News and Events
Wednesday, April 11
STS info session. 12PM noon - Collins Dining Hall, Oak Room PDR, Claremont McKenna College
What role have social networks played in Mideast democracy movements? Climate-gate: scientific fraud or normal science? Operant conditioning as motivational strategy: on training musicians, athletes and scientists - and how we taught our dogs to sit; Can citizens teach experts? These are just a few of the questions and topics that STS faculty and students have explored recently. To learn more about the program and the vistas and opportunities it opens after graduation, come to the STS info session.
Thursday, Feb. 2
Jennifer Croissant "The Entrepreneurial University: Feminist Perspectives." 4:15pm – Carnegie 109, Pomona College; more details [pdf] .
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Birgit Jæger, Roskilde University “Bridging the Digital Divide: Policies and Actions” 4:15pm; Carnegie 107, Pomona College
In a new strategy for e-government, the Danish government set the goal that in a few years all contacts between citizens and public authorities must be conducted electronically. To implement this strategy, the current group of digitally illiterate citizens has to be reduced to avoid a new digital divide around public services. From statistics we know that most of the people in this group are older, hence the question is how to motivate older people to use information and communication technology (ICT). In this talk, Professor Jæger describes a Danish program that explored how seniors became users of ICT. She will present the Danish ICT policy, which shapes the political background for the program, and discuss the results. It turns out that several factors are crucial in determining whether or not an older person becomes an ICT user. This knowledge bears directly on policies for limiting the digital divide, and therefore on the prospects for equity in a digital society.
Monday, Nov. 14
STS info session. 4:15pm; Tranquada Center, 2nd floor conference room.
Thursday, Oct. 27
Bill McKibben “Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet.” 7pm – tickets required; Bridges Auditorium. Hosted by the Pomona College Distinguished Lecture Series; details
Monday, Oct. 10
Gwen D’Arcangelis “Masking the Risks of U.S. Biodefense: Racialized Bioterror and Feminized Nationhood in U.S. Bioterrorism Discourses.” 4:15pm – Vita Nova 100, Scripps College; more details
Saturday, Oct. 1
Toxic Tour of Sites in Western Riverside County, Colton and San Bernardino. 9am – 2pm; hosted by the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, FMI: RWorthington@pomona.edu; more details
Monday, Sept. 12
STS Steering Committee Meeting. 4:15pm; Tranquada Center, 2nd floor conference room.