Science & Technology Studies Cornell

Science & Technology Studies Cornell The Department of Science & Technology Studies is dedicated to research and teaching about scientific knowledge and technology in its social context.

In light of the importance of science and technology (S&T) in the world today, there is a need for scholarly work on its social dimensions. In their research, faculty members examine S&T both in contemporary societies and through historical investigations. The goal is to build a body of theory and empirical findings about:

The social processes through which scientific and technical knowledge—whether packaged into texts, people, machines, images, or other forms—is created, evaluated, challenged, spread, transformed, and fitted into social relations. The ways people use, reconfigure, and contest scientific knowledge and technology. The normative issues entangled in scientific and technological developments. The place of science and technology in the modern world.

Jessica Ratcliff’s most recent book, Monopolizing Knowledge: The East India Company and Britain’s Second Scientific Revo...
06/24/2026

Jessica Ratcliff’s most recent book, Monopolizing Knowledge: The East India Company and Britain’s Second Scientific Revolution, is now open access! For more info, see the book's website at Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge Core - British History after 1450 - Monopolizing Knowledge

06/16/2026
Cornell Giving Day STARTS NOW! Show your support for Cornell by making a gift of any size, to any area of Cornell you ca...
03/12/2026

Cornell Giving Day STARTS NOW! Show your support for Cornell by making a gift of any size, to any area of Cornell you care about. Every gift adds up to make a huge difference in the lives and experiences of Cornell students!

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Alumni! Giving Day is tomorrow! This year, STS would like to challenge you to give a gift in the amount of the year of y...
03/11/2026

Alumni! Giving Day is tomorrow! This year, STS would like to challenge you to give a gift in the amount of the year of your degree. If you graduated in 2005, you could give $5 or $2005 – we don’t care about the amount as much as the show of support. What do you say? Can your class give the most gifts??

You're about to make a big difference for Cornell!

11/17/2025

Reppy was recognized along with David Bishop, Ph.D. ’78, for "groundbreaking experiments" they did on helium 50 years ago.

09/08/2025

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

2026-28 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Technology Studies

Application Deadline: January 15, 2026
With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Science & Technology Studies invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2026.

Read the full call here: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships

Application Portal: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301

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I've just learned that there will be a zoom option for Dr. Margaret Rossiter's services this coming weekend. The link w...
08/13/2025

I've just learned that there will be a zoom option for Dr. Margaret Rossiter's services this coming weekend. The link will be available through the funeral home's website:

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The formal obituary for Margaret Rossiter has been posted in the Boston Globe.
08/13/2025

The formal obituary for Margaret Rossiter has been posted in the Boston Globe.

View DR. MARGARET W. ROSSITER's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

08/08/2025

Services for Margaret Rossiter, Emerita Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science, who passed away on Sunday, August 3, will be Friday and Saturday, August 15 and 16, 2025. Friday services will be at Weir Funeral Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden, MA. There will be a visitation at 10:00 a.m. and service of remembrance at 11:00 a.m. Anyone wishing to speak is welcome to participate. The family invites anyone who wishes to join them for lunch afterward. Additional visitation hours Friday evening 6:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday there will be a Catholic mass at 10:00 a.m. at Incarnation Catholic Church, 429 Upham Street, Melrose, MA, followed by Internment at Holy Cross Cemetery, 175 Broadway, Malden MA, with a luncheon to follow.

In lieu of flowers, her family has asked that donations be made to the Margaret Rossiter Women in Science Award fund in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University.

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