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Events

Center for Ethics programs and events are designed to foster a sense of community, engage in productive discourse, and encourage critical thinking about important ethical issues. Whether you are a student, faculty, professional, or simply curious about ethics, there is something for everyone.

Upcoming Events

Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.

Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.

Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.

Tuesday, October 13, Noon to 1:15 pm

Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.

Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.

Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.

Tuesday, October 27, Noon to 1:15 pm

Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 7 pm

Space is limited and registration is required. Registration for the general public opens on October 21, 2026.

Please use this link to sign up

The Painted City mural bus tours invite Emory students, faculty, and community members to engage with Atlanta’s complex history and ongoing transformations through the lens of public art and culture. Co-sponsored by Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ethics Center and Ethics and the Arts Program, and the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the tours take place once every semester, led by a changing roster of local artists. The Fall 2026 tour received additional sponsorship from the Arts & Social Justice Program.

Meeting twice monthly and open to the entire Emory community, faculty ethics research seminars explore topics across disciplines and traditions.

Lunch will be served. In-person attendance limited to first 15 to RSVP. Virtual attendance available.

Email akear@emory.edu to check in-person availability.

Tuesday, Nov. 10, Noon to 1:15 pm.

Friday, November 13, 2026 - 12:00-1:00 pm

RISE (Resilience, Illness, Story, Empathy) is a welcoming space where Emory students, faculty, and staff read and reflect on illness narratives.It is intended especially for people living with illness, as well as those seeking to better understand these experiences and provide meaningful support.Each session focuses on a memoir exploring how illness shapes identity, relationships, and resilience, followed by an open discussion. This year’s theme will be stories of caretakers.

To RSVP: bit.ly/RISEbookclub

Location: Emory Center for Ethics, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322

Center for Ethics Lounge