BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Every day\, science makes claims that shape medicine\, law\, an d the way we live. Some get believed. Some get ignored. Why?Join the Depar tment of Bioethics &\; Health Humanities for a free one-hour mini semin ar previewing BHH 6312: Science and Technology Studies\, a Fall 2026 gradu ate course that examines how expertise earns authority\, how societies dec ide what counts as risk\, and how new technologies travel from the lab int o everyday life.This is a chance to examine the social life of science and the choices that shape how knowledge is trusted\, used\, challenged\, and applied. We'll ask: How do researchers communicate with publics? How do p olicymakers and stakeholders interpret evidence? How do communities partic ipate in research that affects them?No background in the humanities is req uired. Bring your curiosity and an hour of your time.The session is relev ant for anyone whose work may move beyond the lab or clinic into public co mmunication\, policy\, stakeholder engagement\, or community-partnered res earch. \;Event detailsTuesday\, July 28\, 2026\, 12:00&ndash\;1:00 PMH EC 2.220Free and open to all UTMB students\, faculty\, and staffRSVP at ut mb.us/g5uAbout the course\nBHH 6312: Science and Technology Studies &middo t\; Fall 2026 ·\; Wednesdays\, 9 a.m.&ndash\;12 p.m. ·\; Aug. 31&ndash\;Dec. 18\, 2026. Registration opens August 1. The Department of B ioethics &\; Health Humanities at UTMB studies the big questions that r un through medicine and science: how knowledge gets made\, who it serves\, and what we owe one another in health care. DTEND:20260728T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260706T203832Z DTSTART:20260728T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Why does the public trust some experts and not others? UID:RFCALITEM639189491120511054 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Every day\, science makes claims that shape medicine\, law\, and the way we live. Some get believed. Some get ignored . Why?

Join the Department of Bioethics &\; Health Humanities for a free one-hour mini seminar previewing BHH 6312: Science and Tec hnology Studies\, a Fall 2026 graduate course that examines how e xpertise earns authority\, how societies decide what counts as risk\, and how new technologies travel from the lab into everyday life.

This is a chance to examine the social life of science and the choices that shape how knowledge is trusted\, used\, challenged\, and applied. We'll ask: Ho w do researchers communicate with publics? How do policymakers and stakeho lders interpret evidence? How do communities participate in research that affects them?

No background in the humanities is required. Bring you r curiosity and an hour of your time.

The session is relevant for a nyone whose work may move beyond the lab or clinic into public communicati on\, policy\, stakeholder engagement\, or community-partnered research.&nb sp\;

Event details

About the cour se\nBHH 6312: Science and Technology Studies ·\; Fall 2026 ·\; Wednesdays\, 9 a.m.&ndash\;12 p.m. ·\; Aug. 31&ndash\;Dec. 18\, 2026. Registration opens August 1.

The Department of Bioethic s &\; Health Humanities at UTMB studies the big questions that run thro ugh medicine and science: how knowledge gets made\, who it serves\, and wh at we owe one another in health care.

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