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NORTH HILL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

  • AI and Misinformation
    AI and Misinformation
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    How much trust can we place in the information we encounter daily? Some claim AI will usher in a new era of innovation, while others warn it’s already helping spread misinformation. Will AI empower us to make more informed decisions, or become a tool that distorts reality and undermines democracy?
  • COVID Bioethics
    COVID Bioethics
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    The recent pandemic fundamentally altered the world we live in, prompting the sudden appearance of new laws, social distancing, and even transforming daily life. But while we were all quarantined at home, what was going on behind the scenes?
  • ChatGPT
    ChatGPT
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    Imagine if Google could compose college-level essays. Speak and analyze every language. Pass the US Medical Licensing Exam. Enter ChatGPT. But as the technology threatens to create malicious software, spread misinformation, and eliminate jobs, do its dangers outweigh its revolutionary capabilities?
  • Interactive DNA Isolation Lab Experiment
    Interactive DNA Isolation Lab Experiment
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    Have you ever wondered how scientists extract DNA from an organism? Or what this DNA looks like when removed from cells? Together, we performed a DNA isolation lab; we swabbed our cheeks, isolated DNA from the samples, and visualized the strands of our own genetic information!
  • Biomimicry
    Biomimicry
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    When the observation of nature stands to teach us so much about medicine, engineering, and materials science, it begs the question; if we are biologically animals, why do we refuse to see ourselves as such?
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
    Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    How do we properly balance the benefits of AI with transparency and patient privacy? How do we limit the incorporation of biases into AI models? Who is accountable when AI makes a mistake?
  • Nuclear Energy
    Nuclear Energy
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    How much time do we have left to reverse climate change? Some say nine years, some say seven, and others say we've already passed the point of no return. Will nuclear energy be the technology that revolutionizes clean energy or that diverts funds from renewable sources such as solar or wind power?
  • DNA Digital Data Storage w/ Special Guest Dr. Tracy Kambara
    DNA Digital Data Storage w/ Special Guest Dr. Tracy Kambara
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    Can you imagine storing the entirety of the world's data in the trunk of a car? To learn about nature's mechanism for storing huge amounts of information (spoiler: DNA!), we were joined by Dr. Tracy Kambara, Head of Molecular Biology at Catalog, a Cambridge-based biotechnology company.
  • Fermi's Paradox
    Fermi's Paradox
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    “In all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves” -Carl Sagan
  • CRISPR Gene Editing
    CRISPR Gene Editing
    North Hill Retirement Community
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    North Hill Retirement Community, 865 Central Ave, Needham, MA 02492, USA
    Dream of a future in which physical traits are customizable, illness is ‘curable,’ and the biosphere is strengthened against climatic changes. With CRISPR-Cas9, maybe this future isn’t as distant as you’re imagining.

FOX HILL VILLAGE + NEWBRIDGE ON THE CHARLES

  • NewBridge on the Charles
    NewBridge on the Charles, 5000 Great Meadow Rd, Dedham, MA 02026, USA
    NewBridge on the Charles, 5000 Great Meadow Rd, Dedham, MA 02026, USA
    How much time do we have left to reverse climate change? Some say nine years, some say seven, and others say we've already passed the point of no return. Will nuclear energy be the technology that revolutionizes clean energy or that diverts funds from more promising renewable sources?
  • COVID Bioethics
    COVID Bioethics
    NewBridge on the Charles
    NewBridge on the Charles, 5000 Great Meadow Rd, Dedham, MA 02026, USA
    NewBridge on the Charles, 5000 Great Meadow Rd, Dedham, MA 02026, USA
    The recent pandemic fundamentally altered the world we live in, prompting the sudden appearance of new laws, social distancing, and even transforming daily life. But while we were all quarantined at home, what was going on behind the scenes?
  • CRISPR Gene Editing
    CRISPR Gene Editing
    NewBridge on the Charles
    NewBridge on the Charles, 5000 Great Meadow Rd, Dedham, MA 02026, USA
    NewBridge on the Charles, 5000 Great Meadow Rd, Dedham, MA 02026, USA
    Dream of a future in which physical traits are customizable, illness is ‘curable,’ and the biosphere is strengthened against climatic changes. With CRISPR-Cas9, maybe this future isn’t as distant as you’re imagining.
  • CRISPR Gene Editing
    CRISPR Gene Editing
    Fox Hill Village
    Fox Hill Village, 10 Longwood Dr, Westwood, MA 02090, USA
    Fox Hill Village, 10 Longwood Dr, Westwood, MA 02090, USA
    Dream of a future in which physical traits are customizable, illness is ‘curable,’ and the biosphere is strengthened against climatic changes. With CRISPR-Cas9, maybe this future isn’t as distant as you’re imagining.

Weston Council On Aging

  • COVID Bioethics
    COVID Bioethics
    Mon, Oct 28
    Weston Council On Aging
    Oct 28, 2024, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Weston Council On Aging, 20 Alphabet Ln, Weston, MA 02493, USA
    Oct 28, 2024, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Weston Council On Aging, 20 Alphabet Ln, Weston, MA 02493, USA
    The recent pandemic fundamentally altered the world we live in, prompting the sudden appearance of new laws, social distancing, and even transforming daily life. But while we were all quarantined at home, what was going on behind the scenes?

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