Annual Symposium On Science, Technology And Values To Discuss "Topics In Bioethics," April 25-26

The College of Arts and Letters at Stevens Institute of Technology will host an annual symposium that will bring together scholars from around the world to discuss various issues at the intersection of science, technology, and values. It will provide a unique possibility for substantial dialogue between humanists, scientists, engineers, artists and the world of business. This year's conference, which is being organized by the Program in Philosophy and co-sponsored by the Howe School of Technology Management and The Center for Science Writings, will have as its theme "Topics in Bioethics."



The event will take place April 25 -26, 2008 at The Babbio Center, located at 6th and River Streets on the Stevens campus in Hoboken, N.J. The symposium will begin with a keynote panel that includes Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and member of the President's Council on Bioethics, and Rosamond Rhodes, Professor of Bio-medical Ethics in the Department of Medical Education at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York.



The college is currently accepting paper proposals for the second day of sessions. Submissions are welcome from across disciplines and fields, including, but not limited to: bio-ethics, bio-technology, green engineering, technology and the arts, globalization and technology, risk assessment, values and medicine, etc.



All are welcome. For more information about the program and registration, please visit: stevens/cal







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Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value. Stevens offers baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at stevens/.



Source: Patrick A. Berzinski


Stevens Institute of Technology