[Sci-tech-public] FW: The Militarization of the University: Nov 13, 6:30pm

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THE MILITARIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY
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Thursday, November 13
6:30pm
56-114 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=foekcgsab.0.m87qngsab.kjfelrcab.0&r=3&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwhereis.mit.edu%2F%3Fgo%3D56]

Contradictory U.S. Roles in the Development and

Control of Biological Weapons

~ Professor Jonathan King [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=foekcgsab.0.hrcdzbjab.kjfelrcab.0&r=3&p=https%3A%2F%2Fbiology.mit.edu%2Fpeople%2Fjonathan_king]

U.S. role in the development and  control of biological weapons has been murky. 
Professor King will review  the first roller coaster phase of BW regulation beginning
with the  Nixon and Reagan administrations. Professor King will then address  events
following  9/11: the US lobbying to weaken the Biological Weapons  Convention (BWC)
and the transformation of US programs by the  Department of Homeland Security, including
funding distribution to  medical schools and microbiology departments. The BU lab
is the natural  local example.

How the Pentagon Funds University Research

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The marriage of science and the  military was forged in the crucible of the Manhattan
Project that  developed the atomic bomb in 1945. It has thrived for seven decades
 after the end of WWII - throughout the Cold War, and now a quarter  century after
its end. The Pentagon spends $80 billion annually for research and  development 
of weapons. It gives a total of about $12 billion of that  amount to the universities.
As the Cold War paradigm of maintaining  technological superiority over the Soviet
Union remains unchanged, so  does the dependence of the universities on the Pentagon.
Unbeknownst to  most people, the inevitable militarization of science continues 
with  ramifications for science and the larger society, and for war and  peace.
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