Each spring, the Kenan Institute for Ethics hosts a symposium to foster discussion on a subject of particular importance to the Duke community. Each symposium consists of a half-day series of panels with scholars and experts from within the Duke community and across the nation.  Support for this annual event is provided by the Matt and Susan Mackowski Fund.

The 2009 Public Ethics Symposium — “Duke’s Global Ventures: Collaboration or Colonialism?” — took place on April 1, 2009. It addressed the implications of exporting America’s higher education system as Duke and other universities across the nation work to expand their global presence by creating international outposts of their individual home campuses.