Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing

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Wellesley College launched a suite of writing-intensive seminars in September 2013 through the generosity of the Calderwood Charitable Foundation. The seminars, taught across numerous disciplines, provide seniors and juniors the chance for “one final lap around the major” before they graduate, fine-…

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    • Dec 19, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    Shrimp Farming's Effects

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2014 5:41


    Helena McMonagle '16 describes how some methods of shrimp farming in the US and abroad can be extremely harmful to the environment due to pollution and loss of valuable habitat.

    Saving Leatherback Sea Turtles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2014 5:52


    Synthia Hernandez '15 argues that without leatherbacks, our fishing industry and oceans will pay a steep price.

    23andMe - Predicting Your Genes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2014 4:05


    Sapna Jain '14 questions whether rapid genetic testing companies give consumers useful and accurate information.

    The Affordable Care Act - Ineffecient and Harmful

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2014 5:39


    Alice Sun '15 contends that the ACA has good intentions-- lowering unsustainable health care costs-- but is doing so in an inefficient and harmful way. Regulating how doctors practice and restricting reimbursement rates lead to restricted access, increased waiting time, and poorly rationed care.

    Forget PETA - Go to the Zoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2014 4:47


    Victoria Hills '14 argues that zoos are not only accessible and affordable, but they also contribute substantially to the protection of animals in the wild. Visiting a zoo is often the first step a person takes toward becoming an environmentally conscious citizen of the world.

    Reproductive Restraint

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013 5:40


    Andrea Bae '14 examines the link between population growth and environmental decline. She questions the cost of transforming our environment to sustain more people. Shouldn't we consider reproductive restraint as a solution to alleviating environmental strain? Andrea argues that a positive step in attenuating growth would be universal availability of contraceptives.

    Uniquely Human?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013 7:14


    Zoe Moyer '15 reviews The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by primatologist Frans de Waal. She examines his contention that moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but rather is a product of evolution. Zoe describes how de Waal credits social animals with high intelligence, understanding of self and death, fair societies, and altruism. The lines between what is uniquely human and what is not begin to seriously blur.

    Wombs for Rent in India

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2013 5:07


    Mai Yer Xiong '14 probes the transnational surrogacy industry and the exploitation of Indian women who become gestational surrogate mothers.

    Bacteria - Better at Communication than Congress?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2013 4:41


    Dania Wright '14 explores quorum sensing, a method of bacterial communication, and its potential uses in healthcare. She focuses on research by Bonnie Bassler at Princeton which might offer a treatment for cholera.

    No Brave New World, Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2013 5:23


    Kalina Yingnan Deng '14 discusses the flaws in bioethicist Julian Savlescu's principle of Procreative Beneficence. She shows how it is not supported by philosophical theories of well-being, disregards principles of individual rights, and allows inequality to fester.

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