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<font size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>Please join us on Monday for the STS
Colloquium by David Jones: Can STS Be Good Medicine for
Medicine?<br>
</font><u>Abstract:<br>
</u></b>Medical technology now plays a vital role in our healthcare
system, in our national economy, and in our biomedical research
enterprise (especially here at MIT). However, having or developing
a new treatment for a disease does not ensure that the treatment will be
utilized effectively. A vast range of social, economic, and
political factors often prevent the effective deployment of medical
technology. Scholars in STS who study the meaning and utilization
of medical technology can make a major contribution to both health
outcomes and social science. I will use the case of racial
therapeutics to demonstrate how STS can inform both biomedical research
and health policy.<br><br>
<font size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>Tim Stoneman, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in
STS, is giving a talk in CMS on Thursday: Media Evangelism in the Global
South<br>
</font><u>Abstract:<br>
</u></b>The phenomenal rise of evangelical Christianity in the global
South during the past thirty years has been accompanied by the expanded
use of new media, including radio and television. This presentation
outlines an ongoing research project into the historical origins,
systemic achievements, and interpretive implications of the American
missionary radio broadcasting enterprise in Africa, Asia, and Latin
America during its formative era, 1945 to 1970.<br><br>
<font size=4><b>Please see the attached schedule of events for complete
details about events for the period October 30th to November
3rd.<br><br>
See you Monday afternoon at 4:00 pm!<br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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