NYU Center for Bioethics

10/16/2026

If almost nothing would be the same without everything that came before, what exactly should we regret?

Caspar Hare, Professor of Philosophy at MIT, joins us for a talk "On Chaos, What We Ought to Do, and What We Ought to Regret" drawn from his new book. Professor Hare argues that big ideas from cosmology, physics, and metaphysics have surprising consequences for everyday life. They don’t change much about what we ought to do, but they change a great deal about what we ought to regret.

On Chaos, What We Ought to Do, and What We Ought to Regret
Friday, October 23, 2026 | 4:00 PM
5 Washington Place, Room 202, New York, NY 10003
Reception to follow
RSVP: https://nyubioe.link/CH1023

10/14/2026

📍 We’re in Indianapolis for !

Come say hi to the NYU Center for Bioethics at Booth #28 and grab some NYU Bioethics goodies while they last. 💜

And don’t miss our NYU-sponsored lunch on Saturday, October 17. See you there!

Get more info by filling out this form:
https://tinyurl.com/ASBH26

10/14/2026

With the start of the Fall semester at NYU comes new experiences and reflections. Read the following to see one of our Ma in Bioethics student's reflection one month into the Bioethics program!

Meet Isabella Ng, one of our first-year MA in Bioethics students! 🎓

10/02/2026

Our Director, Prof. S. Matthew Liao is featured in NYU's Provost's Faculty Spotlight!

He talks about his upcoming book on surviving , why frontier AI needs real governance infrastructure, and his new theory of privacy built on the space where we work out who we are. 🤖 🧠

Read the full spotlight: https://www.nyu.edu/faculty/faculty-spotlights/faculty-spotlight-matthew-liao.html

07/07/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the NYU Center for Bioethics' 8th Annual Undergraduate Essay Contest! 🎉

🥇 First Prize goes to Shakila Movassaghi (Berkeley) for "Do Lab Animals Have Lives Worth Living?"
🥈 Second Prize goes to Aneesh Swaminathan (Johns Hopkins) for "A Negative Virtue Ethical Argument Against Immortality"

We're grateful to our panel of Bioethics Master's students (Andy Nye, Ben Liljedahl, Cherry Lin, and Yuning Fu) who ran the contest and brought such thoughtful engagement to the judging process. Thank you for making this possible, and congratulations again to both winners!

06/11/2026

Listen to our Faculty member, Daniel Fogal, speak about his course Advanced Introduction to The Ethics of Technology in the latest episode of I AM GPH!

NEW 🎧 - EP183 Navigating the Ethics of Technology in Public Health with Dr. Daniel Fogal

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Daniel Fogal, Assistant Professor of Bioethics at NYU GPH, about his course Advanced Introduction to The Ethics of Technology. Dr. Fogal shares his journey from a philosophy undergraduate degree to joining the NYU Center for Bioethics, mapping how the discipline has expanded beyond traditional doctor-patient relationships and research ethics to address broader population-level challenges. We dive into complex global issues, including the allocation of scarce medical resources and the modern ethical implications brought on by the rise of social media and artificial intelligence self driving vehicles. Dr. Fogal discusses his passion for teaching applied, controversial issues in the classroom, explaining how he leverages the diverse perspectives of his students to help them think more clearly, carefully, and critically. This conversation highlights NYU GPH's unique interdisciplinary expertise and teaching excellence, showing how grounding public health issues in ethical frameworks equips students to navigate tomorrow's scientific and technological challenges.

Apple: https://apple.co/2Da9QqH
Spotify: https://bit.ly/3IMN4wn
Youtube: https://youtu.be/gcCyO4CzPIo

05/28/2026

Congratulations to our Spring 2026 Graduating class! We're excited to see where your next steps take you. You'll always be a part of the Bioethics Family and we hope to see you soon!

05/27/2026

It has been about two weeks since the 6th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop, and we remain grateful to everyone who helped make this year’s event such a success.

Thank you to our speakers, chairs, attendees, and organizers for contributing to two days of rich discussion and exchange. This year’s workshop brought together scholars from across fields to share new work on pregnancy, animal welfare, disability, digital consent, research ethics, war crimes and memory, population ethics, transformation, and more.

We are grateful for the conversations that took place and for the community that gathered around this work.

04/28/2026

Join us May 8–9 for the 6th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop. This free, in-person event will feature new work in philosophical bioethics, broadly understood, with keynote speaker Laurie Paul of Yale University. Space is limited, so RSVP today!

https://luma.com/ckyszxvp

04/13/2026

We’re excited to welcome Luara Ferracioli from Sydney to NYU for our upcoming Bioethics Colloquium.

Join us as she explores the ethics of depopulation and what it means for the future of liberal societies.

📅 April 14 | 3:30 PM
🔗 RSVP: nyubioe.link/DEP