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Evangelium Vitae in the Modern Areopagus
UNESCO Chair Correspondent Br. Michael Baggot shared his international Chair experiences with students of the Newman College and Thomas More College Rome programs on March 10. The talk “Evangelium Vitae in the Modern Areopagus” was the latest installment in the...
Call for papers and posters: Who Feels What? The Neuroethics of brain, mind and consciousness
The VII Congress of Neuroethics in Padova on the theme “Who Feels What? The Neuroethics of brain, mind and consciousness” will take place on May 13-15 in l’Aula Musatti of the University of Padua’s School of Psychology. A call has been made for both papers (click...
New Book: Religious Perspectives on Human Vulnerability in Bioethics
Springer Press has published a new book: Religious Perspectives on Human Vulnerability in Bioethics. Editors: Joseph Tham, Alberto Garcia, Gonzalo Miranda. The new volume is a product of the Second International Workshop held in Rome on Human Vulnerability and is the...
Can neuroscience in the courtroom help us understand the complexity of human behavior?
As part of the World Week of the Brain, a preview of the Brain Awareness Week 2015 sponsored by the Dana Foundation, was held March 12, 2005 in the University Regina Apostolorum in Rome dedicated to the question "Can neuroscience in the courtroom help us understand...
UNESCO Chair Director to speak at European University of Rome
UNESCO Chair Director Alberto Garcia will speak alongside with eleven other legal experts at the March 3 conference on “The prosecution of crimes against humanity” at the Università Europea di Roma (click the title for a schedule of the event). His presentation is...
UNESCO Chair Director contributes to new UNESCO publication
UNESCO Chair Director Alberto García contributed an article to the 2015 book “Global Bioethics: What for?” in honor of the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO’s Bioethics Programme. In his entry “Twenty years fostering convergence and cooperation in global ethics,” García...
Neuroscience Research Group continues work at UNESCO Chair partner university in Mexico City
The Neuroscience Research Group Anáhuac, known by their members as GENA, has worked for over three years to explore the problems of the mind and brain with scientific rigor. The study group meets at the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights partner university la...
Anáhuac University hosts 2011 and 2013 Bioethics Art Competition Winning Pieces in Mexico City
The Anáhuac University in Mexico City displayed the winning pieces of the 2011 and 2013 Bioethics Art Competition in its school of architecture during the Fourth International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Conference in Mexico City. The following is a...
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