Students Promoting Science and Technology in the Interest of Humanity

The above is the motto of the Student Pugwash USA, the student affiliate of the Nobel Peace Prize Winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. Student Pugwash USA is hosting a series of conferences to help educate science and ethics and in order to make socially responsible sciences the focus of their academic and professional endeavors. The first conference will be in the Midwest region March 31st and April 1st at Purdue University, the focus of which will be the integrity of science and engineering. The keynote speaker will Dr. Arden Bement, Director of the National Science Foundation and leading one of the workshops will Brian Rappert, a British ressearch who will be leading a number of workshops in the US and at home on bioweapons and codes of conduct for biologists.

And since science is in need of more women in the field, we look forward to hearing more!

Also check out the issue briefs they have produced:

• Stem Cell Research
• Nanotechnology
• Cloning
• Scientific Research Funding
• Outbreaks and Safety Concerns in Biodefense Research
• Biology and Security

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Linda MacDonald Glenn is fellow of the IEET, and a bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant and attorney. Linda also serves as a Scholar of the Women’s Bioethics Project.