Recent News & Events
The Paul M. Schyve, MD Center for Bioethics and the Humanities Center at the University of Rochester Present a Year-Long Series on Dignity
- September 23, 2024: William J. FitzPatrick: Reflections on the Notion of Dignity and its Uses and Misuses in Bioethics
- October 1: Mike Durkin: The Mending Quilt, Community Dignity
- November 6, 2024: Ondi Timoner film screeing: Last Flight Home
Moderated by: Rob Horowitz & Jason Middleton - November 11, 2024: Vincent Lloyd & Josh Dubler Book Discussion: Black Guilt and Black Dignity
- November 19, 2024: Dr. Sidney H. Sobel, MD Lecture: “How Faith Informs Practice in End-of-Life Issues: From Withdrawal of Life Support to Medical Aid in Dying”
- January 29, 2025: Guest seminar with Dan Brudney
The Paul M. Schyve, MD Center for Bioethics and the Humanities Center at the University of Rochester Present a Year-Long Series on Grief
- September 19, 2023: Joshua Rashaad McFadden, artist, photographer, director (moderated by Reenah Golden) More information.
- October 2, 2023: Patricia Caicedo, Soprano and Musicologist More information
- October 18, 2023: Book Discussion on summer reading: Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter Register Here
- October 25, 2023: Reel Mind movie viewing: Daughters. Buy tickets here.
- February 28, 2024: Reel Mind movie viewing: Evelyn. More information
- March 11, 2024: Thomas Lynch poetry reading: Bone Rosary. More information
- March 12, 2024: Sussman Lecture featuring Thomas Lynch, Essayist, Poet & Funeral Director
- April 16, 2024: Juliet Hooker, PhD: Why Erica Garner Also Couldn’t Breathe: Maternal Grief and Black Politics More information
Shaw Festival 2022
The Paul M. Schyve Center for Bioethics and Department of Health Humanities & Bioethics sponsored a trip to the Shaw Festival to watch a contemporary version of The Doctor’s Dilemma!
Though written more than a century ago, George Bernard Shaw’s play remains a relevant way to explore the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflict between medicine as a business and vocation.
We enjoyed a lively moderated after show discussion with an actor, Alexis Gordon who plays Jennifer Dubedat and the Assistant Director, Christopher Manousos.
Our moderators were Dr. Richard Demme, Professor Emeritus, (formerly Director of Clinical Bioethics, Chair of the Strong Memorial Ethics Committee, and co-Chair Coronavirus Ethics Response Group) and Richard Dees, Professor of Philosophy and Health Humanities & Bioethics and Director, Program in Bioethics.