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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Dear STS Community,</font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;" class="">Looking ahead to the new year, see below for the STS Program’s Spring 2017 special events, colloquia, and seminars:&nbsp;</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class="">SPECIAL SEMINAR</u></font></div><div class=""><b style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><font size="4" class="">January 11, 2017</font></b></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">4PM | E51-057</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" color="#0433ff" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Chemical Exposures,&nbsp;Afterlife, and Decolonial Futures</u></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Speaker: &nbsp;Michelle Murphy, University of Toronto</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class="">SPECIAL SEMINAR</u></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class="">February 7, 2017</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">4PM | E51-095</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" color="#0433ff" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Talk title TBD</u></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Speaker: Kate Brown, University of Maryland-Baltimore County</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class="">SPECIAL SEMINAR</u></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class="">February 13, 2017</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">4PM | E51-095</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" color="#0433ff" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Talk title TBD</u></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Speaker: Eden Medina, University of Indiana</font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class="">COLLOQUIUM</u></font><br class=""><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class="">February 27, 2017</b></font><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">4PM | E51-095</font></div><div class=""><font color="#0433ff" face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class=""><b class="">Science and Its Stories (Mysteries)</b></u></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Speaker: &nbsp;Løchlann Jain, Stanford University</font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Discussant: &nbsp;Juliet McMullin, University of California-Riverside</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class="">SPECIAL EVENT</u></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class="">March 20, 2017</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">4PM | Bartos Theater E15-070</font></div><div class=""><font color="#0433ff" face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics</u></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Speaker: &nbsp;Keith Wailoo</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class="">COLLOQUIUM</u></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class="">April 10, 2017</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">4PM | E51-095</font></div><div class=""><font color="#0433ff" face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class=""><b class="">Re-Wiring Art: Engineers, Artists, and the Forging of a New Creative Culture</b></u></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Speaker: &nbsp;Patrick McCray, University of California-Santa Barbara</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Discussant: &nbsp;Kristen Haring, Stanford University</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><u class="">COLLOQUIUM</u></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><b class="">May 8, 2017</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">4PM | E51-095</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" color="#0433ff" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Nuclear Optics</u></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Speaker: &nbsp;Joseph Masco,&nbsp;University of Chicago</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Discussant: &nbsp;Peter Galison, Harvard University</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Watch for special announcements leading up to the events. &nbsp;Hope to see you there!!</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Happy 2017!</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Best,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" size="4" class="">Gus</font></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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