Please join William Freeman for a talk around the role of higher education in/and prison. Released from prison in 2018 after serving 20 years of his life-plus-20-years sentence, Freeman is currently a Bloomberg Fellow and a MPA candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He founded the Redistributing Agency and Wealthy Trust and […]

Nov. 1, 2024 10 am to 1 pm Student Union Room 200 Please RSVP here so we can order food!   Agenda 10:00-10:15 Welcome and Introduction to CHAIS (Center for Humane AI Studies) (Gordon Hull, Philosophy and Ethics Center) 10:15-10:45 Public Attitudes about AI (Jason Windett, POLS and SDS; Cori Faklaris, Software and Information Systems) 10:45-11:15 […]

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Jada Wiggleton-Little (Asst. Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University): “Pain and the Limits of Epistemic Injustice” Register here for in person (11:30, Cone 210A, lunch provided) or here for Webinar (12:00)

CHAIS – The Center for Humane AI Studies – is an interdisciplinary research group at UNC Charlotte dedicated to exploring the implications of Artificial Intelligence from a humanities and social science perspective. Check out the website here.

Join us for a presentation by Travis N. Rieder, PhD; Director, Master of Bioethics Program at John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics: “America’s Opioid Dilemma: Ethical Prescribing During a Drug Overdose Crisis” Register here for the in-person event (11:30am-12:45pm) and here for Webinar (12:00pm-12:45pm)

Join us for a presentation by Giorgia Pozzi, Ph.D. Candidate, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands: “Opioid Risk Scoring: Epistemic Injustice in Machine Learning-Mediated Pain Management” Register  here for Webinar (11:15am-12:15pm)

Join us for a presentation by Travis N. Rieder, PhD; Director, Master of Bioethics Program at John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics: “Catastrophe Ethics: How to Live in a World on Fire” – Click the link for an excerpt adapted by TIME Magazine:  How to Make Tough Choices in a MorallyExhausting World Register here for the in-person event […]

Join us for a presentation by Bethany Johnson, Doctoral Candidate at the University of South Carolina: “Daily Dragging Themselves Up the Stairs: The Health Aftermath of Twentieth Century Influenza and Twenty-first Century COVID” Register here for the in-person event and here for Webinar (11:15am-12:15pm)

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Amy Delaney (Dir. of DEI at Carle Health in Urbana, Illinois): Race Based Medicine: “Why Is It Still in Practice and What Do We Do About It?” Register here for in-person (1:00pm-2:15pm, McKnight Hall – Cone) or here for Webinar (1:00pm)

Join us for a presentation by Kristin Bumiller (George Daniel Olds Prof of Economic and Social Institutions at Amherst College): “The End of Autism: Toward a Model of Social Inclusion” Register here for in person (1:00pm-2:15pm, Cone 210)

Join us for a presentation by Amy Goldsmith, RDN in Charlotte, NC: “Bias or Science? Applying a Critical Lense to Weight, Nutrition, and Health Research” Register here for in person (1:00pm-2:15pm, Cone Room 111) Register  here for Webinar (1:00pm)