CRISPR: The History, Science and Ethics of Genetic Modification Please join the Parr Center for Ethics for a discussion of the science, history, and ethics of genetic modification, with special focus on CRISPR, a new gene-editing tool that the New … Read more

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Join us for an Ethics Around the Table with Terrence Holt. Dr. Holt holds PhD and MA degrees in English and the MFA in creative writing, all from Cornell University.  He earned his MD from the University of North Carolina, … Read more

Please join the Office of the Chancellor and the Parr Center for Ethics for the inaugural Chancellor's Lecture in Ethics: "Ethics among the Humanities" with Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy and Law, NYU, and author of "The Ethicist" column … Read more

Lunch Seminar with Kwame Anthony Appiah: "The Politics of Identity" Please join New York Times columnist ("The Ethicist") and NYU Professor of Philosophy and Law Kwame Anthony Appiah to discuss his article "The Politics of Identity." Participants are asked to … Read more

Please join the Parr Center for Ethics for a discussion of the multiple causes and effects of anti-Muslim fear and hostility in the United States. Our panel will include Juliane Hammer, Charles Kurzman, Timothy Marr, and Melody Moezzi, with Joseph … Read more

  Join us for an Ethics Around the Table session with Maggie Cao, a scholar of American art and material culture. She received her doctorate in art history from Harvard University in 2014 and did postdoctoral work at Columbia University’s … Read more

Please join the Parr Center for Ethics for a wide-ranging discussion of voter disenfranchisement in the United States. We will discuss multiple aspects of this issue including gerrymandering, reduced early voting, voter ID laws, and felon disenfranchisement, and we will … Read more

Talking about Race during the Election Season: Faculty Political Advocacy In the run up to the 2016 Presidential Election, race and politics are natural topics for discussion on campus. Given the rhetoric emerging from the two major candidates, the racial violence … Read more

Join the Parr Center for an Ethics Around the Table with Dr. Ariana Vigil. Dr. Vigil conducts research and teaching in the field Latina/o literature, focusing on issues of activism, transnationalism, and gender and sexuality. Other areas of interest include: Central American-American … Read more