Events
SAVE THE DATE: END-OF-LIFE CARE CONFERENCE
THE ETHICS CENTER IS PLEASED TO COSPONSOR THE FOLLOWING END-OF-LIFE CARE CONFERENCE….
MARK ROTHSTEIN, “ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF UNREGULATED HEALTH RESEARCH USING MOBILE DEVICES”
Mark Rothstein (Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and Founding Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine) presents: “ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF UNREGULATED HEALTH RESEARCH USING MOBILE DEVICES” Lunch workshop, Thursday, Feb 22, 2018, Cone 210, 12:30-1:45. Free and open to the public – […]
MEGAN DOERR, “INVERTING THE PANOPTICON: APP-MEDIATED RESEARCH”
Megan Doerr, MS, LGC (Principal Scientist, Governance Sage Bionetworks) presents: “INVERTING THE PANOPTICON: APP-MEDIATED RESEARCH” Lunch workshop, Wed., Feb 14, 2018, Cone 210, 12:30-1:45. Free and open to the public – but please RSVP Here by Feb. 8 so we can order food! Abstract: Although most have moved beyond the use of “subject,” participants are often still […]
ZEYNEP TUFEKCI ON “THE LATEST PRIVACY DEBACLE”
Zeynep Tufekci, who spoke on Big Data for the Ethics Center in 2015, is featured in today’s New York Times on the Strava “heat map,” which aggregates fitness tracking data (from things like FitBits) into a global map that shows where and how people have been exercising – and which also thereby probably revealed the location of a number of […]
ERIN DALTON, ALLEGHANY COUNTY DSS FEATURED IN NYT
Erin Dalton, who spoke on her work in using data to improve Alleghany County’s child protective services, is featured in the New York Times – story here.
TERENCE MCKIERNAN, “APOCALYPSE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: ARCHIVING THE CATHOLIC SEX ABUSE CRISIS”
See below for a Religious Studies talk that may be of interest of Center affiliates (for the flyer, click here)
LYNETTE REID, “PRECISION IN MEDICAL IMAGING: WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL AND EPISTEMIC TRADE-OFFS?”
Lynette Reid (Assoc. Prof. Bioethics, Dalhousie University) presents: “PRECISION IN MEDICAL IMAGING: WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL AND EPISTEMIC TRADE-OFFS?” Lunch workshop, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, SAC Salon E, 12:30-1:45. Free and open to the public – but please RSVP Here by Thurs, November 2nd so we can order food! Abstract: “An imaging test is a way to let […]
ERIN DALTON, “INTEGRATED DATA TO SUPPORT PRACTICE: LESSONS FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY”
Erin Dalton, Deputy Director for the Office of Data Analysis, Research and Evaluation, Alleghany County, PA, presents: “INTEGRATED DATA TO SUPPORT PRACTICE: LESSONS FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY” PUBLIC LECTURE, FRIDAY, OCT. 27, 2017, WOODWARD HALL 338, 11:30-12:30. Abstract: Allegheny County provides one approach to using integrated data to support practice. Innovations include integrated data at the person-level to […]
SHAKA MCGLOTTEN, “THE BLACK DATA PROJECT”
Shaka McGlotten, Assoc. Prof. Media Studies and Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Prof. Media Studies (SUNY Purchase), presents: “THE BLACK DATA PROJECT” PUBLIC LECTURE, THURS. OCT. 26, 2017, CONE 113, 2:00-3:30. “Black data” is an associative, atmospheric heuristic intended to evoke an interlocking assemblage of meanings tied to technology, politics, and racialized blackness: the opacities of technological black boxes, […]
RACHEL CARSON’S ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY
Dr. Robert Musil, president and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council presents: “RACHEL CARSON’S ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY” Public Lecture, Wed. Oct. 25, 2017, SAC Salon A, 2:00-3:30. Musil is a former executive director and CEO of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Social Responsibility. A senior fellow and adjunct professor of the […]