Monthly Archives: October 2011

October 28 “Engaging Students in Ethical Research” Julia Bleakney (Program in Writing and Rhetoric) is an Associate Director of the Hume Writing Center. She has a Ph.D. in English and Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota, and a B.A. (Honors) … Continue reading →

Matt argued that our food system is morally bankrupt.  He pointed out that our food system has tons of metrics for passing along information to the consumer about animal welfare (“grass-fed” & “free-range”) and environmental sustainability (“organic,” “natural”), but very … Continue reading →

My apologies for the temperamental projector, we’re going to work on making sure that doesn’t happen again.  I’ve attached Paul Bator’s slides to this page; they’re hard to look at, but here’s the direct link to them. Some questions to kick off our … Continue reading →

Thanks for the conversation today; as always, reply to this post with your thoughts on our discussion.  For those of you who are new, the requirements for course credit are to attend 8 lectures and respond online to 7 (there … Continue reading →