John Ahearne, executive director emeritus of Sigma Xi, was director of the Ethics Program of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, where he was director from 1997 to 1999 and executive director ...

A myriad of students across departments partake in the intro COS program. This spring, 263 people are enrolled in COS 126: Computer Science — An Interdisciplinary Approach, and over the past four ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Sara Owsley Sood has been named a 2024 recipient of The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Award for Curriculum Innovation. Administered by the Office of the Provost, the ...

More than any time in recent history, ethics in science now gets as much—maybe more—media attention than results. Although most scientists always focused on ethical behavior, the community continues ...

NH copy Purchased with funds gifted by Eva and Ira Pell in support of the study of biodiversity at the Smithsonian. Contents Foreword / Rush Holt and Jeanne Braha -- Introduction to this book / ...

When social scientists and ethicists are involved in the scientific process, a broader set of perspectives is unlocked to understand the potential implications of emerging research. This can help ...

No one expects a keyboard, a hammer or a scalpel to have built-in ethical standards that guide its work. Only the users of such tools can chart those paths. But artificial intelligence (AI) — the term ...

In many countries the scope for good science journalism are now shrinking due to the changing media landscape. A 2009 editorial in Nature asked what scientists could do to help. At the time, the 6th ...

Dr. Tom Powers is Associate Professor in Philosophy and the founding director of the Center for Science, Ethics & Public Policy. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, ...

The National Institutes of Health recently announced a landmark initiative to expand human-based science while reducing animal use. The world’s largest funder of biomedical and public health research ...

The science journalism initiative funded by the European Research Council (ERC), opens today the first call for science journalists’ residencies. Applications will remain open until the 5th of March ...