Events

ALEX PEARLMAN: “A FRAMEWORK FOR COLLECTIVELY-DEFINED ETHICS STANDARDS FOR INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNITY BIO GROUPS”

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 Biotech Series_Pearlman.pdf Alex Pearlman (Journalist and Bioethicist; Research Affiliate, the MIT Media Lab Community Biotechnology Initiative) presents as part of the Ethics Center’s 2020-21 series, Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research. Zoom registration –> https://uncc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUldeitqT0oHdHARgGLJuI5oddN4unllc_y  About the series: Because citizen science work often works outside of institutional channels, it often faces difficulties when it intersects […]

ROSEMARIE GARLAND-THOMSON: “DISABILITY BIOETHICS: A PATH TO REALIZING EQUALITY”

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 Stories for Survivability_Garland-Thomson.pdf Join us for our new series! Stories for Survivability: How we Talk about Disability Ethics and Why it Matters. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Professor of English at Emory University) presents as the first of four speakers in this series, supported by the Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund. Zoom registration HERE: https://uncc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlde6grT8qH9yGabOP6ajSCC2rimZNXDD4  Even as disability has many meanings and contexts, […]

ANGELIQUE HJARDING: “FROM MONARCHS TO MANGROVES: PUBLIC SCIENCE AS A TOOL TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN CONSERVATION”

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 Biotech Series_Hjarding.pdf Angelique Hjarding (Postdoctoral Researcher, Charlotte Action Research Project, Dept. Geography & Earth Sciences, UNC Charlotte) presents as part of the Ethics Center’s 2020-21 series, Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research. Zoom registration –> uncc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvdOGvrDsrHNfOAHFOGB6nCpgGHQ-qAFAJ   About the series: Because citizen science work often works outside of institutional channels, it often faces difficulties when it […]

LEWIS GORDON: “WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION? RACISM AND RESEARCH IN THE ACADEMY”

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 Ruha and Lewis Event Series.pdf Dr. Lewis Gordon, Head and Professor of Philosophy at UCONN-Storrs, is the first speaker in the School of Data Science (SDS) Fall webinar series co-hosted by the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics. Dr. Gordon’s talk is titled, “What is Knowledge Production? Racism and Research in the Academy.” The SDS […]

***POSTPONED*** ETHICS AND SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE 2020

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April 6, 2020 – 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM *** POSTPONED!***  The health and safety of students, faculty, staff and community friends remains UNC Charlotte’s top priority. The University has been monitoring the rapidly evolving situation around coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been working in close collaboration with local and state resources. After careful thought and consideration, UNC Charlotte […]

***POSTPONED*** ELIZABETH JONES: ANCIENT DNA

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 Elizabeth Jones_March 2020.pdf *** POSTPONED!*** The health and safety of students, faculty, staff and community friends remains UNC Charlotte’s top priority. The University has been monitoring the rapidly evolving situation around coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been working in close collaboration with local and state resources. After careful thought and consideration, UNC Charlotte has decided to […]

***CANCELLED*** MIRANDA R. WAGGONER: “PROGRAMMING FUTURES?”

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 Epigenetics_Waggoner.pdf This event has been cancelled. Join us for the fourth event in our Epigenetics series!  For a pdf of the flyer, click here. For a series flyer, click here.

KELLY HAPPE: “EPIGENETICS, RACE, AND JUSTICE”

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February 19, 2020 – 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM  Epigenetics_Happe.pdf Join us for the third event in our Epigenetics series!  For a pdf of the flyer, click here.  For a series flyer, click here. Free, but please RSVP so we can order food.

CHARLES DUPRAS, “PROTECTING PRIVACY IN THE MULTI-OMIC ERA”

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January 28, 2020 – 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM  Epigenetics_Dupras.pdf Join us for the second event in our Epigenetics series!  For a pdf of the flyer, click here.  For a series flyer, click here. Free, but please RSVP so we can order food

HANNAH LANDECKER, “EATING HISTORY: READING EPIGENETIC SCIENCE FOR A METABOLIC ETHICS

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November 6, 2019 – 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM Join us for the first event in our Epigenetics series!  For a pdf of the flyer, click here.  For a series flyer, click here. Info below the cut… hope to see you then!