Santa Clara University

Jan A. Nolta

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Ethics at Noon: “Stem Cells: Is the Ethical Controversy Justified by
Promising Science?” Dr. Nolta is a professor at the UC Davis School of
Medicine and director of the UC Davis Stem Cell Program. Sponsored by the
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the College of Arts and Sciences.

 

 

Paul Berg

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The inaugural Gerald and Sally DeNardo Lectureship is presented as part of the President’s Speaker Series: A conversation with Dr. Berg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, teacher, and research advocate, on the difficult questions facing stem-cell researchers and policy-makers today.

 

 

A Number by Caryl Churchill

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Directed by Elisa Valentine, Churchill’s provocative play examines the implications of human cloning, poignantly juxtaposing a father’s attempt to redeem himself through modern science against a son’s painful discovery that he is a clone, an exact replica, just one in a number. Talkback immediately following performance. Made possible by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Ignatian Center’s Bannan Institute, Gerald and Sally DeNardo, the Center of Performing Arts, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Center for Science, Technology, and Society.

 

Edmund D. Pellegrino

Monday, April 7, 2008
Regan Lecture: “The Catholic Conscience, Bioethics, and the Public Square.” Dr. Pellegrino is chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics and professor emeritus of medicine and medical ethics at Georgetown University. Sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and made possible by a gift from New York Life Insurance Co. in honor of William Regan III.