Excited about biotech & ethics? Apply for the GES Minor Fellowship!
Exciting news for NC State graduate students! Applications for the 2024-2025 Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) minor fellowship are now open. Here's your chance to delve into the societal, technological, and ecological issues surrounding the development and potential use of genetically engineered organisms....Continue reading "Excited about biotech & ethics? Apply for the GES Minor Fellowship!"
Delborne Awarded Prestigious AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Jason Delborne, Professor of Science, Policy, and Society in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, and Dr. Morgan DiCarlo, Dr. William Casola, and Mr. William Murray MNE, North Carolina State University alumni, as members of the 51st class of the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) program....Continue reading "Delborne Awarded Prestigious AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship"
Tips for a Good Zoom Recording
Whether you are giving a big presentation, or responsible for making sure it goes well, here are some tips to make sure your next Zoom meeting recording looks great. ...
NC State receives USDA/NIFA grant to evaluate societal impacts and foster sustainability of GE and nanotech in agriculture
February 10, 2022 | Khara Grieger, together with GES Co-director Jennifer Kuzma, will lead a $650,000 project that will support the responsible development of novel agrifood technologies to contribute to more sustainable food and ag systems. ...
A Focus on “Intended Consequences” to Drive Conservation Action | Conservation Science and Practice
Press Release, April 15, 2021 | A newly published special issue of Conservation Science and Practice makes the case for rebalancing the risk–benefit equation in conservation....
Office of Research and Innovation Honors Three with Award for Excellence
Matt Simpson, August 10, 2020 | Three Office of Research and Innovation employees won this year’s Award for Excellence — SHRA employee Patti Mulligan and EHRA employees Daniel Findley and Nicholas Leblanc. ...Continue reading "Office of Research and Innovation Honors Three with Award for Excellence"
CALS News – Using Leaf Fungi to Improve Crop Resilience
Mollie Rappe, June 29, 2020 | Jason Delborne, a researcher with the Genetic Engineering and Society Center and the College of Natural Resources, will lead the efforts to assess public opinion and analyze the potential regulatory pathway for techniques to introduce beneficial plant fungi to crops....Continue reading "CALS News – Using Leaf Fungi to Improve Crop Resilience"
Decision-making about Emerging Technologies and Global Risks
GES Center receives NSF Grant to investigate geoengineering for global climate change...Continue reading "Decision-making about Emerging Technologies and Global Risks"
Virtual Colloquium: Zoom Instructions
GES Colloquium Zoom registration information...
CALS News – Fred Gould: My Journey to Interdisciplinary Research
Mollie Rappe, Dec 2, 2019 | NC State Distinguished Professor Fred Gould shares his journey to interdisciplinary research on genetically modified pests and beyond, as well as the challenges he overcame along the way....Continue reading "CALS News – Fred Gould: My Journey to Interdisciplinary Research"
Announcing: Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures Exhibition
Raleigh, NC – NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center present the Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology, opening at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design on Thursday, October 17, 6 to 8 p.m....
Announcing: An Evening with Margaret Atwood – Friday, Nov. 15
The GES Center is excited to announce: An Evening with Margaret Atwood, Internationally-renowned author of The Handmaid's Tale, Friday, Nov. 15 at Talley Student Union, NC State University. ...Continue reading "Announcing: An Evening with Margaret Atwood – Friday, Nov. 15"
NC State corn maze opens at NC Museum of Art through October [video]
WTVD ABC 11, August 13, 2019 | A quarter-acre corn maze is now open at the NC Museum of Art's Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park....Continue reading "NC State corn maze opens at NC Museum of Art through October [video]"
USDA to biotech: Call your own compliance
Steven Suppan, July 30, 2019 | The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants agribusiness to sell more genetically engineered (GE) seeds and food products all over the world, as soon as possible. This rule would go beyond already controversial genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to encompass hundreds of new products of new gene and genome editing techniques. The fastest way to do that?...Continue reading "USDA to biotech: Call your own compliance"
