For Yet Better Science

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Cornell  CALS fosters intellectual exploration, an interdisciplinary culture, meaningful impact, and purpose-driven  science  for all members of our community.

Cornell University  is a private research university that provides an exceptional education for undergraduates and graduate and professional students.

Scientists and Engineers for a Better Society is a Columbia University student organization dedicated to creating increased awareness in the University community about scientific and technological issues of social relevance.

Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.

Since 2018, the working group “critical discourse on excellence” – consisting of members of intermediary and professorial staff originally at the  University of Bern  but now also at other Swiss HEIs – has been discussing the scientific practices we consider appropriate for achieving “academic excellence”. From this nucleus, an initiative emerged and is gaining momentum: the Better Science Initiative. COPERNICUS Alliance members are invited to  sign the initiative  and check on the programme of an  upcoming online conference  (20-21 November 2020).

The main goal of this course is to develop critical thinking supporting the choice, creation, development, validation, and use of alternatives to animals in research Which new technologies could make scientific tests completely animal-free in the future?   It is about how to be innovative and able to develop a sustainable and more humane science for the near future.