Archives: Video Post

On March 30, 2021Francis Su, Professor of Mathematics and author of Mathematics for Human Flourishing, discussed how studying math can cultivate character and flourishing: “What Does Math have to do with Character?”

“What is the Moral Responsibility of Engineers?” – On March 23, 2021, Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard Business School Professor and author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, discussed moral responsibility in the digital age.

“What Makes a Good Doctor?” – On March 16, Dr. Rana Awdish, physician and author of In Shock discussed medicine and rethinking how we train doctors as part of the series Reimagining Education: Conversations on Character, Commitment & Community.

“Why Does Higher Education Struggle with its Commitment to Equity?” – On March 9, 2021, Anthony Jack, Harvard Professor of Education and author of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students discussed equity and higher education.

“Purpose and Character in Higher Education”– On February 3, 2021, Wake Forest University President Nathan Hatch, author and former Morehouse College President Robert Franklin, Jr., and Bates College President Clayton Spencer discussed the current state of higher education and their involvement in initiatives to make issues of purpose and character central to education.

On January 20, 2021, Virtues & Vocations hosted a meeting on character in medicine with Joseph Jackson, MD (Associate Dean in the Duke University School of Medicine and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics) in conversation with Lydia Dugdale, MD, MAR (Professor of Medicine and Director, Columbia Center for Medical Ethics), Reeni Abraham, MD […]

As part of the Good Reason: Purpose & Public Policy workshop at Duke University, Virtues & Vocations welcomed Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, nominee to be the 21st Surgeon General and co-chair of President Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board. Dr. Murthy spoke on Character, Community, and Public Health.

On Nov 18, 2020, Virtues & Vocations hosted a meeting on character in engineering with Ravi Bellamkonda, the Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, Olga Pierrakos, the Founding Chair of the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University, and Richard Miller, the Founding President of Olin College of Engineering.

“What is Higher Education For?”-  On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Suzanne Shanahan, Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Associate Research Professor in Sociology and Andrew Delbanco had a conversation on Higher Education. Andrew Delbanco is a professor at Columbia University and president of the Teagle Foundation.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Tressie McMillan Cottom discussed Race & Purpose in Higher Education. Tressie McMillan Cottom is an associate professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, a senior research professor with the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, and a faculty affiliate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein […]