Bioethics Launch

Saturday, October 22, 2007

The Center will mark its start with a day-long event in October.
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Broadening Bioethics
Life, Health, & Environment
Launch of the Center for Bioethics, New York University

Auditorium, 5 Washington Place (NE corner of Mercer Street)
Saturday, October 20, 2007
9:30am      Welcome
President John Sexton

9:45am      Conjoining Medical and Environmental Ethics
Chair: Dr. Arthur Zitrin (Psychiatry, NYU)
Speakers:
William Ruddick (Bioethics, Philosophy, Psychiatry, NYU)
Daniel Wikler (School of Public Health, Harvard)
Peter Singer (Center for Human Values, Princeton)
Dale Jamieson (Environmental Studies, Philosophy, Law, NYU)

12:30pm    Lunch

1:30pm      Friends of Bioethics
Chair: William Ruddick (Bioethics, Philosophy, Psychiatry, NYU)
Speakers:
George Thurston (Environmental Medicine, NYU)
Helen Nissenbaum (Media, Culture and Communication, Computer Science, NYU)
Rayna Rapp (Anthropology, NYU)
Rogan Kersh (Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU)
Troy Duster (Sociology, NYU & UC Berkeley)

4:30pm     Reception