Events

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Benjamin Hippen (MD, FASN, FAST.  Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine.   Metrolina Nephrology Associates P.A. and the Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina) presents: “ETHICAL CHALLENGES POSED BY APO L-1 SCREENING IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION” Lunch workshop, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, Cone 112, 12:30-1:45. Free and open to the public – but please RSVP […]

Margaret Hu, Assoc. Prof. Law, Washington and Lee University, presents: “ALGORITHMIC JIM CROW” Public Lecture, Thurs., Sept. 28, 2017, Cone 113, 2:00-3:30. Everyone welcome! Abstract: This presentation contends that immigration- and security-related vetting protocols risk promulgating an algorithmically-driven form of Jim Crow.  Under the “separate but equal” discrimination of a historic Jim Crow regime, state laws […]

Please join us for the annual Ethics Center Breakfast on Wed. Sept. 6, 7:30-9:00, Cone 210. We’ll have our annual opportunity to reconnect with one another, as well as announcements and discussion about Center programming for the upcoming year.  We’re very excited about some of what we’ve been able to line up, including a series on […]

Center Governance Committee member Robin James appeared on NPR’s “On Point” in a segment called “‘Dangerous Woman:’ Pop and Feminism” at the end of May.  Listen to the show here.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2017 ETHICS CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS. REGISTER AT SOCIALWORK.UNCC.EDU (DIRECT LINK HERE)

(RESCHEDULED TIME BELOW) Su’ad Khabeer, Asst. Prof. Anthropology, Purdue University, presents: “MUSLIM COOL: RACE, RELIGION AND HIP HOP IN THE UNITED STATES” Public Lecture, Mon., April 24, 2017, Cone 113, 12:30-2:00. Everyone welcome!  Lunchtime pIzza provided. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar-artist-activist who uses anthropology and perference to explore the intersections of race and popular culture. […]

Nathaniel Comfort, Professor, Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, presents: “IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION: CONTROLLING HUMAN EVOLUTION FROM EUGENICS TO CRISPR” Lunch workshop, Tues., April 18, 2017, Cone 113, 12:30-2:00. Free and open to everyone, but please RSVP by April 13 so we know how much food to order! Abstract: Since Ancient Greece, humans […]

The Ethics Center will be cosponsoring a conference at the Center City Building on April 6, on VSED as an end-of-life care option.  VSED – voluntarily stopping eating and drinking – is a legal option for a competent adult who wishes to hasten the onset of his or her death.  The conference will explore the complex […]