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Each year the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions sponsors a team to travel and compete in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. This year the format has expanded to two rounds. The first round involved teams competing in 8 regional competitions across the United States. The IU team competed in Indianapolis for the first round on November 11. The team was successful, which means they will compete in the national competition February 22 in Cincinnati. Mark Wilson, a graduate student in the Department of Religious Studies and a research assistant at the Poynter Center, is this year's coach. Richard Miller, director of the Poynter Center, is the team's advisor.
The Ethics Bowl team members for 2006-07 are:
The team after competing in the regional. Left-right: Ryan Funk, Emily Crouch, Khalil AbuGharbieh, Neil Shah, Emma Young. More info. . . .
Deirdre Mulligan, from the Law School at University of California, Berkeley, presents the first spring seminar on the topic "In Defense of Public Places." Fred Cate from the IU School of Law will respond. The February 1 seminar begins at 3 p.m. in the Solarium at the Indiana Memorial Union.
This series of seminars will address various ethical aspects of "Privacy in Public: Ethics, Privacy and the Technology of Public Surveillance." Each seminar will include a public address by the visiting scholar, followed by commentary by a local campus scholar. The series is supported by a New Perspective Grant from the Office of the Vice-Provost for Research at Indiana University. The final guest speaker will be Richard DeGeorge from the University of Kansas on April 5. More info. . . .
Professor Rebecca Dresser from Washington University in St. Louis will present the sixth annual Matthew Sims Lecture, March 1, 4 p.m., Rawles Hall 100, on the topic, "Terry Schiavo and Contemporary Myths about Dying."
Professor Dresser is the Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and Professor of Ethics in Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. She is received her bachelor's degree from IU in 1973 and M. S. in 1975. She received her law degree from Harvard in 1979. She has been a member of the President's Council on Bioethics since 2002. More info. . . .
Join us at the Poynter Center on Thursday, February 15, when Dr. Edwin Marshall will lead the conversation on "Health Disparities -- A Barometer of Social Justice in Health Care." More info. . . .
The Poynter Center offers research stipends to undergraduates who are doing research in issues of practical ethics in a particular discipline. This year we have three students who will present their research results in April. More info. . . .
There is more information about our programs and work at the Poynter Center
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions
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Last updated: Jan. 27, 2007
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