Inamori Center Current and Upcoming News and Events
Currently airing since December, 2009
Documentary “Science Trek” features Dr. Shannon E. French on PBS stations nationwide
Dr. Shannon French, Director of CWRU’s Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, is featured in a documentary currently airing on PBS stations nationwide. The show is called “Science Trek,” and it explores how real-life scientists have been inspired by the futuristic vision of “Star Trek” to push the boundaries of their research in an attempt to turn science fiction into science fact. Hosted by LeVar Burton, the show includes interview segments with prominent scientists and engineers. Dr. French appears several times, commenting on the ethical dimensions of this cutting-edge research and the positive legacy of “Star Trek.” Check local PBS listings: www.pbs.org/tvschedules/. Learn more about the show:
http://www.aptv.org/schedule/showinfo.asp?ID=248368&NOLA1=SFCT
Inamori Center Historical News and Events
Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at 12:30 p.m. Severance Hall
Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson Awarded 2009 Inamori Ethics Prize
Robinson will receive the award and deliver a public lecture "New Challenges to Human Rights in the 21st Center" on September 9, 2009. The prize ceremony and lecture begin at 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Anthropologists in Arms: The Ethics of Military Anthropology, a Lecture by G.R. Lucas, Stockdale Center, U.S. Naval Academy
Thursday, January 21, 2009
The View from the Mountaintop? President Obama and Racial Politics in America, a Lecture by Peniel Joseph from Brandeis University and Martin Gilens from Princeton University
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Business Ethics and Leadership: A Lecture by Ward J. "Tim" Timken Jr. Chairman, The Timken Company
Friday, October 17, 2008
Dr. Gary Marchant, Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Law and Emerging Technology at Arizona State University, will give a talk on “Brainscans and the Murder Gene: Do Genetics and Other Biological Factors Limit Our Capacity To Be Moral?”
Friday, September 19, 2008
Dr. Robert Richards will participate in a Center for Policy Studies Friday Lunch Discussion on “Evolution and Politics”
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Dr. Robert Richards from the University of Chicago will give a talk on “Darwinian Moral Theory”
April 8, 2008
Leading geneticist Francis Collins named first recipient of the Inamori Ethics Prize at Case Western Reserve University
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-geneticist and leader of the Human Genome Project, has been named recipient of the inaugural Inamori Ethics Prize from the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University.
March 12, 2008
Inamori Center shares in Kyoto celebration, prepares for ethics prize gala
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University will help celebrate the North American Kyoto Laureate Symposium today through March 14 in San Diego.
February 11, 2008
Inamori Center to host prize, Darwin events, initiates discourse on whether ethical behavior has evolved
Case Western Reserve University's Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence will be awarding the first ever Inamori Ethics Prize in September 2008.
November 27, 2007
Inamori Center to host forum on ethics of eugenics
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University, in conjunction with the Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law, will explore that question and many others during "Eugenics 2007: Is the Customer Always Right?," a discussion of the ethical issues arising from genetic manipulation.
May 7, 2007
Case Western Reserve University dedicates new ethics center; Eastwood named new director
Interim President Gregory Eastwood offers sound leadership, expertise in medical ethics to the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence
April 10, 2006
Case to present leaders in the fields of health, law and business with honorary degrees
Recipients include Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera Corp.; Richard Goldstone, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; and Paul Farmer, a founding director of Partners In Health.
June 27, 2005
Case students explore real-life ethical issues
A generous gift from The 1525 Foundation will enable Case Western Reserve University to provide undergraduate students with a grounding in practical ethics through new courses, research projects and discussions about ways to cope with ethical choices that arise in daily life.
April 11, 2005
Inamori Foundation to establish International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case
A $10-million gift to Case Western Reserve University from Inamori Foundation—founded by Kazuo Inamori, international business leader and the founder of Kyocera Corp. and the telecommunications giant KDDI—will enable Case to establish the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence.