203721 event 1364894858 1475892186 <![CDATA[A Conversation Among Presidents: Compassion in Science and Technology]]> A Conversation Among Presidents: Compassion in Science and Technology is a panel discussion among the presidents of Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, and Spelman College. Plans for this conversation emerged from the awarding of the 2012 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage to Dr. William Foege and Georgia Tech’s year-long conversation about science, race and ethics spurred on by Georgia Tech’s First-Year Reading Program for 2012-2013, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

The 60-minute conversation will explore the ways that compassion and concern for others has returned as a vital element in the education at colleges and universities.

A reception with light refreshments will be held immediately following the program.

Students, faculty, and staff from Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse College, and Spelman College are invited to attend.

]]> Georgia Tech president G.P. "Bud" Peterson joins four other university presidents -- Dr. Elizabeth Kiss (Agnes Scott College), Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum (Spelman College), Dr. James W. Wagner (Emory University), and Dr. John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. (Morehouse College) -- to discuss compassion in science and technology. Bill Todd, Professor of the Practice, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, will serve as moderator.

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