CALENDAR 2007-2008

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.

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).

May 23, 2008  Margaret Gilbert, Profesor Philosophy, Abraham I. Melden Chair in Moral Philosophy
‘Associational Obligations’  Faculty Workshop SSPB 5250  12:15-1:30pm


Featured News and Events 2007-2008

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

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

KRISTEN MONROE - PRESIDENT ISPP

ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY- June 6, 2007

Recipients of Paul Silverman Award
CD Available

2007 UCI ETHICS FELLOWS ANNOUNCED

The UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality, in conjunction
with the office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, is pleased to announce Jennifer Yanni
is the First Place Winner of the 2007 UCI Ethics Fellow Award. The Second Place Prize is shared by
two groups: (1) Peter Schombert and Angela Wong and (2) a group from the Association of
Universtiy Meditators, submitted by Rajiv Ramdeo, Andrea Johnston, Richard Neufeld,
Bernadet Garcia-Silva, Turaj Hosseini.
click here for additional information

ACADEMIC SENATE DISTINGUIESHED FACULTY AWARDS

The UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality
congratulates two of its members for their selection as recipients of The Academic
Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards.
Alison Brysk (Professor of Political Science) received the Distinguished Mid-Career
Faculty Award for Research. Alison Brysk is also a recent recipient of a Fulbright Award.
Mahtab Jafari (Assistant Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences) was awarded the
Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Teaching.

May 18, 2007 - Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University (see news and events page)

April 25, 2007 Public Lecture. Francisco Ayala (see news and events page)

February 20, 2007: Lily Gardner-Feldman, Senior Fellow at the American Institute
for Contemporary German Studies/The John Hopkins University.
Talk/Dinner: From Enmity to Amity: The Principle of Reconciliation in
International Relations and Its Practice in German Foreign Policy
University Club - 6:30-9:00pm - For reservations, please contact: scushman@uci.edu

Genocide and Religion: Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders and Resisters
February 11-13, 2007 - Pepperdine University School of Law & Simon Wiesenthal Center

Kristen Monroe - President-Elect ISPP

Faculty Workshop March 30, 2006 Presenter Catarina Kinnvall

Faculty Workshop Monday, May 22, 2006, Killing neighbors: Social dimensions of genocide in Rwanda
Lee Ann Fujii

Friday, June 9, 2006, Award Banquet
Kim Anderson