Center For Ethics Spring 2019: “Standing on Sacred Ground” *Audio Only*

Tuesday, February 26, 7 p.m., Trumbower 130 (Documentary Screening and Discussion) Wednesday, February 27, 7 p.m., Miller Forum, Moyer Hall (Interactive Discussion)McLeod is project director of Earth Island Institute's Sacred Land Film Project, which he founded in 1984. Since 2006, he has been producing and directing the four-part documentary film series Standing on Sacred Ground, which premiered in 2013 at the Mill Valley Film Festival and aired nationally on PBS in 2015. Standing on…

TechTalks 2019: VoiceThread and Canvas Updates

Tom Sciarrino and Alison Diefenderfer give updates on Canvas tools, including Canvas Blueprints and VoiceThread. Also included is a short segment on Namecoach; an easy tool within Canvas to help with name pronunciation.

IT&DL Video Update: Spring 2019 Episode 2

The United Nations Conference on Global Climate Change: Third Session and Round Table

1:15—2:15Session: Small Island States and Global Climate ChangeSpeaker: H.E. Mr. Ali’ioaiga Meturi Elisaia,Permanent Representative of the State of Samoa to the United Nations, and Ambassador to the United States 2:30—3:30Round Table Discussion on Global Climate ChangeShort 5—10 minute summary by each speaker and Q & A period.

The United Nations Conference on Global Climate Change: Second Session

10:45—11:45 Session: The UN and Climate Change AdaptationSpeaker: Ms. Merlyn VanVoore Member of the Secretary General’s Climate Change Team

The United Nations Conference on Global Climate Change: Opening and Session 1

9:00—9:30 Opening Remarks by Dr. Richard Niesenbaum Professor;Director of Sustainability Studies at Muhlenberg College 9:30—10:30 Session: The UN and Disaster Risk ReductionSpeaker: Jo Scheuer Director/Chief ofProfession Climate Change & Disaster RiskReduction at UNDP

Election Series 2019: Why Liberalism Failed—but Is Conservatism the Answer?

Patrick J. Deneen is the author of “Why Liberalism Failed” (Yale University Press, 2018), which has been reviewed by dozens of major media outlets including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. Professor of political science and David A. Potenziani Memorial College Chair of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, Deneen’s current work focuses on the growing conflict between—and potential new alignments arising out of—a globalist…

Center For Ethics Spring 2019: "Climate Depression & Environmental Angst: The Emotional Toll of Ecological Loss"

Jennifer Atkinson, lecturer of interdisciplinary arts and sciences and associate director of the pre-major program and discovery core at the University of Washington, Bothell Monday, February 4, 7 p.m., Moyer Hall, Miller ForumAs a faculty member at the University of Washington, Bothell, Atkinson teaches “Environmental Grief and Anxiety: Building Hope in the Age of Climate Consequences.” Her lecture will explore that course and discuss dealing with the grief and trauma of…