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 Technology Studies, a Fall 2026 graduate course that examines how expertise 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: How do researchers communicate with publics? How do policymakers and stakeholders interpret evidence? How do communities participate in research that affects them?

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

The session is relevant for anyone whose work may move beyond the lab or clinic into public communication, policy, stakeholder engagement, or community-partnered research. 

Event details

• Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM
• HEC 2.220
• Free and open to all UTMB students, faculty, and staff
• RSVP at utmb.us/g5u

About the course BHH 6312: Science and Technology Studies · Fall 2026 · Wednesdays, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. · Aug. 31–Dec. 18, 2026. Registration opens August 1.

The Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities at UTMB studies the big questions that run through medicine and science: how knowledge gets made, who it serves, and what we owe one another in health care.