, 2021
Genetic tests claiming to predict people’s intellectual aptitudes or how much education they are likely to get are readily available via direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies. Some researchers are even proposing... - Call for Nominations: 2021 David Roscoe Award for an Early-Career Scholar’s Essay on Science, Ethics, and Society
Posted on April 8, 2021
Artificial intelligence, Crispr gene editing, and other powerful new technologies have profound implications for society. They will likely bring both potential benefits and safety concerns and have other ethical and... - Democracy in Crisis: Civic Learning and the Reconstruction of Common Purpose
Posted on February 25, 2021
Introduction: Civic Learning for a Democracy in Crisis By Bruce Jennings, Michael K. Gusmano, Gregory E. Kaebnick, Carolyn Neuhaus, and Mildred Z. Solomon This multiauthored report offers wide-ranging assessments of... - Report Addresses Breakdown in Civic Discourse That is Threatening U.S. Democracy
Posted on February 25, 2021
A new report released by The Hastings Center concludes that civic learning in the United States, or how citizens engage in collective problem solving and make informed decisions that reflect the common good, is breaking down, threatening... - Omenn and Darling Gift to Bolster Trust in Scientific Innovation
Posted on February 9, 2021
Preeminent science researcher and science policy expert Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD., and national nonprofit leader Martha A. Darling have made a major gift supporting “trusted and trustworthy scientific innovation”...
