Biology & Society Major
Tackling the social, political and ethical challenges of modern biology
Many of the most critical social concerns of our time—food and population; impact of genetic engineering and new medical technologies; testing for drugs; AIDS and genes; the influence of heredity versus environment on human behavior; environmental quality; and ethical, legal and social aspects of modern medical practice—are innately biological. At the same time, each of these issues is inherently a social concern and involves complex relations between biological and sociocultural forces. The Biology & Society major is intended to provide you with the skills and perspectives you’ll need to systematically confront these and many other social-biological issues.
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Cornell researchers shined a new light – via thermal imaging of mice – on how male scent marking changes depending on shifting social conditions.
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Researchers studying statistics applications in systems biology and next-generation wireless technology are among the nine Cornell faculty members who’ve received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
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