[Sci-tech-public] STS Brown Bag Lunch Talk by Koffi Maglo -- Friday, Nov. 5 @ noon

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>Please join us tomorrow for an STS brown bag lunch talk by Koffi Maglo.
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>Koffi Maglo, Martin Luther King Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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>at MIT, specializes in philosophy and history of science. Professor Maglo
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>will discuss the recent conflict over the conceptual foundations of 
>population
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>genetics and the related issue of health disparities among groups. He will
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>analyze genetic models, in particular clustering methods, and the empirical
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>evidence marshaled in the support or rejection of the use of race as 
>scientific
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>variable in biomedical research.
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>TIME:           12:00 noon
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>DATE:           Friday, November 5th
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>LOCATION:       MIT, Building E51-095
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>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?zoom=level3&centerx=711439&centery=496029&oldzoom=level4&map.x=394&map.y=188
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>Feel free to bring your lunch; we will provide coffee and dessert.  For more
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>information, call 253-4062.  A flyer is attached.
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>Debbie Meinbresse
>STS Program, MIT
>617-253-4062

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-253-4062 
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