• The Need for First-Person Anti-Racism Mental Health Wellness Programs in Higher Education

    The Need for First-Person Anti-Racism Mental Health Wellness Programs in Higher Education Dr. Naomi Zack March 12th, 2024 Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 906  1:45 PM-2:45 PM   One in five Americans has mental health problems, and racial minorities are underserved. Racist beliefs and speech, and discriminatory action, as well as structural racism, injure […]

  • Night in the Library: Out of Darkness

    On Saturday, March 16 from 7 pm-2 am, join us at this year’s Night in the Library: Out of Darkness at the Brooklyn Public Library:an all-night symposium on the philosophy, histories and strategies of moving into a new world together from the Brooklyn Public Library RSVP at https://bklynlib.org/nitl

  • Spring 2024 Colloquium Series: Dr. Johann Frick

    The Center for Bioethics Presents: Spring 2024 Colloquium Series The Value of Life, the Value of Virtue Dr. Johann Frick Wednesday, April 3rd 2:00 - 3:30 pm Location TBD It is sometimes said that, just as Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, the field of population ethics is the graveyard of moral theories. Ethical views […]

  • Is Any Embryo an “Unborn Child”? The Ancient Jewish Debate

    Is Any Embryo an "Unborn Child"? The Ancient Jewish Debate Noam J. Zohar, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Visiting Scholar, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Dr. Zohar specializes in Moral and Political Philosophy, with an emphasis on applied ethics - especially bioethics and morality in war - philosophy of Jewish Halacha […]

  • Cannabis Use and Violent Deaths: A Data Fusion Approach to Epidemiologic Research

    Cannabis Use and Violent Deaths: A Data Fusion Approach to Epidemiologic Research APRIL 12 AT 10AM ET This event is hosted by the GPH Department of Epidemiology Join Guohua Li, MD, DrPH, M. Finster Professor of Epidemiology and Anesthesiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, as he discusses the public health significance of epidemiologic research on cannabis use […]