Thursday, 17 Sep 2015
Seminar: Nanovaccine Initiative and Political Science
"Countering Myths About Vaccines: Are Facts the Answer?" Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Nyhan will discuss how motivated reasoning can make people vulnerable to misinformation about controversial topics in medicine like vaccines. A reception precedes his seminar at 12:40 p.m.
Lecture: Agronomy Seminar Series - Ronald Phillips
Ron Phillips, Regents Professor Emeritus and former McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics, University of Minnesota, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and widely regarded as one of the trailblazers in agricultural biotechnology.
Science in an Age of Doubters & Deniers
Carl Zimmer is the author of 12 books about science and a columnist at the New York Times. He reports from the frontiers of biology where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. National Affairs Series: When American Values Are in Conflict.