Statement of Purpose: Socially Conscious Science seeks to provide a forum for students to discuss social issues related to current events and research in modern science. Learning about the social, cultural and political dimensions of science will enhance our understanding of science and also make us better citizens in our community and the world. Here is a quote that clearly illustrates the problems we seek to address: "We saw that students, some of them future scientists, learned science without any reference to the cultural, social, and political influences on science and the social consequences of scientific developments. The typical science curriculum left out the harmful effects of science and technology and presented science as a smooth, inevitable, almost error free progression toward the truth. Textbook writers ignored the roles of intuition, luck and personal idiosyncrasy, all factors that give a more human face to the practice of science. Science emerged as a beneficent, yet almost sterile pursuit." Jon Beckwith p.93 "Making Genes, Making Waves - A social activist in science"