Interested in bioethics?

New York University M.A. in Bioethics: Life, Health, & Environment

There is still time to apply for fall 2012 admission!

*Fall 2012 priority deadline-May 1st. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis thereafter.
*Applicants may request a GRE waiver if they hold a Ph.D. or post-baccalaureate professional degree (e.g. M.D., J.D.), or if they have taken the LSAT or MCAT.

Learn more about the New York University Bioethics Program at our upcoming open house on March 28! To find out more information or to RSVP visit our events page.

Since its launch in 2007, the New York University Center for Bioethics has promoted a broad conception of bioethics encompassing both environmental and health ethics through conferences, workshops, public lectures, and graduate courses. Bioethics Masters students take courses from leading bioethicists as well from professors in the fields of dentistry, education, law, medicine, philosophy, public health, public service, and others.

The degree consists of 32 credits composed of required core courses, a set of electives and a practicum. The core courses provide fundamental knowledge in environmental and health ethics while the elective courses allow students to specialize in their areas of interest. The culmination of the program is the practicum which provides students the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge by interning at an organization in the field of health care or the environment. The degree can be completed within a twelve-month period of two semesters and a summer session or on a part-time basis. Students may enter the program in either the fall or spring semester.

To apply or for more information about the Bioethics Program, visit http://bioethics.as.nyu.edu/object/bioethics.resourcesprospective

There are limited partial scholarships still available that will be awarded to students who possess the highest academic ability and potential. If you would like more information about the program, GRE waivers, or the application process, please contact Amanda Anjum at asa4@nyu.edu.

Please feel free to share this information with others who may be interested.

Two more local opportunities for scholarly participation

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – CHASS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Attention all students! In an effort to provide more academic opportunities to the students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the CHaSS Student Council will be hosting a research symposium during CHaSS Week on Thursday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. All kinds of research from all the departments in our college will be accepted. Please share your research with us and with your peers! Awards will also be given. Please send your 150 – 250 word Abstracts to: natalie.archibald@usu.edu by Friday, March 16.

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(I think this one is for faculty participation; but students may wish to attend the conference)

CALL FOR PAPERS – UTAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS, AND LETTERS

The Annual Conference of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters will be held April 13, 2012 at Utah State University. Proposals for papers in all disciplines are welcome. Conference papers will be considered for publication in the refereed Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Information for authors interested in submitting papers for publication in the Journal will be provided at the conference. Papers are also eligible for consideration for a cash award for the “Best Paper” awarded in each division. All presenters must be members of UASAL. Membership is $30 per year ($20 for students) which includes lunch at the annual conference and a copy of the journal. UASAL membership and conference registration forms are available here. Send title of paper or poster and a short abstract (150 words or less) by March 1, 2012 to the appropriate division chair. Be sure to include your mailing address, phone number, email address, and fax number. Pre-registration for the conference is recommended since the lunch reservation deadline is March 15, 2012. Same day registration will be available at an increased price; however, lunch may not be available for same day registrants. Please send the division chair for education your title, abstract, and other information to david_williams@byu.edu.

Lecture: Gender Oppression and an Individual’s Responsibility to Promote Social Justice

Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize Winner and co-author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, will be giving a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 4:00-5:15 pm, in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium. The lecture title is “Gender Oppression and an Individual’s Responsibility to Promote Social Justice.”

“Branding” the humanities – what is ‘critical thinking’?

Here is an interesting article on what ails the humanities.  The claim is that humanities professors have inflicted a lot of damage on themselves.  The piece is rather optimistic about the public attitude toward humanities, one person remarking that “I don’t think our civilization is so degraded that we have to defend giving attention to what is excellent.”  The problem, rather, is two-fold.  The first problem is related to overspecialization and the popularity of various approaches (deconstruction, postmodernity, anti-colonialism, feminism, marxism) in the academy.  One fellow in the article noted that “What matters to the public is Shakespeare, not the ‘logic of theatrical representation.’”  Ordinary people recognize that Shakespeare is a value.  We are not so lost that we have to argue that great things deserve attention.  The problem is that humanities faculties too rarely teach the great things, and when they do it is without proper respect (they are busy just “deconstructing” them).  If that is your college exposure to Shakespeare,  you are going to either not take university faculty seriously, not take Shakespeare seriously, or perhaps both.

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