Illinois Biology and Politics Summer Institute

最近出现了一个新的研究领域，将生物学和政治学联系起来。学者们正在研究人类DNA如何影响大脑的运作，以及大脑如何影响政治态度和行为。他们还分析和评估由这项研究产生的知识所产生的伦理、法律的和社会影响。研究生和初级教师将被邀请到该计划接受培训，在这个发展中的奖学金领域。自然科学和社会科学入学者将在负责使生物学和政治学联系成为现实的教师专家的指导下并肩工作。这些多学科的技能武装起来，他们将回到自己的校园，建立自己的教学计划，并提高研究生产力的流动。这个项目的更广泛的影响将包括提供研究生和初级教师一个独特的机会，以获得在研究的前沿领域的培训。此外，该培训机构将作为组织研究生课程的基础，重点是新的生物学和政治学联系。

A new field of study has emerged very recently linking biology and politics. Scholars are investigating the ways in which human DNA affects the workings of the brain, and how the brain then affects political attitudes and behaviors. They are also analyzing and evaluating the ethical, legal, and social implications arising from the knowledge being generated by this research.This project will establish a one-week program on biology and politics. Graduate students and junior faculty will be invited to the program to receive training in this developing area of scholarship. Natural science and social science enrollees will work side-by-side under the direction of faculty experts who have made responsible for making the biology and politics connection a reality. Armed with these multidisciplinary skills, they will return to their home campuses and establish their own teaching initiatives and enhance the flow of research productivity.The broader impacts of this project will include providing graduate students and junior faculty with a unique opportunity to gain training in a cutting edge area of research. In addition, the training institute will serve as a foundation for organizing a graduate curriculum focusing on the new biology and politics linkage.