Events

November 17, 2026 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm Through music, visual art, and brief commentary, this concert will explore intergenerational trauma, mental health, and art. The REgenerate Music Project performs music of composers labeled degenerate artists and suppressed by the…

November 16, 2026 – 5:00pm to 6:30pm All are welcome to join this official opening of an exhibit of the work of self-taught New York artist Norman Klenicki. The artist, who now resides in Connecticut, will join for this opening reception. For many years, Klenicki has…

November 10, 2026 – 8:00am to 9:00am Healthcare and Religion Lecture Mary Moon, MTSMD candidateUniversity of Pittsburgh The Rev. Gaea Thompson, MDiv Manager, Pastoral Care, UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospital Diplomate Supervisor for Clinical Pastoral Education,…

November 9, 2026 – 6:00 to 8:00pm Ethics in Action: An Experiential Learning Seminar Series Sareena Nat, BSPHMaster of Arts Candidate in Bioethics and Medical HumanitiesCase Western Reserve University This session will explore the concepts of informed consent and…

November 2, 2026 – Noon to 1:00pm Theresa Brown, RN, PhD, a New York Times bestselling author and oncology nurse, in conversation with Lisa S. Parker, PhD, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Professor of Bioethics, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Brown embedded with nurses…

November 3, 2026 – 7:15am to 8:15am OB/GYN Ethics Grand Rounds Renee Boss, MD, MHSRembrandt Foundation Professor of Pediatric Palliative CareProfessor, Division of NeonatologyBerman Institute of BioethicsJohns Hopkins School of Medicine Research, clinical innovations,…

October 29, 2026 – Noon to 1:00 pm William M. Cooper, MD, JD, MACP Memorial Lecture Sunita Puri, MDAuthor, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour Director of Inpatient Palliative Care Service, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine This…

November 5, 2026 – 8:30 am to 5:30 pm What will it take for AI to deliver meaningful improvements in health care? This full-day conference brings together leaders in artificial intelligence, medicine, ethics, law, and public policy to examine where AI has succeeded,…

November 3, 2026 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm Institute for Bioethics Seminar Renee Boss, MD, MHSRembrandt Foundation Professor of Pediatric Palliative CareProfessor, Division of NeonatologyBerman Institute of BioethicsJohns Hopkins School of Medicine A growing population of…

October 15, 2026 – 11:00am to 12:00pm Healing by Design: Virtual Spaces for Black Collective Healing and Wellbeing is a digital research wall exhibit showcasing immersive virtual reality environments created by graduate student researchers in a course taught by…

October 14 – 17, 2026 The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) will host its 2026 Annual Conference, “Where Do We Go From Here?”, October 14-17 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The conference will explore how bioethics and the health humanities continue to…

October 14 – 16, 2026 The 17th Annual Neonatal and Pediatric ECLS Educational Conference is dedicated to providing educational opportunities to clinicians committed to caring for children requiring extracorporeal life support (ECLS) therapies, including extracorporeal…

October 15, 2026 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm Institute for Bioethics Seminar Bridget Keown, PhDTeaching Associate Professor, Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & SciencesProgramming Director, Research, Ethics and Society…

September 28-30, 2026 This free, three-day training will offer an in-depth exploration of suicide using SHARES on Suicide, a relationship-centered framework for understanding and responding to people who are struggling with suicidal thoughts. The framework reflects a…

October 1, 2026 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm Institute for Bioethics Seminar Grant R. Martsolf, PhD, MPH, RN, FAANProfessor, Department of Acute & Tertiary Care, School of NursingSenior Fellow, Institute for Family StudiesCore Faculty, Institute for Bioethics David…

September 18, 2026 – 2:30pm to 3:15pm Gold Humanism Summit 2026 Heather Mikes, DO FAAHPMAssistant Professor, Department of Family MedicineDirector of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Family Medicine Residency Program, UPMC McKeesportAssociate Faculty, Institute for…

November 10, 2026 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm Sylvan E. Stool Memorial Lecture Victoria Harden, PhDFounding DirectorOffice of NIH History and the Stetten Museum, National Institutes of Health From June 1981 to mid-1996, just 15 years later, a new and deadly infectious disease,…

October 12, 2026 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm Ethics in Action: An Experiential Learning Seminar Series Laura Matthews, PhDTeaching Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History and Philosophy of ScienceCore Faculty, Institute for Bioethics…