Luncheon Celebrates Achievements, End of 2013-14 Academic Year
The Department of Sociology celebrated the end of the 2013-2014 Academic Year on Monday, May 5th with the traditional annual luncheon. Highlights include saying goodbye to Professor Ruha Benjamin, who has accepted a position with Princeton University’s African American Studies Department, wishing our three Graduating Work Study Students well in their future endeavors – Congratulations […]
Professor Ruha Benjamin to Present at BU Discoveries Lecture Series
Sociology and African American Studies Professor Ruha Benjamin is a featured lecturer at the BU Discoveries Lecture Series on March 25th, 2014 at 7PM. She will discuss her book, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier, and address the tensions between scientific innovation and social equality. Registration for this event is now […]
Professor Benjamin’s People’s Science in South Africa
Professor Ruha Benjamin was invited to South Africa by the University of Pretoria’s Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine to speak about her book, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier on Sept 13th, and to participate in a Wellcome Trust sponsored workshop on “Genomics research on indigenous populations: exploring the concept […]
Ruha Benjamin blogs for Huffington Post about Science and Citizenship
Drawing on research reported in her forthcoming book, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier, she wonders whether “we are overdue for a Second Enlightenment in which the idealized insularity of science gives way to a more socially robust relationship between scientists and publics.” Read the full article here.
Professor Ruha Benjamin discusses significance of Mount Rushmore in video for BU Professor Voices
In a video for BU’s Professor Voices, Professor Ruha Benjamin discusses “the history of Mount Rushmore, her interpretation of what it represents, and whose face she would put on it.” See the full video at the BU Professor Voices website.
People’s Science on the web and on the move
Professor Ruha Benjamin has been travelling extensively in anticipation of the upcoming release of People’s Science:Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier. She recently reported on her visit to BIOPOLIS–a research center in Singapore focusing on biomedical research, “where you’ll find buildings called Nanos, Genome, Helios, Chromos, Proteos, Centros, and Neuros. But what […]
Professor Ruha Benjamin a featured panelist on “Exploring David Mamet’s Comedy ‘Race'”
Professor Ruha Benjamin was a featured panelist at the New Repertory Theatre and WGBH Spotlight Symposium entitled “Exploring David Mamet’s Comedy ‘Race'” on Sunday, October 21st, 2012. The panel was moderated by Kim McClain from WGBH TV’s “Basic Black,” with co-panelists Professor Walter Early Fluker and Professor Lydia Diamond. When: Sunday, October 21st, 2012 at 6 p.m. Where: […]
PROF BENJAMIN ADDS INSIGHT ON THE TRAGEDY OF SLAIN TEENAGER AT GOOD MAGAZINE ONLINE
Professor Ruha Benjamin comments on an article on the tragedy of the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Follow a link to the article here: http://www.good.is/post/trayvon-martin-could-have-been-one-of-my-kids/
PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN WINS ACLS FELLOWSHIP
The American Council of Learned Societies awards a small number of highly-sought-after sabbatical fellowships each year. Congratulations to Professor Ruha Benjamin on this recognition of her important work. She will spend the 2012-13 academic year completing work on her book, People’s Science: Reconstituting Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier.
PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN FEATURED AT UNIVERSITY MLK CELEBRATION
Speaking in Metcalf Hall, with more than a thousand people in attendance on Monday, Prof. Benjamin brought the audience to its feet as she asked what “barking dogs and fire hoses” need to be silenced in our own brains to make it possible to pursue the kind of society Dr. King imagined. The University’s annual […]