North Carolina is in the final stages of preparing to pay 10 million dollars in reparations to people who were victims of their state-sponsored sterilization program. The deadline to file for a payment, if you are a victim, is June 30, 2014. Payments are set to begin a year from now, in June 2015. An overview of the latest developments is here, information about filing a claim is here, and pgEd’s lesson plan that looks at the history of the American Eugenics Movement, with an emphasis on the situation in North Carolina, is found on our Lesson Plan page.
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As part of our National Institutes of Health (NIH) SEPA-funded ARC (Building Awareness, Respect, and Confidence through Genetics) project, pgEd has been developing new, interdisciplinary curricula on genetics and identity. One of the topics being tackled in these materials is sex and gender. We have now produced a new information brief to highlight some of what is currently known about sex and gender from social and scientific research. Check out the link below to download.
Sex, gender and genetics: Download our information brief – pgEd
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The Personal Genetics Education Project raises awareness and sparks conversation about the potential benefits as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of personal genetics. We strive to ...Posted by pgEd 4 weeks ago
In Nov 2018, reports emerged that the first two children to have their genomes edited with CRISPR during their embryonic stage had been born in China. The news took many scientists and the rest of the world by surprise, and drew much controversy about the scientific and ethical appropriateness of the research. To help teachers and students navigate these recent developments, pgEd has produced a new mini-lesson. Students are not asked to make a moral judgement, but instead to analyze and discuss the many facets of this complex situation. Check it out at the link below.
pgEd Mini-Lesson on the CRISPR-edited twins – pgEd
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The Personal Genetics Education Project raises awareness and sparks conversation about the potential benefits as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of personal genetics. We strive to ...Posted by pgEd 1 month ago
In our newest blogpost, guest author Dr. Jumana AlHaj Abed gives a profile of Dr. Andrews Akwasi “Kwasi” Agbleke, who is working towards addressing the disparity in access to resources for science research and education, particularly in his home country of Ghana, in West Africa. It is pgEd’s pleasure to feature Kwasi’s work, as pgEd strives to make science and scientists more relatable, and to bring more communities and voices into conversations about genetics. Read all about it here!
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The Personal Genetics Education Project raises awareness and sparks conversation about the potential benefits as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications of personal genetics. We strive to ...Posted by pgEd 2 months ago
Submissions for the 2019 National DNA Day essay contest is now open! Teachers, check the link below to find out about this year's essay question and more information about the contest.
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National DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of the double helix of DNA in 1953. This year's DNA Day will be on Thursday, April 25, 201...Posted by pgEd 3 months ago
An event that our teacher friends may find useful: NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins will be hosting a Facebook Live event on Monday, Dec 10th from 3:15-45 pm ET, where he will take questions from middle school students from across the US. You are invited to livestream this event to your classroom and submit your students' questions in the event feed's comments section!
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How can you start a career in STEM? Join NIH Director & geneticist Dr. Francis Collins on December 10, 2018 at 3:15 pm ET for a conversation featuring Johnson Creek Middle School on becoming a scientist. Dr. Collins will be taking questions from middle school students from across the U.S.!
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