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A Brief History of the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC)

The National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) is an annual event carried under the auspices of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). It is planned and organized by students and faculty to bring together undergraduate students and leading experts to discuss issues of current interest within the field of bioethics. NUBC provides a unique national venue for undergraduates to share their research, their concerns, and their considered views with each other. The conference originated at Princeton University (1998) and has since been held at the University of Virginia (1999), Notre Dame (2000), Emory University (2001), Boston University (2002), Texas A&M (2003), University of Michigan (2004), University of Pennsylvania (2005), Notre Dame (2006), and Michigan State University (2007). Approximately 200 undergraduate students from across the country attended NUBC conferences, which have featured guest speakers, student debates, student essay contests, art exhibits, and film screenings. Topics at previous conferences have included: medical ethics, science in the media, biotechnology-derived products in agriculture, ethics in the penal system, the definition of disability, the nature of personhood, social responsibility, the "war" on drugs, bio-terrorism, profiting in the biotechnology and medical support industries, genetically based mental health, and international bioethics.



The conference is sponsored by

  • Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative
  • Union College PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
  • Ephemeris, Union College Undergraduate Philosophy Journal
  • Union Graduate College/Mount Sinai School of Medicine BIOETHICS PROGRAM
  • ASBH -- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  • The John Conley Foundation for Ethics and Philosophy in Medicine
  • The Sidney A. and Esther Leifer Family Foundation




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