Events

MIRA-Open Seminar: George Yancy

February 4, 2020
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

George Yancy Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy, Emory University Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College   The White Gaze, Black Embodiment, and the Elevator Effect   In this lecture, I will explore the impact of the white gaze on the Black body within quotidian spaces. Through a brief encounter between a Black man and a white […]

Corey McMillan Research Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Pennsylvania   Precision Medicine Approaches to Understanding ALS Disease Heterogeneity   Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a multi-system neurodegenerative disorder characterized clinically by progressive muscular weakness, as well as cognitive/behavioral dysfunction in 30-50% of patients. However, the risk of neuromuscular and cognitive impairments and their longitudinal […]

John Medaglia Drexel University/University of Pennsylvania   What people think is right and wrong to do with neuroenhancement   Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St. – room F85   Each year, the CNS Public Talk Series highlights an issue or theme. The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are […]

Kara Spiller Biomedical Engineering Drexel University   Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Limb Salvage   Diabetes and peripheral arterial disease affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Patients with these conditions frequently develop chronic wounds on the lower limbs that lead to amputation, with a 5-year mortality rate as high as 77%. Macrophages, the primary cell of […]