2011-2012 Events

Clinical Ethics Grand Round: Margaret Little (MacNider 321, from May 04, 2012 12:00 PM to May 04, 2012 01:00 PM)

Margaret Little, PhD, Director and Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University. Dr. Little’s research is in ethics, bioethics and feminist theory.

Research Ethics Grand Round: Gail Henderson (Brinkhous-Bullitt 219, from Apr 19, 2012 12:00 PM to Apr 19, 2012 01:00 PM)

Gail Henderson, of the UNC Dept. of Social Medicine, presents the eighth Research Grand Round concerning the re-framing of biobanks.

Lunch & Learn: "The Psychiatrist and the Marketplace or the Madness in Treating Madness" (Hyde Hall, University Room, from Apr 17, 2012 12:30 PM to Apr 17, 2012 01:30 PM)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy Dr. Iskra Fileva discusses money, ethics, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Public Lecture: "A Rising Imperative: Human Rights and Global Health (Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium, School of Social Work, from Apr 16, 2012 05:30 PM to Apr 16, 2012 07:00 PM)

The Inaugural Health and Human Rights Lecture will be presented by Sofia Gruskin, J.D., M.A.

Lunch and Learn - 'Till Death Do Us Part: Marriage in the U.S. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library, from Apr 05, 2012 12:30 PM to Apr 05, 2012 02:00 PM)

Panel discussion on the history and evolution of the institution of marriage.

Lunch & Learn: "Confidentiality at What Cost?" (Hyde Hall, University Room, from Mar 29, 2012 12:30 PM to Mar 29, 2012 01:30 PM)

North Carolina State Bar Deputy Counsel Carmen Bannon will explain lawyers' ethical obligation of confidentiality and discuss situations in which keeping client secrets can be morally devastating even though it is ethically required.

Public Lecture: "The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few" (Carroll 111, from Mar 28, 2012 06:30 PM to Mar 28, 2012 08:00 PM)

Presented by the New Yorker's James Surowiecki

Lunch & Learn: "Moral Dimensions of Drug Prohibition" (Hyde Hall, University Room, from Mar 20, 2012 12:30 PM to Mar 20, 2012 01:30 PM)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy Jonathan Anomaly argues that the prohibition of recreational drugs is morally dubious, and suggests instead that we should focus on regulating antimicrobial drugs in order to minimize the collective harm associated with antibiotic resistance.

Public Lecture: "Violence and Nonviolence in History and Everyday Life" (Sonja Haynes Stone Center, from Mar 19, 2012 07:00 PM to Mar 19, 2012 08:30 PM)

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch comes to Chapel Hill to ask: Is war for the weak? Did Black Power strengthen the civil rights movement? Is nonviolence boring? From drones to mass culture, what is the unexamined role of force?

Research Ethics Grand Round: Eric Kodish (Brinkhous-Bullitt 219, from Mar 15, 2012 12:00 PM to Mar 15, 2012 01:00 PM)

Eric Kodish, from the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Spiritual Care, presents this year's seventh Research Grand Round about parents and patients in pediatric research.

Lunch & Learn: "The Unjust Price of Justice" (Hyde Hall, University Room, from Mar 12, 2012 12:00 PM to Mar 12, 2012 01:00 PM)

University of Colorado Professor of Philosophy Michael Huemer argues that financial barriers to access the justice system make it inherently unjust for many Americans.

Clinical Ethics Grand Round: Peter Ubel (MacNider 321, from Mar 02, 2012 12:00 PM to Mar 02, 2012 01:00 PM)

Peter Ubel, MD, is Professor of Marketing and Public Policy at Duke University. Dr. Ubel’s research explores controversial issues about the role of values and preferences in health care decision-making, from decisions at the bedside to policy decisions. He uses the tools of decision psychology and behavioral economics to explore topics like informed consent, shared decision-making and health care rationing.

Lecture: The Financial Crisis - Who is at Fault and What Can Be Learned? (Kenan Center 204, from Feb 29, 2012 03:30 PM to Feb 29, 2012 04:30 PM)

On February 29, investment banker and philanthropist Gary Parr spoke about the causes of the economic downturn and how similar events could be prevented in the future.

Public Lecture - Philip Kitcher: "Dissent" (Murray G202, from Feb 28, 2012 05:30 PM to Feb 28, 2012 06:45 PM)

Polanyi Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Natural Science

Lunch & Learn: "Dissent" (Caldwell 105, from Feb 28, 2012 12:45 PM to Feb 28, 2012 01:45 PM)

Columbia U. Professor of Philosophy Dr. Philip Kitcher presents this Parr Center for Ethics Lunch & Learn on "Dissent." Dr. Kitcher is the 2012 Polanyi Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Natural Science.

Anti-Semitism: The History of an Idea (Hyde Hall, from Feb 27, 2012 05:30 PM to Feb 27, 2012 07:00 PM)

Jonathan Elukin, Trinity College. Part of the Morris, Ida and Alan Heilig Lectureship in Jewish Studies.

Conference: Waking up from the American Dream: The Sober Reality of Class in the United States (UNC School of Law, from Feb 25, 2012 08:00 AM to Feb 25, 2012 04:30 PM)

The UNC School of Law's 16th Annual Conference on Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity focuses on the phenomenon of class in America.

Minority Health Conference 2012 (The Friday Continuing Education Center, from Feb 24, 2012 08:00 AM to Feb 24, 2012 05:00 PM)

The UNC Minority Health Conference is the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the country. The 33rd annual conference, scheduled for February 24, 2012, will be on "Translational Research--The Road from Efficacy to Equity," and will be held at the Friday Continuing Education Center in Chapel Hill.

Lunch & Learn: "The Meaning of Political Protest" (Hyde Hall, University Room, from Feb 22, 2012 12:00 PM to Feb 22, 2012 01:00 PM)

Pardue Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Parr Center Fellow Dr. Bernard Boxill will speak on the history of political protest in the United States and what lessons from the past might be applied to the modern Tea Party and Occupy movements.

Symposium: Boundaries, Institutions and Human Rights (Hanes Art Center Auditorium, from Feb 17, 2012 02:00 PM to Feb 17, 2012 04:00 PM)

Mark Mazower, Ira D. Wallach Professor of World Order Studies and professor of history at Columbia University, will deliver the 2012 Reckford Lecture.