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On CampusApril 2, 2025Connecting a Global Movement

Students in W&L’s Bonner Program spent the last year creating a digital map of health care networks for people experiencing homelessness worldwide.

Lifelong LearningOctober 9, 2024‘W&L After Class’ Podcast Releases New Episode Featuring Melissa Kerin

In this month’s episode, Kerin, professor of art history, discusses how following her curiosity of the ways in which people tell stories opened her to opportunities to study remote Buddhist shrines in the Himalayas and examine how we live and die as the director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics.

On CampusFebruary 9, 2024Unjudge Someone

The Human Library, a collaboration between the Mudd Center for Ethics and Leyburn Library, brought the W&L community together in conversation.

Campus EventsJanuary 16, 2024Steve Wei is the Next Speaker in the Mudd Lecture Series

Wei, a stage combat instructor, will host a workshop on Jan. 30 at 5 p.m.

Campus EventsJanuary 11, 2024The Mudd Center for Ethics Presents “Before I Die” Art Project

The W&L community is invited to participate in the public art project, on view in Leyburn Library beginning Jan. 11.

In Case You Missed It

Campus EventsOctober 31, 2023Sara Hendren is the Next Speaker in the Mudd Lecture Series

Hendren, a professor at Northeastern University, will give a lecture on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m.

Campus EventsOctober 16, 2023Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby is the Next Speaker in the Mudd Lecture Series

Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, a professor at Baylor College of Medicine, will give a lecture on Oct. 26 at 5 p.m.

Campus EventsSeptember 29, 2023George Aye is the Next Speaker in the Mudd Lecture Series

George Aye, co-founder and director of innovation at Greater Good Studio, will give a lecture on Oct. 9 at 5 p.m.

Campus EventsAugust 11, 2023W&L’s Mudd Center Announces 2023-24 Lecture Series

“Ethics of Design” kicks off Sept. 21 with a keynote address by MIT Professor Danielle Wood.

HappeningsFebruary 28, 2023W&L’s Mudd Center for Ethics Hosts Annual Undergraduate Conference

The virtual conference on March 4 will feature students from across the country.

Campus EventFebruary 23, 2023Céline Leboeuf is the Next Speaker in the Mudd Center’s CareLab Event Series

Céline Leboeuf, an associate professor of philosophy at Florida International University, will give a public lecture in Hillel 101 on March 9 at 4 p.m.

Campus EventAugust 19, 2022W&L’s Mudd Center Launches New Lecture Series

“Beneficence: Practicing an Ethics of Care” kicks off Sept. 15 with a keynote address by Professor Karen Stohr.

Campus EventOctober 15, 2021Andrew Chignell is the Next Speaker in the Mudd Lecture Series

Andrew Chignell, a professor at Princeton University, will give a lecture on Oct. 28 at 5 p.m.

Campus EventOctober 5, 2021Jelani Cobb is the Next Speaker in Mudd Lecture Series

Cobb, a staff writer for The New Yorker, will give a lecture at W&L on Oct. 7.

Campus EventAugust 23, 2021Mudd Center Announces 2021-22 Lecture Series on Daily Ethics

"Daily Ethics: How Individual Choices and Habits Express Our Values and Shape Our World” kicks off Sept. 27 with a keynote address by Professor of Philosophy Cheshire Calhoun.