Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Gender and Women’s Studies, and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the University of Michigan. She is the author of numerous articles and two books: Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press 2007), which influenced the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the patentability of human genes, and Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017) which won the Robert K. Merton Prize from the American Sociological Association.
The Solanki Lecture will be held in person in the College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPaCE) building on the campus of California State University, Long Beach.
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April 18th
Reception/Free Dinner 6:00PM
Lecture 7:00PM
Please RSVP if you are planning on attending. You can RVSP by scanning the QR code on the poster below. When you do, we will an automated confirmation email with further details.
Parking:
If you need parking (for off campus visitors), please follow the directions below.
We have reserved spots for you in the Research Foundation Parking Lot, which is across the street and half a block east from the lecture venue. There is also a campus map (where the lecture venue and the parking lot are circled) and directions to the campus attached to this note.
Once you arrive at the Research Foundation parking lot, please use the CENTER LANE pull up to the automated kiosk in visitor entrance (again, please use the CENTER LANE) and do the following when you arrive at the kiosk:
1. Press “D” (right side of screen) to enter code.
2. Enter code 6944201 using keyboard numbers (below screen).
3. Press “D” (right side of screen) to open gate.
4. Pull into lot and walk to the venue.
