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Ebola symposium sheds light, shares faculty expertise

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The symposium, Ebola: At Home and Abroad, held Feb. 12-13 demonstrated the importance of a liberal arts education. Even though Ebola is a virus, attendees learned that to effectively respond to the outbreak requires knowledge of history, economics, law, bioethics, as well as biology, medicine and other disciplines. Prior to the symposium, associate teaching professor Pat Lord’s virology students studied the Ebola virus to prepare background knowledge and a quiz made available online.

On the first night of the symposium, with more than 125 undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, professors, staff, and community members present, Assistant Professor of History Nate Plageman began by challenging everyone to stop thinking of Africa as “one-dimensional.” He highlighted assumptions about race that permeated Ebola news coverage.

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Center for Bioethics, Health and Society funding deadline is Jan. 14

The deadline for the next round of applications for funding from the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society is Jan. 14, 2013.

The Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society welcomes a wide variety of bioethics proposals. Fundable projects include conceptual or empirical research, course development, community engagement, scholarly events and more. Funding may also be sought for the bioethics component of a scientific project for which funding is being sought from another source, including other Centers and Institutes in the University and Medical Center.

Proposals must be submitted by any Wake Forest faculty member who is a member of the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society. Center membership is open to all Wake Forest faculty.* Faculty may collaborate with students or community members, and may request up to $8,000 for pilot research, course development and major events. Up to $5,000 per proposal may be budgeted for faculty salary support or stipends.

The due date is Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Projects may begin as early as March 1, 2013, and must be completed by the end of the 2013 summer term.

Proposals for smaller activities and single events, with requests up to $1,000, may be accepted on a rolling basis at any time subject to funding availability.

Please contact Ana Iltis (iltisas@wfu.edu) or Nancy King (nmpking@wakehealth.edu) to discuss proposals that do not fit the timeline defined above.

For more information, including a description of the field of bioethics and the kinds of projects that may be considered for funding support, and to apply, please complete the CBHS Funding Application form.

*  — To become a CBHS member, please send your name, email address, and relevant occupational information (e.g., department and position) to: bioethics@wfu.edu.

Update from Dept. of Communication

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  • Jarrod Atchison presented “Defending Decisions — Conspiracy Theories and Water Utilities” to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies in Newport, RI, on Oct. 17.
  • Michael Hyde and co-author Nancy King published their new book, “Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility,” in an effort to promote awareness of bioethics issues. Read more
  • Candyce Leonard received a grant from the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and Education and United States’ Universities for organizing the conference “Acto seguido: el personaje en el teatro contemporáneo español a escena,” in October 2011. She worked with John P. Gabriele and Lourdes Bueno. Read more

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Summer update from Dept. of Communication

  • Jarrod Atchison served as chair for the panel “Navigating Reasoned Argument Opportunities: New Developments from the 2009 National Debate Developmental Conference” at Alta Argumentation Conference, July 29-31, Snowbird, Utah. On that panel, he presented the paper “Pedagogical Functions of the Annual Resolution in Contemporary Policy Debate: Reflections on the Controversy Outlined in the 3rd Developmental Conference.”
  • Michael J. Hyde and Nancy M. P. King edited the book Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, and Social Responsibility (Routledge, September 2011). Read more

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Hyde, King publish article

Michael Hyde and Nancy M.P. King published the article “Communication Ethics and Bioethics: An Interface,” in Review of Communication 10 (2010): pp. 156-171. Hyde is the University Distinguished Chair in Communications Ethics. King is a professor of social sciences and health policy at the School of Medicine.

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