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Lauren Arora Hutchinson Named Inaugural Director of Dracapoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab
Award-winning BBC journalist and audio storyteller to shape Institute’s innovative public bioethics initiative

Join us for Theater of War’s The Nurse Antigone
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A dramatic reading of Sophocles’ Antigone to help frame powerful, guided discussions about challenges faced by nurses

Q&A with Professor Seltzer: The Impact of COVID-19 on Children
Faculty assess the pandemic's long-range effect on their specialties within bioethics

Local and Minority-owned Businesses Lead Design, Construction Contracts for Building Named in Honor of Henrietta Lacks
Community advisory committee formed to guide project; facility slated to open in 2025
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