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Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics

Faculty and Staff Spring 2026 Cohort: Effective Dialogue Across Difference

November 24, 2025

Interested in learning more about effective dialogue across difference? Wondering how the brain processes information? Join Tshombé Brown and Anne Santiago in a Spring cohort of faculty and staff exploring the Constructive Dialogue Institute’s Perspectives program (six modules, three discussions).

Filed Under: 2025-11-24, 2025-12-08, Issues Tagged With: Constructive Dialogue, Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics

Ethics and Listening Webinar: Feb. 1

January 25, 2021

To kick-off Ethics Week 2021, please join the Dundon-Berchtold Institute on Monday, February 1 at 6 p.m. for a free Zoom webinar featuring a panel of professionals whose work involves the crucial, nuanced practice of listening. This conversation will feature Marjorie Attis-Josias, nursing; Fr. Pat Hannon, C.S.C. ’82, English & Pastoral Resident, Christie Hall; The […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2021, 02-01-2021, Academics, Dundon-Berchtold Institute Tagged With: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics, Fr. Pat Hannon CSC, Kay Toran, Marjorie Attis-Josias

Summer Internship Opportunities for Students: Applications Due February 12

January 22, 2021

The Ethics and the Professions Internship program offers six UP students a dedicated 8-week summer internship experience, working and learning alongside professionals in public and private sectors across the greater Portland and Vancouver areas and beyond, according to Dundon-Berchtold Institute director Dan McGinty. As interns learn about the elements that make up the work of […]

Filed Under: 01-18-2021, 01-25-2021, 02-01-2021, 02-08-2021, Academics, Dundon-Berchtold Institute Tagged With: Dan McGinty, Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics

Ethics and Storytelling Webinar, Feb. 3

January 22, 2021

As a continuation of Ethics Week 2021, please join the Dundon-Berchtold Institute on Wednesday, February 3 at 6 p.m. for a free Zoom webinar featuring a panel of professionals whose work involves the dynamic, complex responsibility of storytelling. Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies, will serve as facilitator for this conversation featuring Oscar Leong (President, De La […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2021, 02-01-2021, Academics, Communication Studies, Dundon-Berchtold Institute Tagged With: Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics, Jeanette Lovejoy

Call for Proposals: Research in the Application of Ethics: Proposals Due March 5

January 15, 2021

The Dundon-Berchtold Institute funds teams of faculty and students to conduct projects and curriculum fellowships focused on the application of ethics within and across academic and professional fields. In addition to fostering the vibrant learning experience of faculty-student partnerships, the Research in the Application of Ethics program encourages Faculty Fellows and Student Scholars to participate […]

Filed Under: 01-18-2021, Academics, Dundon-Berchtold Institute Tagged With: Dan McGinty, Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics

New Initiative: Ethics Week, Feb. 19-24

February 17, 2017

The Dundon-Berchtold Institute is facilitating and hosting Ethics Week from Sunday, February 19, through Friday, February 24. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate in discussions of ethics as they relate to the curriculum, course content, history, and day-to-day life. The following two opportunities to engage with powerful stories are free and open to the […]

Filed Under: 02-13-2017, 02-20-2017, Academics Tagged With: Dan McGinty, Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics, Linda Biehl, Martin Daum

David Brooks Tickets On Sale Monday, Nov. 2

October 30, 2015

New York Times columnist David Brooks will speak on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 7 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Tickets go on sale Monday, November 2 and can be purchased by calling the Chiles Center box office at x7525 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Faculty and staff will be limited […]

Filed Under: 11-02-2015 Tagged With: David Brooks, Dundon Berchtold Institute for Moral Formation and Applied Ethics

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Natalie Nelson-Marsh presented “From fieldnotes to futures: Organizational communication in the age of AI”. National Communication Association Pre-Conference, Elevating Organizational Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. November, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, published “Lead Value Design Insight: Leveraging the Van Westendorp PSM for Design for Meaningfulness Pricing Strategies.” Co-author: Arto Ruokonen. Design Management Review (Vol. 36, No.4)

Three faculty members from International Languages and Cultures participated in the 122nd annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), November 20-23 in San Francisco. Verena Hutter presented “Embodied Memory: Holocaust Tattoos and Postmemory,” served as presiding officer of all three sessions of Austrian Studies, and chaired one of them. María Echenique presented “A Precursor of ‘Feminism from the Zulos’ by Dahlia de la Cerda” and served as presiding officer and chair of the session Spain, Portugal, and Latin America: Jewish Culture and Literature in Trans-Iberia. Matthew Warshawsky presented “A ‘Tenth Muse’ in 1600s Sephardic Amsterdam: Isabel Rebeca Correa, Translator, Poet, and Feminist” and served as presiding officer and chair of the Jewish Literature and Culture session. 

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Nursing faculty perceptions and Integration of primary palliative care content in undergraduate education: National and local institution assessments.” Co-authors: Lippe, M., Wolf, A., Cormack, C. L., Ehrlich, O., Glover, T. L., and Kirkpatrick, A. J.  Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 27(6), 280-289.

Don Norton, Performing and Fine Arts, performed a Tour of Louisiana with jazz quartet Facing West, with performances at Nicholls State University (Thibodaux), University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Louisiana Tech University (Ruston). November 5-7, 2025.

Kristin Sweeney, Environmental Science, published “Topographic, climatic, and age controls on the reworking of volcanic debris avalanche deposits.” Co-author: Major, J.J. Bull Volcanol 87, 115 (2025).

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “Rethinking Advent Hope as Covenantal Bond. Reflections on the Readings for First Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. November 30, 2025. Aihiokhai also published “A Disruptive Content of Hope: Awakening the Human Imagination to New Possibilities. Reflections on the Readings of the Second Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 7, 2025. 

Rachel Wheeler, Theology, presented “Traces in the Sand: Wisdom from the Christian Desert Tradition for a Time of Collapse.” Aldo & Estella Leopold Writing Residency lecture presented at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM, November 18, 2025.

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, presented “Difficult-To-Treat Depression: Bottlenecks, Evolving Biology, and Where Ketamine-Class Treatments Fit.” An invited presentation for the Behavioral Health Integration ECHO, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (virtual). December, 2025.

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