Indiana University received a grant from the University of Chicago (sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation) to study "Virtuous Empathy: Scientific and Humanistic Investigations" from fall 2010 to spring 2012. Richard B. Miller, Poynter Center director, is the PI for the project. Additional support is coming from the IU Institute for Advanced Study, directed by John Bodnar, the IU Office for the Vice Provost for Research, and the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2011 the grant funded a yearlong interdisciplinary faculty seminar. On November 11-12, the Poynter Center hosted an international symposium on "Empathy: Self, Society, Culture," which drew scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and hard sciences. See Empathy for further details.
Kenneth D. Pimple, Director of Teaching Research Ethics Programs, directs the annual Teaching Research Ethics Workshop (TRE), with Glenda Murray serving as coordinator. The workshop is supported by university sponsors and registration fees. The eighteenth annual program was May 17-20 at the Indiana Memorial Union, with 32 participants. See TRE for further information.
Ken Pimple led four workshops in the spring of 2011 and four in the fall of 2011 on the responsible conduct of research. The workshops were for postdoctoral fellows at IU Bloomington.
The Poynter Center coordinates the Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture each year. John Lantos, the Director of the Bioethics Center at Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, spoke on "Narrative, Narcissism, and Notes from a Life in Neonatal Bioethics." The lecture was audio-streamed by IU and is available at our web site, 2011 Lecture. Dr. Lantos also met with students from the Hutton Honors College and Wells Scholars Program. More information about the Sims Lecture is at Sims Lecture.
The Health Care Ethics Seminars provide interaction between the campus and the community. Robert Crouch, Research Assistant, coordinated the 2011 series. More information about the Healthcare Ethics series is at Healthcare Ethics Seminars.
The Poynter Center hosts a series of presentations by IU faculty to highlight recent work in ethics and democratic life and culture. See Poynter Center Roundtable for more information.
The College of Arts and Sciences hosts a Themester each fall. The Poynter Center co-hosted the visit and lecture by author Tim O'Brien and hosted Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University. See Themester for more information.
The Indiana University Poynter Center Ethics Bowl Team competedin the Midwest Regional in fall 2010, but they did not place high enough to compete in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl March 2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The competition is held each year in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. The day-long competition is held as a method of involving students in viewing difficult situations from a variety of ethical perspectives. See Ethics Bowl for more information.
In 2006 the Poynter Center launched a program to offer up to $200 in research stipend to undergraduates who were addressing theoretical and applied ethics in coursework. In 2010 we changed the program to become a research prize. We awarded prizes to two students for the 2010-11 year. For more information on the program, see Research Prize.
The Poynter Center and the Association continued their close association. Stuart Yoak became the new director July 1, 2011, when Brian Schrag retired after 20 years as the founding director. See APPE for more information about the Association.
The Poynter Center Newsletter, Ethics at Indiana, is now online, thanks to the Indiana University Office of the Vice-President for Public Affairs and Government Relations. See Poynter for a link to the newsletter.
For what's happening in 2012, see Public Events.
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