Penn State Bioethics Program

10/17/2025

Come see us at the Penn State College of Nursing CoNival!

09/03/2025

Come see us at the Penn State Liberal Arts Undergraduate Festival this afternoon!

08/18/2025

Thrilled to debut a PENN STATE credential on Intelligence, Ethics, and the Search for Extraterrestrials at the 3rd Penn State SETI symposium!

06/25/2025

Our Bioethics and Medical Humanities students do great work in the world! Read this piece by Kacie Crider:

We cannot afford to force so many women with endometriosis to withdraw from work and school on a monthly basis when it is entirely possible — and easy — to provide reasonable accommodations.

03/29/2025

So excited to be participating in the ENVISION program at Penn State with fabulous colleagues — Dr. Laura Cabrera, Aayush Khare, and Caitlin Maloney! We’re playing games to explore neurotech and neuroethics.

03/28/2025

Join Prof. Michele Mekel and other experts for a Caretelling Circle in Art Alley at the Penn State HUB on the UP campus! We’re discussing women’s reproductive rights. Happening now!

03/24/2025

Come see us today until 2p @ Alumi Hall in the HUB on the UP Penn State campus!

03/24/2025

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Big Pharma? We Ask A Bioethicist

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-should-i-trust-you/id1788335471?i=1000699009607

"Big Pharma" — two words that Americans love to hate. When asked about the pharmaceutical industry, most of the country responds with a mix of anger and suspicion, using terms like "corporate capture," "revolving door," and "profits over people" to describe its influence, a sentiment felt even stronger after the pandemic.

And yet, we are a nation that depends on their life-saving, life-improving products. Americans demand innovation from Big Pharma, but are simultaneously frustrated and mistrustful of their motives and influence. Today, we delve into our complex relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. What fuels this mistrust? Is there a better system? Joining us is bioethicist, author, and TED Talk star hailing from Penn State University Jonathan Marks, who believes it doesn’t have to be this way.

Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 03/13/2025 · 1h 11m

03/20/2025

Congrats to Emily Kovacsy, a Bioethics and Medical Humanities Minor student, who presented on her capstone project at the Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Expo!

11/05/2024

Awesome event!

10/16/2024

Expanding Capacities of Care symposium and exhibition (Spring 2025) CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Information for submitting can be found below and at https://sites.psu.edu/expandingcare/.

Understanding of the arts’ impact on the health and wellbeing of our communities and institutions continues to blossom. Join Penn State’s College of Arts & Architecture and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences for a jointly hosted symposium on March 29, 2025 and group exhibition at the HUB Robeson Art Alley (Feb 3-May 30, 2025) to explore these impacts and create opportunities for coalition building. See both the call for proposals for the Expanding Capacities of Care symposium and call for artworks for the group exhibition at the HUB Robeson Art Alley at https://sites.psu.edu/expandingcare/

Symposium proposal deadline: November 1, 2024
Submission proposal for group art exhibit: November 1, 2024

Understanding of the arts’ impact on the health and wellbeing of our communities and institutions continues to blossom. Join Penn State’s College of Arts & Architecture and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences for a jointly hosted symposium to explore these impacts and create opportunities for c...

10/09/2024

The Third Penn State SETI Symposium
will be held August 18–21, 2025, at
The Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel in State College, PA

Website here: https://sites.psu.edu/setisymposium2025/

This symposium will be a broad look at SETI, including new technosignature search results and upper limits, new search methodologies and instrumentation, theory, and social aspects of the field including the post-detection protocols, message construction, and the historical roots of the field. Interdisciplinarity will be emphasized. As with previous instances, we encourage the submission of proposals for breakout sessions for workshops, tutorials, or special sessions on narrower topics.

Early career researchers are especially encouraged to attend.

To receive updates including announcement of the opening of abstract submission and registration, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/BcXwwNGQkLwkpyf5A

Inquiries to the LOC and SOC should be directed to [email protected]

The third SETI Symposium, presented by the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center, will be hosted at the Penn Stater Hotel and Convention Center on August 18 – 21, 2025. Registration for this conference will open in the spring of 2025. If you would like to be notified when registration be...