CHAIR: Pamela Winfrey 

LASER ASU-Tempe: Covid-19 Reflections of Works-in-Progress 

Join us for a conversation exploring questions that have arisen during the co-created ASU Humanities Lab "ArtScience: COVID Responsen" and over the past year in considering and experimenting with how to respond to Covid. Selecting from questions posed to or by students during the Lab, as well as those that remain unanswered --or perhaps unasked-- we will discuss the challenges of how we determine truth and trust; how we identify or anticipate implications for policy, education, and creative collaboration; in what ways art and science  address what is known and unknown.  How does Covid require taking creative leaps in science and art, how can we "toggle between rigor and wonder", and where can we find hope and healing pathways while responding to a health crisis we are still experiencing. 

When: 23rd March at 15:30pm Arizona Time / MST (UTC-7) Find your timezone HERE

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SPEAKERS BIOS 

Dr. Hartwell, Nobel Prize Winner, Center Director and Professor of the Biodesign Pathfinder Center

Website: https://biodesign.asu.edu/leland-hartwell

Dr. Hartwell led a research team at the Department of Genetics, University of Washington using cell biology and genetics to investigate how yeast cells divide from 1968 to 1997. They discovered two cellular pathways that are integrated by an overall control point regulating cell division and a signaling pathway that arrests cell division in response to DNA damage. Dr. Hartwell is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and he received the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Other honors include the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Award in cancer research, and the Genetics Society Medal of Honor.

Diana Ayton-Shenker, CEO of Leonardo/ISAST (International Society of Arts, Science, Technology)

Website: https://leonardo.asu.edu/content/diana-ayton-shenker

Diana Ayton-Shenker, is an award-winning social entrepreneur who connects and convenes key partnerships, resources and capital for positive global impact. She serves as the Executive Director of Leonardo’s partnership with ASU, where she is Professor of Practice jointly appointed with the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS), and the Herberger Institute of Design & Arts’ School for Arts, Media, & Engineering. Diana is also founding CEO of Global Momenta, philanthropic strategy and social innovation firm, and the Global Catalyst Senior Fellow at The New School, where she recently collaborated with XReality Center and her partner-husband, artist William T. Ayton, to produced New Babel, the largest A.R. (Augmented Reality) public art installation of its kind (Union Square, NYC). 

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The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks