Brown Bag Series – “The New Mechanical Philosophy” by Stuart Glennan

The Butler Brown Bag Series for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work presents “The New Mechanical Philosophy” by Stuart Glennan, Philosophy and Religion, on Tuesday, January 28, noon-1:00 p.m. in AU111 (UClub).

Natural and social scientists often characterize their work as a search for the […]

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Fun at the STS party!

On January 24, 2014 By
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Butler University’s J. James Woods Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics presents cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts.

Levitin, the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University, is the author of the book This Is Your Brain On Music: The […]

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Join us for an STS party.

This is not a meeting; just a time to enjoy friends, food, and music.

When: Friday, January 17, 2013, 6:00-10:00 pm

Where: The Efroymson Center for Creative Writing (across from BUDP and Ross Hall)

WHO: STS majors, minors, or anyone who is interested:)

There will be a live band, free […]

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Dear friends of STS —

With the close of this semester I will be ending my short stint as interim director.  I will be replaced by the new permanent director, Dr. Carmen Salsbury.  Dr. Salsbury, who for the past six years has served as chair of the department of biological sciences, brings a lot of […]

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Who are the STS faculty?  Since STS is a program that draws on the expertise of faculty across the university, this can be a bit hard to figure out — until now.  Starting this semester we are beginning to officially designate faculty whose research, teaching and service supports STS as affiliate faculty.  These are the […]

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Exciting News! – STS is starting a club! 

Hey Everyone, 

Currently we are underway in establishing our first STS club here at Butler University. It will be called, “STS Connect.” This is really exciting because STS is becoming a well-known major at Butler. Because it is a growing major, more and more people are beginning […]

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I just realized that we had failed to share with you another course for spring  2014 that can serve as an STS elective.  This looks very interesting — especially for those of you interested in environmental studies.

EN393: Into the Wild – Literature and the Environment

This class will explore wilderness and its relationship to […]

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Check your audit

On November 8, 2013 By

A common and important question for STS majors is: what counts towards my STS degree?  In theory, the best way to answer this and other questions about graduation requirements is by reviewing your academic requirements (what everyone calls your degree audit)  in the Student Center of My.Butler.  I say, “in theory” because in order the […]

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‘Even Me—a film about HIV

There’s going to be a terrific short film on campus this Saturday.  It’s called “Even Me” and it’s about the HIV/AIDS crisis among people ages 50 and older, especially in communities of color.  The film was made by Megan Ebor, who works with older adults in southern California.  She will […]

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