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New Book on Care Ethics by Center Staff Member
Frontiers of Ethics: Ethics of Care and PlaceMay 12th, 2012
Bruce Jennings, Director of Bioethics, has co-edited a newly published book entitled, End of Life Ethics: A Case Study Approach, ed. by K. Doka, A. Tucci, C. Corr, and B. Jennings. Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America, 2012. He also contributed a chapter to the volume, “From Rights to Relationships: The Ecological Turn in Ethics Near the End of Life.” For further information visit: http://register.hospicefoundation.org/products/companion-book-individual-for-end-of-life-ethics
Center Intern Attends Power Shift 2011 Conference
April 22nd, 2011
Zack Arno, currently an Intern in the New York office, recently attended the Power Shift 2011 Conference in Washington, DC, April 15-18. The meeting was sponsored by the Energy Action Coalition, a group that brings together members of the Youth Climate Movement.
A New Home for the New York Office
April 11th, 2011
Recently the New York office of the Center for Humans and Nature moved from New York City to a new home in the town of Dobbs Ferry, located in Westchester County, approximately 15 miles north of the former office location. Dobbs Ferry is a community of approximately 10,000 on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. From the new office the remarkable stone cliffs on the western bank, the Palisades, can be seen. Only 30 minutes by train from mid-town Manhattan, the new office location will be convenient for New York City events and collaborations. It will also facilitate working with our various partners who are active in the Hudson Valley region.
The new contact information for the New York office is: 152 Broadway, Office 3, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Phone: 914.231.7200. Fax: 914.231. 7201.
Meet New York Office Intern, Zack Arno
April 11th, 2011
Zack Arno began a three month internship in the Center for Humans and Nature New York office in March. Zack holds a bachelor’s degree in Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies (SUNY Geneseo,2010). His recent work experience includes hydrology, soil science and field geology. He has worked in Guadalupe Mountains National Park as a Speleologist and Field Geology Technician (2009) and, more recently, in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming as a Hydrology and Soils Intern for the Bureau of Land Management under the aegis of the Chicago Botanic Garden. He is working on the resilience and climate change adaptation planning project.
Synthetic Biology Project Meeting May 17-18, 2010
August 1st, 2010
In collaboration with The Hastings Center,the Center for Humans and Nature is studying ethical and policy issues in the newly emerging field of synthetic biology. A project meeting was held at The Hastings Center in Garrison, NY on May 17-18, which featured a presentation by Bruce Jennings, CHN Director of Bioethics, on “Synthetic Biology as Cultural Meaning: Exploring Narratives of Ethical Concern about Biotechnology.” A version of that paper will appear in the August issue of Minding Nature.
Bruce Jennings at the Earth Institute
Regional Cultures of Conservation, The Philosophy and Politics of Planning: A Case Study of the Hudson River ValleyApril 13th, 2010
CHN Director of Bioethics Bruce Jennings will speak at an upcoming symposium and webcast on sustainability. On April 15, 2010, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities will convene a panel discussion on “Navigating Sustainability: The Hudson and Beyond” at Barnard College. The symposium will be available as a live webcast. For further information about the symposium and webcast, click on this link to the Earth Institute website.
CHN Staff Highlights Ethical Issues in Emergency Planning and Response
Resiliency and the Ethics of Public Health Preparedness and Adaptation to Climate ChangeMarch 15th, 2010
On February 16-19, 2010 several hundred emergency management and public health professionals gathered in Atlanta for the 2010 Public Health Preparedness Summit, co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several other health and security organizations. Center Director of Bioethics, Bruce Jennings, spoke at the conference on “Ethical Issues in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response.” This presentation was based on an ethics guidance white paper written for the CDC by Jennings and co-author John Arras of the University of Virginia. This document will be published next fall as a special supplement to the CDC’s periodical Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports. Jennings is currently working with colleagues at CHN to extend this work to address ethical issues in the area of climate change adaptation and community resilience. For more information on the Summit see www.phprep.org.
Bruce Jennings Receives New Faculty Appointment
February 12th, 2010
CHN Director of Bioethics Bruce Jennings has been appointed lecturer at the Cornell Medical School (officially called the Weill Cornell Medical College) in New York City. He will be working with colleagues in the Division of Medical Ethics and the Department of Public Health, participating in faculty seminars, and advising individual students who are doing research on bioethics issues. Jennings is also on the faculty of the Yale School of Public Health, where he teaches a course on ethical issues in public health. His new relationship at Cornell will assist him in bringing health and environmental issues together in CHN research in areas such as climate change adaptation and environmental justice.
Bruce Jennings Active in Public Health Ethics
January 18th, 2010
CHN Director of Bioethics Bruce Jennings has been named chair-elect of the Ethics Special Interest Group of the American Public Health Association. In this role he is planning the program for the ethics section of the 2010 annual convention of the APHA to be held next November on the theme of public health and social justice.
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