CNS Past Events
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Mar220162:00 p.m.SMSS 2134Speaker Series
Arguments about how to bring about change in contemporary ways of living and to address intractable climate and related risk issues are not uncontroversial: it is not so obvious how to take forward our individual and collective efforts to live...
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May1820152:00Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
Accidents have troubled Western thought and discourse since Aristotle. In the modern technological era, the ancient problem of the accident has assumed a peculiar and terrible aspect, its brutal reality reflected in every industrial mishap, its...
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May1120152:00Girvetz 2320Other
This book-length project explores how economic creativity became central to the debates over slavery. Beginning in the early nineteenth century, invention and innovation became an increasingly important part of the northern economy. Toward...
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May11201511:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Saturday; noon-3:00 on SundaySanta Barbara Museum of Natural HistoryOther
Atoms and molecules and nanoscale forces, oh my! NanoDays returns to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in April...
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Mar262015NoonGirvetz 2320Other
In recent years, fossil fuel extraction in the US has rapidly expanded, particularly from deep shale rock using two technologies in combination: high-pressure hydraulic fracturing (‘...
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Mar1220151:00 p.m.Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and -- finally -- the disaster now known as the...
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Jan152015NoonGirvetz 2320Other
Chile and Argentina together currently supply most of the world's lithium, used in batteries for electric vehicles, laptops, mobile phones, MP3s, and energy storage for solar power plants...
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Finding Scientific Answers Online: How Laypersons Select and Process Science-Related Web 2.0 ContentDec420141:00 p.m.Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
The Internet has become an increasingly important source of science information for laypersons. Users have access to a virtually unlimited array of documents by diverse sources, which...
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Dec132014Conference
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May9201410:00 amGirvetz Hall 2320Other
Manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) are increasingly produced and used in consumer goods. Model simulations by others indicate...
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May182014McCune Conference Room (6020 Humanities and Social Sciences Building)Conference
This is a multi-disciplinary symposium comparing methodologies from the natural sciences, humanities, and the arts to interrogate research questions at the heart of research methods and practices.
The full...
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May320142:00CNS Conference Room (Girvetz 2320)Speaker Series
If writer Ivan Amato creates an archive of contemporary scientific innovation, historian Patrick McCray studies that archive. In fact,...
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Mar2520142:00Other
Spin-off firms originate from several sources such as universities, existing firms, and government research centers. Thus far, work on spin-off activity has focused on factors that influence the creation and performance of corporate spin-...
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Jan2120142:00Girvetz 2320Other
The public’s comprehension of happenings in the knowledge-production fields is often mediated by the popular press. Therefore, it is useful for scholars to better understand the process by which their work is communicated to a general...
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Dec320131:00 pm2135 SSMSOther
Before 1968, censor boards in the US and UK dictated which aspects of science they considered appropriate for movies and which scientific subjects they considered indecent or immoral. This talk will explore how filmmakers between 1930 and 1968...
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Dec1420132:00-4:00 pmGirvetz 2320Other
Casey Walsh will give a talk entitled: "Filtering Out the Social: Nanotechnology and Water Treatment in Mexico."
In this talk I discuss the role of nanotechnology in infrastructures that manage water quality in Mexico....
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Oct320132:00 - 4:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
Sarah Davies will give a talk titled: "Studying and Practicing Public Engagement: Deficit, Deliberation and Delight"
The last decades have seen increased attention to science communication and public engagement around...
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Oct52013Curitiba, BrazilConference
The Latin American Nanotechnology & Society Network (ReLANS), in association with the MacArthur Foundation Chair in Global and International Studies and Sociology at the University of...
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Aug23201312:00 - 1:30Girvetz 2320Other
"Secrets of the Temple II: Transitioning from Grad Student to Assistant Professor"
CNS-UCSB faculty members will discuss the process of transitioning from graduate student...
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Aug15201310:00 - 4:00Bren School CourtyardOther
The CNS INSET Summer 2013 Interns will present posters showing the results of their research projects along with other students as part of the UCSB Undergraduate Summer Research Colloquium.
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Aug7201310:00 - 2:00Elings Hall 1601Other
Students in UCSB's Summer 2013 INSET program (Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering, and...
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Aug120132:00 - 4:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
Members of the CNS community are invited to join us as our three INSET summer interns present their work. The INSET summer internship program culminates with formal presentations and a poster session of each intern’s summer research....
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Jul1120132:00 - 4:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
Dr. McCray will give a talk titled: “Visioneering from Space Colonies to...
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Jul2420138:30a - 5:00pThe Upham Hotel Garden RoomWorkshop
Monday June 24 (Upham)
8:30- 9:15: Workshop Introduction; workshop format; statement of goals and the “problematic”
9:15-10:00: Richard John (...
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May1620132:00 - 3:30pmGirvetz 2320Other
Dr. Zaygo Lau will be giving a guest lecture titled: “Twelve years of Nanotechnology Development in Mexico."
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May2520132:00 - 4:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
This seminar will feature presentations by three 2013 CNS seed grant awardees discussing their research projects.
Sarah Anderson, Assistant Professor – Bren School of Environmental Science and Management...
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May920133:30 - 5:00pmSocial Sciences and Media Studies Building, Room 2135Speaker Series
Technologies played a dramatic role in birthing the modern industrial world, so it is hardly surprising that classic and widely familiar histories of technology trace narratives of triumphant Western progress, contrasted to backwardness or...
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May520133:00pmHSSB 4041Other
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May420132:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
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Mar720132:00 - 4:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
Dr. Harro van Lente will be giving a talk titled "Novelty, needs and rights: anticipating needs in society"
Typically,...
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Mar2120132:00 - 4:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
Dr. Slaton will be giving a talk titled, “New Promise, Old Premise: Workforce Education and Opportunity in American ...
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Mar1420131:00 - 3:00pmSocial Sciences and Media Studies Building, Room 2135Speaker Series
China is aiming to overtake the United States and become a global leader in science and technology, which it sees as the key to its rising economic and political effort, from basic research to commercialization. In July 2012, China's...
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Jan1720132:00 - 4:00 pmGirvetz 2320Other
Patrick McCray will be presenting “Visioneering from Space Colines...
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Jan1020132:00 - 4:00 pmGirvetz 2320Other
Mary Collins will be presenting on her dissertation research, titled “Disproportionality, Inequality, and Vulnerability in Socio-Ecological Systems” in...
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Dec1420121-2:30 EST (10-11:30 PST)Other
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Dec1420121-2:30 EST (10-11:30 PST)Other
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Dec720122:00-4:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
The question of whether there is a paradox between nanotechnology's promise and realization will be disaggregated and explored in this presentation. Evidence will be drawn from...
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Dec2820122:00-3:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
Presentations from IRG3 researchers Mary Collins, Shannon Hanna and Lauren Copeland on nanotechnology, risk and consumer products.
*Note: an hour later than usual time.
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Dec19201212:00pm-2:00pmMosher Alumni HouseWorkshop
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Dec720121:00-3:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
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Oct2920127:00-8:30 PMUCSB's Loma Pelona Conference CenterSpeaker Series
Princeton University Professor of History Michael Gordin discusses his new book, The Pseudoscience Wars:...
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Oct222012University of Twente, Enschede, the NetherlandsConference
The fourth annual meeting of The Society for the...
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Oct172012Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, DenmarkConference
The Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) will be held jointly with European Associarion for the Study...
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Oct1020121:00-3:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
This seminar will feature practice talks for the upcoming European conferences. Our speakers include:
Matt Gebbie, Shirley Han, and Galen Stocking: "Can China Become a...
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Oct320121:00-3:00pmGirvetz 2320Other
Beginning-of-the-year kick-off seminar meeting for grads and postdocs - others do not need to attend.
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Aug9201212:00-2:00Elings Hall FoyerOther
The CNS INSET Summer 2012 Interns will present posters showing the results of their research projects along with other students as part of the UCSB Undergraduate Summer Research Colloquium....
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Aug2201210:00AM-2:00PMElings Hall 1601Other
Students in UCSB's Summer 2012 INSET program (Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering, and...
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Aug1201210:00AM-2:00PMElings Hall 1601Other
Students in UCSB's Summer 2012 INSET program (Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering, and Technology) will give...
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Jul2520122:00-4:00Girvetz 2320Other
Members of the CNS community are invited to join us for a sneak peak at the work of our four INSET Summer Interns. Gianna Haro...
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Jul1120122:00-3:30PM2320 GirvetzSpeaker Series
Swerve is a film created by the Collaborative Media Commons (CMC) and directed by Zach Horton. The Film is set in a nano-contaminated...
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Jul2720122:00-4:00Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
Nanotechnology is the science of understanding, controlling and engineering matter at the one-to-100 nanometer scale. At this scale, scientific discoveries have unveiled novel properties that offer the potential for new applications...
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May1120122:00 - 5:00pmMcCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSBOther
Helen Nissenbaum is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science at New York University, where she is also Senior Faculty Fellow of the...
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May102012(May 10, South Hall 2635)/(May 11, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB)Other
This colloquium is...
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May2020123:30PM - 5:00PMTBAOther
A hyper–keyword in contemporary American culture, risk pervades the discourse of entrepreneurial culture and finance capitalism on the one...
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May1620124:00-6:00PMBroida 1640Speaker Series
Description:
In this talk, Krebs will discuss his research into the underground economy, detailing the many asymmetries and seeming contradictions in the ...
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May10201212:00 NoonMcCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020Other
A Panel Presentation by:
Barbara Harthorn, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies,
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Mar14201212:30 PMSSMS 3017Speaker Series
IRG 3 postdoc researcher Dr. Christine Shearer will be on campus Wednesday, and will be giving a public lecture in the Sociology...
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Mar2320121:00-3:00 p.m.2135 Social Science & Media Studies Bldg.Speaker Series
The PRC government’s ambitious program to catapult China into the ranks of the world’s leading innovation driven nations has led to the development of policies that conflict with...
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Mar920121:00-3:002135 Social Science & Media Studies Bldg.Speaker Series
China is investing heavily in “indigenous innovation,” in an effort to become less dependent on export-oriented low-cost manufacturing, and more self-reliant as a global high-tech leader. In this panel, members of...
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Jan2620127:00 PMLoma Pelona Conference CenterSpeaker Series
Science reporter and author Chris Mooney discusses the psychological factors contributing to today's polarized political environment. Many...
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Jan1320126:00PMMcCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSBSpeaker Series
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Dec3020111:00-3:00 PMGirvetz 2320Speaker Series
Karl Bryant will lead an interactive demonstration and workshop on how to use NVivo, a powerful qualitative data management program. We will cover a range of...
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Dec72011Tempe, ArizonaConference
Information about this conference, including the complete program and presentation abstracts, can be found by clicking on the S.NET logo below.
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Oct2620111:00-3:00 PMGirvetz 2320Speaker Series
This presentation analyzed the politics of the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) strategy and outcomes of its implementation. Primary sources from the National Institutes of Health’s...
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Oct1420112:00-5:00 p.m.Wallis Annenberg Conference Room, 4315 SSMSOther
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Oct1320111:00-3:00 p.m.2320 Girvetz HallSpeaker Series
The late '60s and early '70s are remembered on many American campuses as times of strife and protest. It is well known to historians (...
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Oct2920111:00 - 3:00PM2320 Girvetz HallSpeaker Series
The National Science Foundation is designed as a dynamic organization to take advantage of new trends and problems in scientific and policy communities. However, from the standpoint of researchers, NSF programs and funding initiatives may...
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Aug112011TBATBASpeaker Series
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Aug3201111:00-11:45 a.m.CNSI TBAOther
CNS summer interns join other INSET interns in presenting their summer research projects
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Aug220111:00-3:00 PMCNS Conference RoomSpeaker Series
CNS INSET summer interns Sergio Cardenas, Alex Lyte, and William Reynolds will give their oral research presentations, plus a discussion of public speaking/presentation tips led by Cathy Boggs.
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Jul2620112:00 PMCNS Conference RoomSpeaker Series
Grantwriting tips workshop led by Barbara Herr Harthorn, followed by a mini-farewell reception for departing CNS post-docs Gwen...
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May32011CNS Offices, Girvetz HallOther
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May12011Monday, May 2 -- UCSB CampusOther
CNS-UCSB will host a Center-wide research summit in early May 2011, focusing on integration of research efforts. Collaborators will be coming from across the US and internationally to share findings and analyses, and to discuss new...
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May2020111 - 2:30 PMCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Speaker Series
Abstract: This presentation is based on a series of interviews with 20 Canadian nanotechnology researchers, focusing primarily on the economic, political and epistemological issues relating to the delineation of the...
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Mar3020111 - 2:30 PMCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
Abstract: Is synthetic biology the new new thing for nanostudies? Over the past decade, various laboratory efforts labeled "synthetic biology" often...
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Mar920111 - 2:30 PMCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Other
Aashish Mehta, Assistant Prof. in Global and International Studies at UCSB, will give a presentation as part of the CNS Competitiveness and Cooperation seminar series. Talk title and more info forthcoming.
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Mar220111 - 2:30 PMCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Other
Abstract: This presentation will introduce the value chain research approach and how it can be used to evaluate competitive and collaborative dynamics among firms in the nanotechnology industry. The research approach has two main parts;...
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Mar920111:30 - 3:00 PMCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Speaker Series
Abstract: The NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing...
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Jan1920111 - 2:30 PMCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Speaker Series
Abstract: The talk will put nanotechnology in the context of the broader innovation system and discuss the dilemmas we face in conceptualizing this system and improving its effectiveness. The premise is that...
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Jan1220111 - 2:30 PMCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Other
Rich Appelbaum's research group will introduce the Winter 2011 Competitiveness and Cooperation theme.
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Dec1020103:30 - 5 pmGirvetz Hall 2300 wingOther
Please join us to celebrate our new location and renewal award!
To see our new location on the campus map, click here.
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Dec120101:00 - 2:30 pmMulticultural Center LoungeSpeaker Series
Abstract: How will manufacturing, recycling and disposal of nanotechnologies potentially impact the environment, the health of workers and communities' health? The CNS Speaker...
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Dec1720101:00 - 2:30 pmCNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Other
Join us for a CNS Seminar featuring a panel discussion on environmental health and safety in academia and industry. Panelists are Dr. Dave Vandenberg, Laboratory Safety and IIPP Program Manager, UCSB Environmental Health & Safety (...
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Oct2820109:30-10:30 a.m.CNS Conference Room (Girvetz 2320)Speaker Series
CNS will host two scholars from Mexico, who will address nanotechnology & society issues in Mexico. Their visit is part of Workshop One coordinated under a UC...
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Oct620109 am - 2 pmCNS Conference Room (Girvetz 2320)Other
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Jul2820101:30-3:00CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
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May292010Lyon, FranceWorkshop
To facilitate the promises of nanotechnology for the benefit of society, the last decade has seen major changes in innovation policy and practice. Approaches differ from country to country, but most have dedicated significant funding to accompany...
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May1220103:00-4:30CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
Dr. R. Kalpana Sastry is presently Head of Division of Agricultural Research Systems...
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May520101:30-3:00CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
The CNS-UCSB Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Sarah Davies on Monday April 5, 2010. Dr Davies will give...
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Mar27201010:00 am - 5:00 pmSanta Barbara Museum of Natural HistoryOther
Size Matters! Discover a world smaller than a hair on an ant. Things this small behave differently that you might expect. Join us for NanoDay™ and explore the science of small things. Zoom into the human hand or a leaf, and...
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Mar1120107:00 - 8:00 pmUniversity Club, Santa BarbaraNano-meeter
What do molecules have to do with fuel cells, batteries and our energy needs?
How will new nanoscale materials change the electronic devices we use everyday, and what promise do they hold for new technologies?
Join us for an...
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Mar26201011:00-12:30CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Speaker Series
This talk will introduce the theory of cultural cognition, which presents a concise account of how public opinion forms and changes over time in response to political cultural signals from elites. The presentation will review recent evidence on...
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Mar1020101:30-3:00PM2320 Girvetz HallSpeaker Series
Her timely talk discussed how audiences make sense of complex information related to new technologies such as nanotechnology. As news audiences increasingly turn to online sources for their information about science and technology, it is critical...
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Jan292010The Upham Hotel, Santa BarbaraWorkshop
The purpose of the meeting is to move forward theoretical and empirical knowledge about nanotech risk perception and communication. Early empirical work on public understandings of nanotechnology has largely progressed without extensive...
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Dec42009Washington, DCConference
Emerging technologies hold the promise of solving some of the world’s most critical problems. Nanotechnology, along with information technology, biotechnology and other new technologies, has great potential for addressing such...
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May30200911 am - NoonElings Hall 1601Speaker Series
Science fiction films and novels often present us with remarkably imaginative visions of the future. In this talk I argue that all the most popular and influential versions of such...
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Mar23200911:00AM-12:30PM1605 Elings HallSpeaker SeriesThe cultural cognition of risk refers to the tendency ofindividuals to conform their perceptions of the risks of putativelydangerous activities to their cultural evaluations of those activities....
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Dec3200812:00-1:30PM3250 Elings HallSpeaker Series
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Dec12200812:00-1:30PM3001 Elings HallSpeaker Series
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Dec620087-8 pmMackenzie Lawn Bowls Club House at Mackenzie Park on upper State StreetNano-meeter
Take a glimpse into the future - how will we meet our energy needs in the next 20 years?
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Oct102008CNSI / Elings Hall, UCSB campusWorkshop
An educators' workshop on designing undergraduate courses that integrate
Nanotechnology and Society. The event was cosponsored by CNSI and
the NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS-UCSB).--------
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Aug2820087-8 pmFaulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public LibraryNano-meeter
Can scientists develop clean technologies using nanotechnology?
What types of production can be replaced with more environmentally-friendly manufacturing using nanotechnologies...
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May20200812:00-1:30PM3001 Elings HallSpeaker Series
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May152008Speaker Series
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Dec2920077:00 - 8:00 pmFaulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public LibraryNano-meeter
How innovative is China's science and technology? Will China become a world nanotech player in what is predicted to become a $3 trillion industry?
An informal...
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Dec152007University of California, Santa BarbaraConference
This conference brought together union leaders, human resource managers, social scientists, media, public policy officials, and science experts to examine issues relating to potential risks involved for nanotechnology workers - both in...
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Jul1820077-8 pmCoffee Cat, 1201 Anacapa Street, Santa BarbaraNano-meeter
Come learn about nanomedicine and its applications from UCSB experts in the field, and share your views in a casual...
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May1120077-8 pmLobby, California NanoSystems Institute, UCSBNano-meeter