The Institute’s Ethos Magazine Presents Eugenics, Genetics And The American Dream THE INSTITUTE FOR ETHIC AL LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBLIT Y at Rosemont College
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Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility’s annual symposium had been scheduled for March 20, but was cancelled due to the pandemic. Every spring, the symposium serves as a culminating event for the academic year, addressing an issue of ethical significance for individuals and society. This year, the program was to consist of in a screening of the powerful documentary film A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream, followed by a panel discussion.
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A Dangerous Idea explains how Click Here to read more in Ethos Magazine, purported discoveries of genes for intelligence, poverty, and crime have published by Rosemont’s Institute for been used to promote pseudoscienEthical Leadership and tific explanations and justifications for Social Responsibility discrimination and rapidly rising rates Articles include: of economic inequality in the United • A Dangerous Idea by Stephanie Welch States. The film is particularly relevant • Science and Human Rights given the stubborn persistence by William H. Tucker, PhD of biological determinism in some • Visions of Change in Northeast Pennsylvania by quarters today despite its long having Jamie Longazel PhD and Deaynna Koskulitz ’20 • The Catholic Social Tradition: Restoring the Dignity been repudiated. of Humanity by Francis X. Klose, PhD
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This Issue: Meet Rosemont's 14th President
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Click Here to Read the Spring Issue of Rosemont Magazine Digitally Due to the College’s current operations during the Pandemic, Rosemont Magazine is not being printed and distributed on campus or mailed to your homes. We invite you to click on the link here and enjoy reading the magazine virtually.
President Hirsh’s Farewell Toast Maria Feeley ’93, Chair of the Board of Trustees, led a Zoom platform Virtual Toast to President Sharon Hirsh on the occasion of her Retirement on May 21, 2020 at 4 pm., watched by over 500 members of the College community, some from across the country and around the world, Click Here to read more.
