Category: News, Announcements, and Reports

I am happy to announce a new year of exciting activities and lectures from the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology! The theme of this year’s events is “Funded and Forbidden Knowledge.” Our events will explore the role of science in our democratic society. They will provide insight into how our values help determine […]

  EXPLORING HUMAN ENHANCEMENT: A SYMPOSIUM at The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology The University of Texas at Dallas April 8-9, 2011 Hyatt Regency North Dallas Hotel Richardson, Texas   Call for Papers Registration Hotel & Travel Information Preliminary Program Thursday, April 7th 6:00-8:00 PM – Registration – Strongly Encouraged Friday, April […]

Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, will give the final lecture in our series on Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:30pm in the UT Dallas Conference Center.  Skloot’s book, which took more than a decade to research and write, tells the story of a poor Southern tobacco farmer, Henrietta Lacks, whose […]

UPDATE: Registration and Hotel info is now up. A preliminary program has been posted for Exploring Human Enhancement: A Symposium. It’s going to be a top group of scholars from around the world, two excellent keynote addresses, and several other exciting events.  Registration and Hotel info will follow shortly.

On Wednesday, February 16th at 7:30pm, Eva Feder Kittay will present a lecture: “Lives Not Worthy of Life: The Nazi T-4 Project, Racism and Cognitive Disability”. Eva Feder Kittay is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University/SUNY. Among her most recent major publications are “On the Margins of Moral Personhood,” “Blackwell Studies in Feminist […]

In the spring, we will shift our focus on Human Enhancement from “possibilities” to “implications.”  We will open the spring series with a discussion forum on Wednesday, January 19th at 7:30pm in the UT Dallas Conference Center.  In this informal, roundtable discussion, local experts will begin the discussion with statements, followed by a question and […]

On Wednesday (December 1) there will be a Discussion Forum in the UT Dallas Conference Center on “Consequences of Human Enhancement.” The participants will be James Von Ehr, Zyvex; Dean Dennis Kratz, UT Dallas; and Dr. Fabrice Jotterand, UT Southwestern. The even will be moderated by Dr. Denise Park, UT Dallas Center for Vital Longevity.

Wednesday, October 20th at 1pm, Andy Clark will be on KERA’s Think with Krys Boyd. Check it out, and then come to the lecture at 7:30pm at UTDallas’s Davidson Auditorium, at the School of Management (map). Clark’s topic is “Natural-born Cyborgs? Reflections on Bodies, Minds and Human Enhancement.” As usual, the event is FREE and open to the public.

  EXPLORING HUMAN ENHANCEMENT: A SYMPOSIUM at The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology The University of Texas at Dallas April 8-9, 2011 Hyatt Regency North Dallas Hotel Richardson, Texas   Call for Papers Registration Hotel & Travel Information (Deadline for Group Rate: March 17) Preliminary Program Thursday, April 7th 6:00-8:00 PM – […]

Jon Stewart interviews Sam Harris on The Daily Show about his new book, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values