Cornell research at AAAS

Cornell research efforts represented at 169th AAAS meeting in Denver

By David Brand

Margaret Rossiter, the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History of Science, at the session she organized on "The Double Helix at 50: History, Memory and Moral Genealogy" at the AAAS meeting. Rossiter is an AAAS council delegate. David Brand/Cornell News Service

DENVER -- Cornell fielded a strong contingent of researchers at the 169th national meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year in Denver, Feb. 13-18.

The theme of this year's meeting, held in the Colorado Convention Center, was "Science as a Way of Life." The meeting offered an interdisciplinary blend of more than 150 symposia, plenary and topical lectures, specialized seminars and poster presentations.

Welcoming researchers from around the globe gathering in Denver for the meeting, AAAS president Floyd Bloom, of the Scripps Research Institute, noted that "the professional science way of life itself is becoming increasingly complex. Scientists today must be researchers, communicators, politicians, administrators and educators. We must understand and manage a wide diversity of information."

Robert Richardson, Cornell vice provost for research and the Floyd R. Newman Professor of Physics, atended the meeting as an AAAS board member. David Brand/Cornell News Service

Papers from Cornell were presented by George P. Hess, professor of molecular biology and genetics; Stephen Hilgartner, associate professor of science and technology studies; Jon Kleinberg, professor of computer science; Michael Macy, professor of sociology; Per Pinstrup-Andersen, professor of nutrition and food policy; and Tim Roughgarden, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Computer Science.

In addition, Margaret Rossiter, the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History of Science, organized a session on "The Double Helix at 50: History, Memory and Moral Genealogy," as part of the symposium, "Science and Human Culture."

Reports on the presentations:

February 20, 2003