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Science, Society & Culture
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | S&C celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the landmark book, The Origin of Species, by the most legendary member of NYAS, Charles Darwin. Join Gerald Edelman, Paul Ekman, and Terrence Deacon for an evening of evolution.
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As a new eBriefing explains, regions of Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America bear the greatest burden from meningococcal and pneumococcal diseases, dengue, and dengue hemorrhagic fever, in part because life-saving vaccines have not been broadly implemented. More
Invited chapters from world-renowned researchers and clinicians shed light on recent steps forward in immunotherapeutic and preventive approaches for future cancer vaccines in this Annals volume. More
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speakers: Gerald M. Edelman (The Neurosciences Institute and The Scripps Research Institute), Paul Ekman (University of California, San Francisco and Paul Ekman Group LLC), and Terrence Deacon (University of California, Berkeley)
S&C celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the landmark book, The Origin of Species, by the most legendary member of NYAS, Charles Darwin. Join Gerald Edelman, Paul Ekman, and Terrence Deacon for an evening of evolution.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Speakers: Roger Cooke (University of Vermont), and Loren Graham (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The History and Philosophy of Science Section of the New York Academy of Sciences holds multiple meetings covering a wide range of topics within the field.
Monday, December 7, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speakers: Felice Frankel and George Whitesides (Harvard University)
Science & the City hosts renowned science photographer Felice Frankel and nanotechnology pioneer George Whitesides both of Harvard University, for an evening of astounding art and world-changing science at the launch of their coffee-table book No Small Matter, a book that reveals the virtually invisible realities of nanoscience.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Lyceum Society is for the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. All NYAS members are welcome.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Helen Fisher (Rutgers University)
A biological anthropologist who has conducted fMRI studies on the brains of people in love, Helen Fisher maintains that humans have evolved three core brain systems for mating and reproduction.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Katayoun Chamany (Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts)
Learn how to incorporate issues of social responsibility into the traditional biology curriculum to attract and maintain the interest of a diverse population of students.
Monday, October 19, 2009 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Science & the City presents an intimate evening with Richard Dawkins. In his new book he justifies his reputation as “Darwin’s Rottweiler” by laying out the evidence that evolution is an incontrovertible fact. The Greatest Show on Earth is a thrilling tour into our distant past and the interstices of life on earth.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speakers: Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Dickson Despommier (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health), and Ted Caplow (BrightFarm Systems)
At this meeting, Cynthia Rosenzweig will discuss adaptation and mitigation strategies for agriculture in the face of climate change. Dickson Despommier will present a vision of "Vertical Farms", skyscrapers growing food in urban centers. Ted Caplow will show examples of the successful urban farms he has designed.
Saturday, May 9, 2009 | 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Keynote Speakers: Edward O. Wilson, The Honorable John Porter, and Dean Kamen
On the 50th anniversary of C.P. Snow's famous Rede Lecture on the importance of bridging the sciences and humanities, this day-long symposium brings together leading scholars, scientists, politicians, authors, and media representatives to explore the persistence of the Two Cultures gap and how it can be overcome.
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Annals
Edited by Ralph Steinman (The Rockefeller University, New York, New York), Jacques Banchereau (Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, Texas), and Olivera J. Finn (School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Invited chapters from world-renowned researchers and clinicians shed light on recent steps forward in immunotherapeutic and preventive approaches for future cancer vaccines in this Annals volume.
Annals
Edited by William C. Bushell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Erin L. Olivo (Columbia University), and Neil D. Theise (Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
The reports in this volume establish a basis for a program of research that will advance our current understanding of longevity and health.
eBriefing
Organizer: Albert Ko (Weill-Cornell Medical College)
As a new eBriefing explains, regions of Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America bear the greatest burden from meningococcal and pneumococcal diseases, dengue, and dengue hemorrhagic fever, in part because life-saving vaccines have not been broadly implemented.
Annals
Edited by Simone Dalla Bella (University of Finance and Management, Warsaw, Poland), Nina Kraus (Northwestern University, School of Communication, Evanston, Illinois), Katie Overy (University of Edinburgh - Music, Edinburgh, United Kingdom), Christo Pantev (Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis, Munster University Hospital, Munster, Germany), Joel S. Snyder (Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada), Mari Tervaniemi (Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland), Barbara Tillmann (Neurosciences et Systèmes Sensoriels CNRS - Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France), and Gottfried Schlaug (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA)
Manuscripts in this Annals volume address how the tools of cognitive neuroscience have provided new insights into music and the brain.
eBriefing
Keynote Speakers: E.O. Wilson (Harvard University), John Edward Porter (Research!America), and Dean Kamen (DEKA Research)
Fifty years ago, C.P. Snow identified a lack of understanding between scientists and literary scholars. Panelists at an Academy symposium, summarized in a new eBriefing, say the divide today is between scientists and the general public, with troubling consequences.
Webinar Archive
May 28, 2009
Vaccine experts and public health officials met at the Academy on May 28, 2009 to discuss the latest about the outbreak.
Webinar Archive
May 20, 2009
Regions of Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America bear the greatest burden from infectious diseases, in part because life-saving vaccines have not been broadly implemented. How can they be delivered to those who need them most?
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