<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">2020 Morison Prize and Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society</b><br class=""><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b class="">Thursday, October 1, 2020</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b class="">4pm</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class=""><b class="">Register in advance:<br class=""><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4qJ6VLGyS921W7wnF1QwHA" class="">https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4qJ6VLGyS921W7wnF1QwHA</a></b></p><p class="">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</p><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">This year’s recipient of the Morison Prize and Lecture is<strong class=""> <a href="http://www.alondranelson.com/" class="">Dr. Alondra Nelson</a>.</strong></div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="" style="direction: ltr;"></div></div><div class=""><div class="" style="direction: ltr;"><b class="">Dr. Alondra Nelson</b><span class="" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"> is president of the Social Science Research Council and Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. </span><span class="" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">A leading scholar of science, technology, and social inequality, she is author most recently of </span><i class="" style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250539/the-social-life-of-dna-by-alondra-nelson/" class="">The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome</a>.</i></div><div class="" style="direction: ltr;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">In </span><a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250539/the-social-life-of-dna-by-alondra-nelson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><em class="">The Social Life of D</em>NA</a><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">, Dr. Nelson takes us on an unprecedented journey into how the double helix has wound its way into the heart of the most urgent contemporary social issues around race. Artfully weaving together interactions with root-seekers alongside illuminating historical details and revealing personal narrative, she shows that genetic genealogy is a new tool for addressing old and enduring issues, including grappling with the unfinished business of slavery, establishing ties with African ancestral homelands, and making legal claims for slavery reparations.</span><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Free and Open to the Public</font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Feel free to ask questions during the lecture using the Q&A tab. Dr. Nelson will answer questions at the end of the lecture, as time allows.<br class=""></font><div class=""><span style="font-size: 9px; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Thin;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""></div></div></body></html>