Featured News and Events 2008-2009

Etel Solingen's book, "Nuclear Logics: Contrasting Paths in East
Asia and the Middle East" (Princeton University Press) has been named the
recipient of the American Political Science Association's 2008 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book on
government, politics, or international affairs.

Additionally, "Nuclear Logics" will receive the 2008 Robert Jervis and
Paul Schroeder Award for the Best Book on International History and Politics,
awarded by the section on International History and Politics of the APSA.

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8554.html
http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2613&term_list=solingen

CALENDAR 2007-2008

May 23, 2008 - Faculty Workshop - Talk by Dr. Mojan Membrado - 'Between Spiritual Charisma
and Ethical Transformation: Ethics and Mysticism in Kurdish Spiritual Lineage'
SSPB 5250 - 12:00-1:30pm Please RSVP to Sandy Cushman at 949-824-3344 or scushman@uci.edu

UCI ETHICS FELLOW
The UCI Interdiciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality,
in conjunction with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, is offering
a contest to become a UCI Ethics Fellow. Interested students should:
Design a practical guide for the ethical UCI undergraduate, giving special attention
to how students can develop tolerance of the diverse lifestyles and values they will find
at the university.

DR FRANCISCO AYALA - Article on Roving Defender of Evolution, and of Room for God

PAUL H. SILVERMAN AWARD FOR 2008

The UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality is pleased to announce
that the 2008 Paul H. Silverman award is given to Ronald Miller. The Silverman Award is given each
year to someone who reflects Paul Silverman's dedication to the scientific analysis of ethical issues.

The Silverman Committee found that "Ron has tirelessly committed himself
over the last two decades to promoting thoughtful discussion of ethical issues on the UCI campus.
He has done this through many different venues -- his long running campaign to establish a
bioethics program at UCI, his heading of the ethics program in the medical school, his creation and
shepherding of the BELDG (Bioethics Lunch Discussion Group) over the last few years, and his
consistent support for the Center. Ron's public spiritedness and direct interest in the intersection
of ethics and science seem a good match with Paul Silverman."

Mahtab Jafari Named one of OC Metro's 'Women to Watch'

Mahtab Jafari is one of three UC Irvine professors selected as women to watch by OC Metro.
The magazine's list of "20 Women to Watch," published March 13, recognizes Orange County
women making a difference. Jafari, a Center member and assistant progessor in pharmaceutical
sciences, does research on how an herbal extract can extend the life of fruit flies.

PAST EVENTS

April 4, 2008  Nevin Aiken, University of British Columbia
‘Overcoming Intractability: Identity and Intergroup Reconciliation in Transitional Justice’
SSPB 5250  12:15-1:30pm

April 25, 2008   Ronald B. Miller, Physician, School of Medicine
‘Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment’  Faculty Workshop – SSPB 5250  12:15-1:30pm
 
May 16, 2008  Joseph DiMento, Professor of Law and of Planning, Policy and Design and
Director NEWKIRK CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Title: ‘Rendition and International and Domestic Law: The Extraordinary Italian Case of Abu Omar’  Faculty Workshop – SSPB 5250   12:15-1:30pm
Co-sponsored by Center for Global peace and conflicts (GPACS).

CHANCELLOR'S DISTINGUISHED FELLOW SERIES
March 6 and 7, 2008 - Thomas Schelling, Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, Department
of Economics and School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland

PUBLIC TALK - MARCH 6, 2008 - Title: 'Managing Nuclear Proliferation' - 7:00-8:30pm(more details
coming soon)
TALK - MARCH 7, 2008 - Title: 'Managing The Greenhouse Problem' - 12:15-2:00pm SSPB 5250

February 6, 2008
'Evolution and the Social Contract' - Brian Skyrms, UCI Distinguished Professor of Logic and
Philosophy of Science and of Economics - Faculty Workshop - 12:15-1:30pm SSPB 4250

On January 24, Etel Solingen, University of California-Irvine and member of the Ethics Center
will be speaking about her recently published book "Nuclear Logics: Contrasting Paths in East
Asia and the Middle East" (http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8554.html) at the University
of California's Washington DC Center. The event is sponsored by the Institute on Global Conflict
and Cooperation and will include a panel of discussants including Gary Samore, vice-president at
the Council on Foreign Relations; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times; and Michael Vance, Office
of the Director of National Intelligence.

PUBLIC FORUM - POLITICS, PSYCHOLOGY AND ETHICS
January 25, 2008 - UCI University Club - 9:30am-5:00pm
Guest Speakers: Rose McDermott, Martina Klicperova, Steven Reicher, Kristen Monroe,
Orla Muldoon and Cheryl Koopman

UCI Irvine Awarded $828,219 Improving Teacher Quality Grant

Faculty Members News:

Cecelia M. Lynch, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Director of
The Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, and member of the Ethics Center, has just
been awarded one of the Living Our Values Awards by Chancellor Drake. Our congratulations
to Cecelia for this most recent honor

Roxane Cohen Silver received APA 2007Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science

Ethics Center Members Honored By UCI Senate - Alison Brysk and Mahtab Jafari

Alison Brysk, Political Science - Book Event at University of California Washington Center

November 16, 2007 Philip Nickel, Philosophy "Trust, Staking, and Expectations"
Faculty Workshop SSPB 5250 12:15-1:30 Lunch will be provided. RSVP by November 13, 2007 to
Sandy Cushman at 949-824-3344 or scushman@uci.edu

Friday, December 7, 2007 Michael Spezio, Ph.D., Caltech Emotion and Social Cognition Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology. Talk title: "Toward a Neurophilosophy of Virtue: An Exemplar-Based
Approach" SSPB 5250 Eckstein Room 12:15-1:30pm RSVP by December 4, 2007 to Sandy Cushman at
949-824-3344 or scushman@uci.edu

Recognition of Faculty - Cecelia Lynch, Etel Solingen and Staff - Sandy Cushman