November Issue

Despite the pandemic again breaking records, there’s suddenly oxygen to imagine new futures. In the miasma of Covid and a fractured American body politic, let’s take a moment to consider Reinvention. The prompt: What changes would you like to see over the next four years?

Bacillus subtilis has natural qualities of self-organization, adaptation, and co-evolution. Studying it might offer a model for what comes after American rugged individualism, write strategists Joanne Deluca and Janine Lopiano⟶

The biodesign discipline needs to amplify voices of BIPOC and marginalized students, educators, and leaders. BDC Program Manager Veena Vijayakumar explains why she’s made this her personal mission for the BDC community⟶

Educators in NYC schools are effectively teaching students to care about sustainability and how to practice it. BDC Communications Manager Alex Kisielewski writes that adults need to take a cue from kids⟶

Presidential and congressionally appointed bioethics councils haven’t been cutting it. Now is the time to establish a US independent commission to thoughtfully and effectively address emerging issues in bioethics, writes Biodesigned editor Alex Pearlman⟶

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