Fall 2009
September 3
BRN (Bioethics Resource Network) Breakfast: “Is There a Limit to Healthcare Professionals’ Obligations to Patients?”
7:30-9:00 am Cone 210
RSVP Required by August 27. To RSVP, email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
September 15
Annual Breakfast Meeting of Center Faculty Associates and Advisory Board Members
(Associate and Board Member Only)
7:30-9:00 am Cone 210
RSVP Required by September 8. To RSVP email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
7:30-9:00 am Federal Reserve Bldg.
September 18
*Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment
8:30-4:30 pm McKnight Hall Registration Required
Co-Sponsors: AHEC, Hospice and Palliative Care Charlotte Region, North Carolina Medical Society
Please contact Mary Jo Speer at or 704-687-2295 for more information about how to register.
October 2
“Partnering to End Childhood Obesity: Physicians, Families, and Community” Medicine and Society, UNC Charlotte Channel 22 TV Program
(Closed TV taping)
Featuring: Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD, Family Physician, CMC-Biddle Point, Anne Walker, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Walker Pediatrics-Novant Medical Group, and Rosemarie Tong, PhD, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
Co-Sponsor: Mecklenburg County Medical Society
October 5
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
“Computers, Aesthetics, Ethics and the Brain” Philosophy Department Series
Speaker: Deborah Johnson, PhD, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics and Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
12:00-2:00 pm Storr's Gallery
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women’s Academy, the College of Computing and Informatics, and the Department of Philosophy
RSVP Required by September 27. To RSVP, email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
“Computers, Aesthetics, Ethics and the Brain” Philosophy Department Series
Speaker: Deborah Johnson, PhD, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics and Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
4:00-5:30 pm Cone 111
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women’s Academy, the College of Computing and Informatics, the Department of Philosophy, and the PhD Program in Public Policy
October 7
Outspoken presents: "One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America"
Speaker: Keith Boykin is a well-known author and commentator whose work examines race, politics, and LGBQ issues
7:00 pm McKnight Hall
Co-Sponsors: Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund, the Wesley Mancini Foundation, PRIDE, Black Student Union, Multicultural Resource Center, Counseling Center, Women’s & Gender Studies Program, and Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
October 21
7:30-9:00 am Federal Reserve Building
October 22
20th Annual Barnhardt Seminar on Ethics and The World of Business
Speaker: Michael Marsicano, PhD, President and CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas
4:30-8:30 pm SAC Salons (By Invitation Only)
Co-Sponsors: The William M. Barnhardt Family, the Belk College of Business, the BB&T Foundation, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
November 4
Center Advisory Board Meeting (Advisory Board Members Only)
November 5
Davidson College Frederick Womble Speas Fall Lecture: Health Care Reform: Politics, Economics, and Ethics
Speaker: Rosamond Rhodes, PhD, Ethicist and Professor of Medical Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Michael S. Lawlor, PhD, Professor of Economics, wake Forest University, and Pat Seller, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
7:00-9:00 pm Davidson College-Lilly Family Gallery
RSVP Required to
November 6
7:30-4:00 pm McKnight Hall
Registration Required (Click on Conference Title for Details)
Co-Sponsors: Association for Clinical Research Professionals Greater Charlotte Region, the Graduate School, College of Health and Human Services, the Departments of Public Health Sciences and the Department of Biology
November 9
"Science and Mission at Risk in the Food and Drug Administration: A Historical and Ethical Perpective" Public Lecture
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
Speaker: Gail Cassell, PhD, Vice President for Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly and Company
5:30-6:30pm
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women’s Academy, and the College of Health and Human Services
November 10
“Scientific Careers: The Critical Role of Mentors and Networks” Lunch/Workshop
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
Speaker: Gail Cassell, PhD, Vice President for Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly and Company
12:00-2:30 pm Cone 112
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women's Academy, The Graduate School, and the College of Health and Human Services
RSVP Required by November 3. To RSVP, email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
November 18
7:30-9:30 am Federal Reserve Building
November 18
Greater Charlotte Ethics and Compliance Officers Luncheon
Speaker: Mike Criss, Senior Fellow, Government Group, Director of Contracts and Supply Chain Management, Fluor Corporation
12:00-2:00 pm Uptown Campus
RSVP Required by November 11. To RSVP, email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
November 18
7:00 pm McKnight Hall
Co-Sponsors: Distinguished Speakers Forum of the UNC Charlotte Center for Leadership Development, Department of Philosophy
December 11
Business and Society, UNC Charlotte Channel TV Program
(Closed TV taping)
Featuring: Michael Marsicano, President & CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas, and Rosemarie Tong, PhD, Director, Center for Professional and Applied Ethics
Co-Sponsor: The Belk College of Business
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Spring 2010
January 20
7:30-9:00 am Federal Reserve Building
January 21
"The Power of Retooling Your Thinking" Public Lecture
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
4:00 pm SAC Salon B
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women's Academy, The Graduate School, and The William States Lee College of Engineering
RSVP Required by January 15. To RSVP, email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
January 27
BB&T Business Ethics Forum: “Religion in the Workplace and the Rights of Employers” Public Lecture
Speaker: Robert Audi, PhD, David E. Gallo Professor of Business Ethics and Professor of Management and Philosophy, University of Norte Dame
4:00-5:00 pm Cone 112
Co-Sponsors: The Belk College of Business and the BB&T Foundation
February 4
"Challenges, Choices, and Changes: Women's Lives in American History, Law, and Public Policy" Lunch/Workshop
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
Speaker: Rachel Seidman, PhD, Associate Director, Duke Center for History, Public Policy and Social Change, Duke University
12:00-2:00 pm Cone 210
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women's Academy, Women's and Gender Studies, American Studies, the PhD Program in Public Policy, and The Honors College
RSVP Required by January 28. To RSVP, email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
"Honey, I’m Going to See a Magistrate: How the Nineteenth Century Can Help Us Rethink Women's Relation to Law and Politics" Public Lecture
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
4:00-5:00 pm Cone 112
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women’s Academy, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, American Studies, Phd Program in Public Policy and The Honors College
February 9&10
Health Care Disparities Conference: Charlotte's Response
Speaker: Patricia Marshall, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
February 17
7:30-9:00 am Federal Reserve Building
February 23
"Building Dynamic Programs that Broaden Participation in STEM Disciplines" Lunch/Workshop
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
Speaker: Elba Serrano, PhD, Program Director, NMSU Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement and Professor of Biology, New Mexico State University
12:30-2:30 pm Cone 210
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women’s Academy, the Department of Biology, and The Honors College
RSVP Required by February 16. To RSVP, email:
(please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
"Your Brain, Your Choice: Human Performance Enhancement through Emerging Neurotechnologies" Public Lecture
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
“Computers, Aesthetics, Ethics and the Brain” Philosophy Department Series
Speaker: Elba Serrano, PhD, Program Director, NMSU Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement and Professor of Biology, New Mexico State University
4:00-5:00 pm Cone 210
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women’s Academy, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Biology, and the College of Computing and Informatics
March 11, 12, & 13
Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Conference
Location: Charlotte, NC
March 17
7:30-9:00 am Federal Reserve Building
March 17
"Goodwill Trap" Lunch/Workshop
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
Speaker: Carla Fehr, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa Sate University
12:30-3:00 pm (Invitation Only) Cone 112
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE and Women's Academy
"Diversity in Scientific Communities" Public Lecture
“Towards a More Diverse Academy: Women Taking the Lead” ADVANCE Series
Speaker: Carla Fehr, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa Sate University
4:00-5:00 pm Cone 112
Co-Sponsors: ADVANCE, Women’s Academy, The Graduate School, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Biology, and the Department of Sociology
March 22
"Wick" :
is the most substantial and complex monologue play in Claudia Stevens’ three-part cycle about renowned entomologist, research chemist, environmentalist, and champion of animal rights Miriam Rothschild
March 31
Speaker: George Sher, Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Philosophy, Rice University
TBA
April 6-8
Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum, Twin City Quarter, Winston-Salem, NC
April 13
“Hooked: Ethics, the Medical Profession, and the Pharmaceutical Industry” Lunch/Workshop
Speakers: Howard Brody, MD, PhD, John P. McGovern Centennial Chair in Family Medicine and Director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch and Joseph Hammang, PhD, Senior Director of Worldwide Science Policy for Pfizer Inc
12:30-2:30 pm Cone 112
Co-Sponsor: Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Inc
RSVP Required by April 6. To RSVP, email: (please include your name, designation, title, company or department/major, and email address)
April 14
Frederick Womble Speas Symposium-Davidson College
Speaker: Howard Brody, MD, PhD, John P. McGovern Centennial Chair in Family Medicine and Director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch
For more information, contact Kristie Foley at
April 16
Speaker: Eric Juengst, Director, Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law
Cone 210
April 20
Speaker: Drucilla Cornell, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Women & Gender Studies and Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
3:00 pm Public Lecture Cone 210
April 21
7:30-9:00 am Federal Reserve Building
Events in Planning:
Fourth Annual Engineering Ethics Workshop: AREVA -Feb. or March
Ethics and Compliance Officers Luncheon: May
Aesthetics Computing and Human Computer Interaction Symposium -Spring 2010-Philosophy Department
Neuro-Aesthetics and Neuro-Ethics Symposium-Spring 2010-Philosophy Department
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