The Center for Science, Technology, and Society researches and promotes the use and understanding of science and technology for the common good. Through research, education, and public events, the Center brings together scholars, industry leaders, and public advocates to collaboratively serve humanity by leveraging its unique strengths.
 Playing God or Serving Mammon
On 6 November, I gave a presentation to about 35 people about the ethical concerns shaping public debates regarding agricultural crop biotechnology. I wanted to summarize the key contours of these debates, especially as they have engaged the Catholic community... Continue reading - Nov. 19, 2008 9:13 AM
- mobile post
I am writing this on my iPhone. Nothing remarkable in that anymore--it's old news now but it certainly would have been a showstopper a couple of years ago! In industrial countries like the US the use of mobile phones is... Continue reading - Sep. 19, 2008 2:51 PM
- Steve Cisler - A Very Special Person
I did not know Steve well, despite the fact that we shared a cubicle for several months in the Center for Science, Technology, and Society. Because I was splitting my time between the Center and the Department of Chemistry, our... Continue reading - Aug. 13, 2008 10:02 AM
- Questioning the Fate of the White Space
In accordance with its mission to understand and promote good practices in creating the valuesof information design, CSTS participated in a public colloquium devoted to the topic of “Open Access and the New Net Neutrality”, convened June 13, 2008. The... Continue reading - Jul. 11, 2008 9:54 AM
- Open Access and the New Net Neutrality forum at SCU June 12, 2008
Open Access and the New Net Neutrality forum June 12 at SCU This forum was organized by the Media Access Project in collaboration with the Broadband Institute of California (Allen Hammond of SCU's Law School and Program Director at the... Continue reading - Jun. 26, 2008 9:20 AM
- Digital Race
'Well, they've done it to Betty Crocker at the apogee of civilisation as well as mitochondrial Eve at its incecption - used computer programs to morph their faces into racially blended mixes into which our current differences can be read.... Continue reading - May. 23, 2008 4:34 PM
- Biodiversity and Globalization
It's amazing the language that gets used around so-called invasive species. New Jersey refers to the 'alien invaders' amongst us where California talks about "Zebra Mussel Outlaws". In the days since 9/11 a fair amount of the protecting the homeland... Continue reading - May. 5, 2008 8:09 PM
- Famine and the Evidence of Experience
I'll get to famine in a few minutes - I'm not quite up to writing about it yet, though the picture here is a token that I will. What got me into this post was a realization that two things... Continue reading - Apr. 22, 2008 4:47 PM
- Ubiquitous Information Gathering
These are strange days for entities in the world. Never before have they been so surveilled - and all for their own good. From the furthest reaches of the ocean to the aridest stretches of desert, sensors are recording inormation... Continue reading - Apr. 17, 2008 12:29 PM
- Invasive global biotrade disrupts local populations
In 2007, the Light Brown Apple Moth was unexpectedly detected by a retired entomologist in the Berkeley Hills. The LBAM, a native of Australia not previously found in North America, long-feared, had arrived and threatens to become a permanent resident... Continue reading - Apr. 14, 2008 2:26 PM
Center for Science, Technology, and Society, News page
Monday, Sep. 14, 2009 3:50 PM
The Center for Science, Technology, and Society announces Fall 2009 Events Schedule. Read More »
Monday, Sep. 14, 2009 3:49 PM
For the Contemporary New Media Art Contest, co-sponsored by CSTS, the deSaisset Museum, and FreshBrain, students ranging from 13-18 were asked to create a new media art piece that comments on the theme of "Technology: Hope and Promise." Read More »
Monday, Sep. 14, 2009 3:47 PM
The Tech Museum Announces The Tech Awards Laureates 2009. International Honorees to be feted at November 19th Gala.
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Center for Science, Technology, and Society to hold major public conference on metrics for sustainable social business
