Events

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 […]

Kristin Newby, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at Duke University Medical Center, and PI of the MURDOCK Study presents: “FOOD & PRECISION MEDICINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MURDOCK STUDY” Lunch workshop, Wed., April 5, 2017, Cone 113, 12:30-2:00 Free and open but please RSVP here by March 31 so we can order the right amount of […]

Moustafa Bayoumi, Assoc. Professor English, Brooklyn College, CUNY, presents: “THIS MUSLIM AMERICAN LIFE IN THE AGE OF DONALD TRUMP” Public Lecture, Thurs. March 23, 2017, Center City, 7:00-8:30. Everyone welcome! Please RSVP here so we can send you a parking pass (if you have a university hang tag, you don’t need an additional pass) Moustafa Bayoumi is the author […]

Juliane Hammer, Assoc. Prof. and Kenan Rifai Scholar of Islamic Studies, UNC Chapel Hill presents: “FOR LOVE AND MERCY: EXPLORING MATRIMONIAL PRACTICES IN AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES“ Public Lecture, Wed. Feb. 22, 2017, Cone 111, 2-3:30, Cone 210. Everyone welcome! Abstract: What does marriage have to do with religion? This lecture explores matrimonial practices in American Muslim communities including how American […]

Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Postdoctoral Researcher Center for Genomics and Society at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine (and soon Asst. Prof. at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine), presents: “RETURN OF RESULTS IN PSYCHIATRIC GENOMICS RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS” Lunch workshop, Thurs. Feb. 16, 2017, […]

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