Kenan Institute for Ethics

Migrants and Refugees in Ireland

In partnership with University College Dublin, several Irish NGOs, and DukeEngage, the Institute is working with the Irish government and communities of migrants and refugees to help understand and tackle issues of race, citizenship and human rights in Ireland.

Ethical Crisis and Institutional Change

An interdisciplinary group faculty and graduate students from across Duke are investigating ethical crisis and change while seeking how best to understand, assess and improve the ethical cultures of military, religious, business and educational institutions.

Ethical Leadership

The Institute provides an immersive leadership experience to incoming freshmen – through their work with displaced or homeless youth in Durham, students develop an understanding of how community change happens and the ethical challenges efforts at such change entail.

Ethics Certificate Program.

The Ethics Certificate Program offers an opportunity for undergraduate students to test their convictions, deepen their knowledge, and explore their ambitions. It’s a rigorous course of study designed to prepare students for life – both personally and professionally.

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DukeEngage Dublin 2010

The 2010 DukeEngage Dublin participants are halfway through their summer civic engagement experience. Read their “Thoughts from Dublin” so far.

The Rightful Place?

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong weighs in on the rightful place of science. Watch the video now.

U.S. Immigration Policy: What’s Next?

Institute director Noah Pickus recently discussed how to wade through the emotional intensity and technical complexity of the current immigration debate as part of a panel on “U.S. Immigration Policy: What’s Next?” Watch the video now.

Stories from Nepal

One of the Institute’s two summer research-service teams just completed their last week of work in Nepal, where members divided their time between community engagement and community-based research. Read about their experiences.

Biological Sex & Ethics in Sports

Caster Semenya, the 800-meter world champion who was forced to undergo gender tests, has been allowed to return to women’s competitive track events by the sport’s governing body. Listen to our spring panel’s discussion of her case on iTunesU.

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Apply for Project Change

Want to take part in Project Change? Click here for more information, or go directly to our online application.

Poverty in North Carolina

The Institute is launching a new project on the Moral Challenges of Poverty and Inequality. Click here for more info.

And the Winners Are….

The top prize winners of the What is Good Art? Competition were unveiled at the opening of the related exhibition on April 5. See who won.

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Fuqua/Coach K Leadership Conference

October 26-27, 2010. Locations and Times: TBD.

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What is Good Art?

What is good art? Team Kenan‘s ethics-related art competition showcases students’ answers.

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The Institute is piloting a multi-site community-based research project in eastern Nepal and Durham exploring the effects of resettlement upon Bhutanese refugees.
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Read about our new project on the Moral Challenges of Poverty and Inequality.

Rethinking Regulation: A new faculty seminar that will address the question, What should ‘new’ regulation look like?

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Learn more about the Institute’s new Focus Program cluster on “Ethics, Leadership & Global Citizenship”

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