Welcome to BIOLUN1360 - SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Instructor: Harold Varmus MD (varmus@med.cornell.edu)

Course Time & Location: Wednesday 4:10 - 6:40 pm; 800 Fairchild

If you would like to view class assignments, student essays and blogs etc. from past years, here's a link to the Macaulay course website: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/varmusspring2017/

Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00 pm; 600B Fairchild (By appointment only)

Use this link to sign up!

*Office hour appointments for the week will be finalized by Tuesdays at 6 pm. As such, please sign up by then, if you would like to attend office hours that week*

TA: Joel Ntiri (jn2673@columbia.edu)

FALL CALENDAR 2023

Date	Session	Topic	Session Doc
Sept 6	1	INTRODUCTIONS	Session 1. 2023.docx
Sept 13	2	BECOMING A SCIENTIST	Session 2. 2023.docx
Sept 20	3	PURPOSE OF SCIENCE	Session 3. 2023.docx
Sept 27	4	DISSEMINATION AND EVALUATION OF SCIENCE	Session #4. 2023.pdf
Oct 4	5	SCIENCE JOURNALISM (WITH TWO GUESTS DISCUSSANTS)	Session 5 (Oct 4) - Module
Oct 11	6	CREDIBILITY OF SCIENCE	Session 6 (Oct 11) - Module
Oct 18	7	EQUITY IN SCIENCE	Session 7. 2023.docx
Oct 25	8	OWNERSHIP SCIENCE	Session 8. 2023.docx
Nov 1	9	GOVERNANCE OF SCIENCE	Session 9. 2023.docx
Nov 8	10	REPRESENTATION OF SCIENCE IN THE ARTS	Session 10 (Nov 8) - Module
Nov 15	11	CONTROVERSIES IN SCIENCE	Session 11. 2023.docx
Nov 22	HOLIDAY
Nov 29	12	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
Dec 6	13	STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
DUE DATES FOR TERM PAPERS AND SUBMISSION OF GRADES TO BE DISCUSSED