ethics news & views

EASL students awarded Emory Humanitarian Award

Emory undergraduates Erik Fyfe and Molly Harrington, both recent members of the Ethics and Servant Leadership Forum, were among six students honored with the 2005 Emory University Humanitarian Award. Awards were presented January 26th by Emory President James Wagner and other top administrators.

Both Fyfe and Harrington were participants in the 2003-2004 EASL Forum, and Harrington was also a Servant Leader Summer Intern in 2004.

Feb 28 | Palestinian-Israeli Unity Project: Breaking The Ice

In January of 2004, the international organization Extreme Peace Missions, a German-based foundation, sent four Palestinians and four Israelis on an expedition from Chile to Antarctica. The "Breaking the Ice" expedition was developed to help build understanding between the two groups and is similar in purpose to North Carolina Outward Bound School’s Unity Program for teenagers.

After sailing the gale-driven seas off Cape Horn, these men and women hiked Antarctica and climbed a previously unnamed peak that is now known as the Mountain of Palestinian and Israeli Friendship. The Dali Lama, Kofi Annan, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and other international dignitaries lent their public support to this landmark peace mission.

Four members of this expedition will visit Emory to speak about this life-changing experience at 3pm, Feb 28 in Winship Ballroom. The event is sponsored by the Center for Ethics, North Carolina Outward Bounds, and the Office of Religious Life.

For directions and parking information, contact the DUC InfoDesk at (404) 727-8425.

Feb 17 | New Ethical Issues at the End of Life

Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD, will speak 4-6pm Feb 17 on "Sedation, Hydration, and Alimentation: New Ethical Issues at the End of Life" as part of the Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics. The lecture will be in the Rita Anne Rollins Room, 8th Floor, School of Public Health.

This Visiting Scholar Lecture is jointly sponsored by Emory University Health Sciences and the Center for Ethics.

Sulmasy is Chair of the John J. Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center, and Director of the Bioethics Institute at New York Medical College.

Water, a play, and a visiting professor:
Feb events for Science & Society

The Program in Science & Society is proud to welcome John Krige, Kranzburg Professor in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech, to Emory this semester. Krige is the third Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Professor in Science & Society. He has a intriguing interdisciplinary background, having been a physical chemist in South Africa before becoming a historian of science and technology.

Krige will be spending the Spring semester at Emory teaching the lead seminar, "Science, Technology, and Society" in our new minor in Science, Culture, & Society (SC&S). This new minor complements the Ethics Minor the Center for Ethics initiated a two years ago.

Feb 8 | Intersexuality and Intersex Activism

Emory University’s Department of Women's Studies, the Office of LGBT Life, the LGBT Programming Council and the Center for Ethics will sponsor a workshop in intersexuality 6-8pm, February 8 in DUC 250. The workshop will include a basic introduction to intersex issues and activism, including the workshop leader's personal story of being intersexed

For directions call the DUC Infodesk at (404) 727-8425. For more information, contact workshop leader Caitlin Childs.