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UAlbany Conference Explores
Merger of Humanities and Technology
April 15-17
Symposium Keynoter is Bioethicist Glenn McGee
Contact:
Catherine Herman (518) 437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 12, 2005) -- Glenn McGee,
the newly appointed director of the Center
for Bioethics at Albany Medical Center and
a frequent national media commentator on cloning,
stem cell research, and genetic engineering,
will discuss "Making Babies: Cloning,
Genetics, Enhancement and the Death of Modern
Childhood" at the University at Albany
April 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium of
the new Life Sciences Building. McGee's
keynote address, which is free and open to
the public, is part of the third annual interdisciplinary
conference sponsored by the UAlbany Center
for Humanities, Arts and TechnoScience (CHATS),
the Department of English and the English Graduate
Organization.
The conference -- "Structure, Space
and Transmigrations" -- focuses on examining
the intersection between humanities, science
and technology, and will host humanities scholars,
scientists, technology experts, and artists
presenting papers and performances on such
topics as Structuring On-line Curricula, David
Bowie Music Videos, Civil Space and Medieval
Drama, Nuclear Waste, and Reality Games.
McGee is the John A. Balint Endowed Chair,
director of the Center for Medical Ethics Research,
and professor of medicine and medical ethics
at Albany Medical College of Union University.
He heads the Office of Bioethics of the New
York Department of Health, and until 2005 was
the associate director of the Center for Bioethics
at the University of Pennsylvania. McGee is
the founding editor in chief of the American
Journal of Bioethics, and founding director
of Bioethics.net. A widely published writer,
his work includes Who
Owns Life?, The Human Cloning Debate, The Perfect
Baby, and Beyond
Genetics, a discussion of the merging of computer
and genetic technology.
The conference kicks off on the evening of
Friday, April 15 with a dessert reception and
Roundtable Discussion Concurrent panels and
performance will run from 9 a.m., April 16
until 12:30 p.m., April 17. Cost is $35 for
non-students, $25 for students. All events
will be held at the University's Life
Sciences Building, uptown campus.
For information about registering, contact
the Center for Humanities, Arts and TechnoScience
at (518) 442-4082 or visit www.albany.edu/main/humanitech/conference.html.
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