"I think that if we want to understand anything about science
and technology, we need to begin with the people who have been the
most damaged, the most subjugated by it, but who also, out of that
history, are often able to be early adopters and...
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder
Professor in the School of Social Science, will give a plenary
lecture during the 2020 annual meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
[Updated Feb. 18, 2020] Watch “The Social Life of DNA...
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder
Professor in the School of Social Science, has been selected to
serve on the National Academy of Medicine’s newly established
Committee on Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in health
and medicine.
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder
Professor in the School of Social Science, has been elected to the
board of trustees of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
“It is a deep honor to join the Mellon Board of Trustees,”
Nelson said of the appointment. “For...
Nature has asked seven leading thinkers, including
Freeman J. Dyson, Professor Emeritus
in the School of Natural Sciences, and Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor
in the School of Social Science, to select one book from history
that speaks to...
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder
Professor in the School of Social Science, will participate in a
forum as part of the National Academy of Medicine's annual meeting
and symposium on artificial intelligence in health care, healthy
longevity, and...
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder
Professor in the School of Social Science, has been inducted as the
2019 Ernest W. Burgess Fellow of the American Academy of Political
and Social Science in recognition of her contributions to society
through...