Fostering thoughtful, informed, and nuanced exploration of pressing ethical issues within UMBC and the broader community
03/10/2026
What a night! A huge thank you to the over 175 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members who attended last night’s lecture and engaged with thoughtful questions with Dr. Hanna Pickard!
These events would not be possible without the support of our co-sponsors: Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC, Public Health Research Center, and the Human Context of Science and Technology program
02/02/2026
Announcing our Spring 2026 Humanities Forum line-up:
Hanna Pickard, Johns Hopkins University
Jessica Hernandez, best-selling author of "Fresh Banana Leaves"
Aisha Beliso-De Jesús, Princeton University
Orianne Smith, UMBC
https://dreshercenter.umbc.edu/humanities-forum/current/
12/08/2025
On Saturday, we hosted the Chesapeake Regional Ethics Bowl Tournament here at UMBC. The UMBC Ethics Bowl Team competed against 15 other teams and came out on top! Join us in congratulating them on their impressive first place win AND for qualifying for Nationals!
Winning Team Members: Aziza Mattaka, Tafat Boudif, Lauren Rivarde, Daniel Saenz, and (not pictured) alternate - Rebecca Mekasha
12/05/2025
The Center for Ethics and Values and the Philosophy Department are excited to host this year's Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl for the Chesapeake region on Saturday December 6th, 2025!
16 teams will compete throughout the day, including UMBC's own Ethics Bowl Team.
Come to PAHB 132 to watch the semi-finals and final rounds of the competition starting at 5:00pm!
12/05/2025
A BIG thank you to everyone who joined us, in person or online, for last night’s Public Forum: The Ethics of Cryptocurrency forum! We hope you enjoyed listening to the panelists, asking questions, and we hope you learned something new!
We are also thankful to our panelists who traveled near and far to join us!
This event would not be possible without our wonderful co-host Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC as well as our co-sponsors Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; The Department of Economics , Human Context of Science and Technology Program; Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law Program