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EASL Forum accepting early student applications until April 23

In order to broaden the opportunities available to students to apply, the D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership will conduct its first round of selections for the 2004-2005 Ethics and Servant Leadership Forum this spring. Applications are being accepted until April 23.

April 20 | When Doctors Make Mistakes

The Southern Institute for Business and Professional Ethics' next Executive Breakfast Forum will examine the legal and moral questions confronting doctors and patients when medical errors occur. The speaker will be Dr. John Banja, medical ethicist at Emory University and one of the nation's leading authorities on the problem of medical error--how frequently it occurs, the consequences for patients, and the issues facing physicians regarding disclosure of errors.

7:30am, April 20 at the Capital City Club, Atlanta. Registration required. Conducted in cooperation with the Center for Ethics.

April 19 | Religion, Globalization, and the Struggle for Freedom

Frank Lechner, Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory College, will lecture as part of the Center for Ethics' series on religion and globalization at 7:30pm, April 19 in White Hall 111.

Why do many religious groups oppose globalization – and should they? Can religious organizations contribute to globalization and even take advantage of it? What kind of religious engagement in globalization is most likely to make a difference? Will globalization marginalize religion in world society? This lecture challenges conventional jeremiads about globalization by arguing that the experience of some globalizing religions and the thrust of the movement for religious freedom contain potentially inspiring answers to these questions.

The event is free and open to the public. Nearby parking is available in the B. Jones Lot and Peavine Visitor Parking Deck.

CANCELLED | Broad in the Concrete: The Global Appeal of Womanist Theology

PLEASE NOTE: Due to an unforeseen conflict, this event has been cancelled.

Jacquelyn Grant, Calloway Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary in Atlanta, will lecture as part of the Center for Ethics' series on religion and globalization at 7:30pm, April 13 in Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center.

Womanist theology has attracted the interest of a wide range of women. Cross-racial and cross-cultural experiences accent connections, even as differences create challenges. What accounts for the connections, which extend far beyond the Black women’s community in the United States of America? What are implications of the challenges?

April 9 | Genetically Modified Organisms: Our Genes, Our Future

Award winning geneticist, environmentalist, and educator David Suzuki, Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Professor in Science & Society, will participate in a symposium 10am to 3pm, April 9 in Cox Hall Ballroom. The symposium also features Steven Stice, University of Georgia cloning expert and biotech entrepreneur; Sam Dryden, CEO, Emergent Genetics, Inc.; and Sherry Knowles, intellectual property lawyer.

The event is free and open to the public but reservations are required.

April 7 | The Challenge of Sustainability: Setting the Real Bottom Line

Scientist, environmentalist, and educator David Suzuki will deliver a public lecture 7pm, April 7 in Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center. His presentation will focus on contemporary sustainability issues.

Suzuki is Emory's Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Professor in Science & Society. The author of more than thirty books, he is recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. He is well known to millions as the host of the popular science television series, The Nature of Things.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (404) 727-6722. Sponsored by Emory College Faculty Science Council, the Program in Science & Society, and the Center for Ethics.

March 30 | Emerging Challenges for Ethics and Leadership in the Professions

The Center for Ethics will host a symposium on ethical challenges in the professions as part of Emory's celebration of the inauguration of President James Wagner. The symposium will take place in WHSCAB Auditorium from 4-6pm on March 30. The event is open to Emory students, faculty, staff; Woodruff Health Sciences staff; and invited guests.

Hosted by Center for Ethics director James W. Fowler, panelists include:

• James W. Curran, Dean, Rollins School of Public Health
  
• Pierre Ferrari, President, Hot Fudge Social Venture Fund
  
• Frances Smith Foster, Candler Professor, English, Women's Studies, African American Studies and American Studies
  
• Michael Johns, CEO, Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center
  
• Thomas Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology
  
• Michael J. Perry, Woodruff Professor, Law School
  
• Tammie Quest, Director of Postgraduate Education, Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine
  
• Diana C. Robertson, Associate Professor, Goizueta Business School
  
• Stuart M. Zola, Director, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
  

Sustainability events at Georgia Tech

On March 17, Amory Lovins, Founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and America's leading thinker on innovative energy policies, will be speaking at 4:00pm on campus at Tech at the Tennenbaum Auditorium.

On April 29, Dr. Karl-Henrik Robert, Swedish scientist and founder of The Natural Step, will be speaking at 5:30pm on campus at the Ferst Center for the Arts. The Natural Step provides the definition of Sustainability we have adopted at Interface, and Dr. Robert is my close advisor regarding the path to the top of that mountain called "Mount Sustainability".

More information is available at the Institute for Sustainable Development and Technology.

Robert Franklin and Chandra Muzaffar videos now online

RealPlayer streaming videos of the recent globalization lectures by Robert Franklin and Chandra Muzaffar are now available on the Center for Ethics' multimedia webpage.

March 18 | 'Weathermen' documentary

Emory Law School will host a screening of the Academy Award nominated (2004) documentary, The Weather Underground, 6:30pm, March 18 at Gambrell Hall.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Director Sam Green; former Weather Underground member and current activist, Laura Whitehorn; and former communications secretary of the Black Panther Party and current Emory law professor, Kathleen Cleaver.

The documentary tells of the rise and fall of the Weather Underground, a group of middle-class, idealistic youth protesting the Vietnam War and racism in America. The Weathermen, as they were known, used violence to try to overthrow the United States government during the 1970s. Attacks included bombing the U.S. Capitol building, vandalizing cars and businesses, and breaking Timothy Leary out of prison. The group evaded one of the largest FBI investigations in history.

"The goal of the documentary is not so much to give answers but to raise questions," Green said. "By exploring this controversial subject with depth and balance, we hope to encourage a broad debate of some of the most important issues of our time."

The screening will start at 6:30pm in Tull Auditorium at the law school. Community organizations and information tables also will be present. Parking is free and available in the Lowergate South parking garage, behind the law school. Admission is free, but seating is limited; doors open at 6pm.