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The Program on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at the John F.
Kennedy School of Government presents:<br>
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<b><i>Science and Democracy</b></font>, a lecture series exploring the
promised benefits of our era's most salient scientific and technological
breakthroughs and the potentially harmful consequences of developments
that are inadequately understood, debated, or managed by politicians, lay
publics, and policy institutions.<br>
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Varmus<br>
President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center <br>
Former Director NIH (1993 – 1999); Nobel Laureate, 1989<br>
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Contract: <br>
The Federal Government and American Science <br>
in a New Administration"<br>
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Moderated by<br>
</b>John Beckwith, Harvard Medical School<br>
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<b>Panelists<br>
</b>Sheila Jasanoff, Kennedy School of Government<br>
Charles Rosenberg, History of Science, Harvard University<br>
Dan Sarewitz, Arizona State University<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4>Thursday, April
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4>5:00 - 7:00 pm<br>
Yenching Institute Auditorium<br>
Harvard</font> University<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4>2 Divinity Ave</font>,
Cambridge<br>
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Many observers have commented on the damage that the current
administration has done to science over the past seven years. Harold
Varmus will evaluate the effects of this era on the traditional
relationship between the scientific enterprise and the federal
government, and offer some ideas about what a new administration could do
to restore that relationship, increase the confidence of the scientific
community in government, and allow the nation to take greater advantage
of science and technology. In particular, he will consider measures
to strengthen the representation of science in the White House;
discuss the possibility of achieving a more predictable, multi-year
pattern of funding for science agencies; recommend ways to codify the
mechanisms by which the federal government obtains scientific advice and
protects the independence of government scientists; and explain why our
country should establish stronger roles for science, medicine, and
technology in foreign policy.<br>
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This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the
Environment and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. For
more information on STS events at Harvard, please visit:
<a href="http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts">
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts</a></font>
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This event is free and open to the public.<br>
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</font><font size=2><i>Contact:<br>
</i>Lisa Matthews<br>
Events Coordinator<br>
Harvard University Center for the Environment</font> <br>
<font size=2>24 Oxford Street<br>
Cambridge, MA 02138<br>
<a href="mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu">lisa_matthews@harvard.edu</a>
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p. 617-495-8883<br>
f. 617-496-0425</blockquote>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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