What field of study is appropriate for discussing ethical issues? Philosophy? Biology? Literature? Economics? Art? Union College, following the lead of a distinguished alumnus, Michael Rapaport ('59), believes Ethics is essential for every major, all across the curriculum. To prepare students to face the world of tough decisions and to empower them to exercise moral leadership, their college experience has to provide extensive training in everyday Ethics.

23.05.08 --Profs. Baker and Clark to Participate in the UN Bioethics Conference

15.05.08 --Guerilla Girls on Tour Event

01.05.08 -- Spring 2008 Ethics Events

24.04.08 -- Stem Cell Talk

20.02.08 -- CALL FOR PROPOSALS

10.01.08 -- WINTER 2008 ETHICS EVENTS

10.01.07 -- LATEST ROUND of GRANT APPLICATIONS deadline is Nov. 1

10.01.07 --Upcoming OCTOBER Ethics Events announced

09.24.07 -- Prof. anupama jain to serve as our new Division I Steering Committee member

08.15.07 -- UNION to host the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) in April '08

06.15.07 --Ethics, Engineering, and Liberal Education Symposium

06.15.07 -- Winners of Wii-s Announced

05.12.07 May '07 Ethics Speaker Series

02.07.2007 -- Ethics Lunch: Meet the Winter '07 Grant Recipients

01.31.2007 -- Ethics Grant Recipients, Winter'07

01.18.2007 -- Union Ethics Bowl Team to compete in National Championship

01.18.2007 -- The Latest from Bob Baker: A Code of Ethics for Bioethicists.

12.06.2006 -- Faculty Workshops coming up in January '07.

11.11.2006 -- Union joins the Society for Ethics across the Curriculum. Teaching Ethics, the Society's journal, is now available.

11.17.2006 -- Second round of Grant Applications complete.

10.01.2006 -- The Ethics Initiative announces a series of lunch meetings.

06.25.2006 -- First Rapaport Ethics Grant recipients -- 2006.

04.25.2006 -- The Chronicle announces the new Ethics Initiative (Article).

Some faculty members are already involved in discussing Ethics in their classrooms. The Rapaport grants will help them buy teaching materials, travel to Ethics-related conferences, organize campus activities, or bring outside speakers to Union. For professors who would like to incorporate new Ethics segments into their courses, the Initiative Team is here to provide funding, research, and support. We can help with selecting case studies and conducting discussions of everyday ethical issues related to a particular subject. Please contact Dr. Anastasia Pease with any questions.

The Michael S. Rapaport Ethics across the Curriculum grants provide an honorarium, plus funds for materials, research, travel, and guest speakers. Please click here to download a Request for Proposals and a grant application.