# News & Events [ More Events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar/upcoming) [### Frances Kamm Elected President of American Philosophical Association Eastern Division ](/news/2026/07/frances-kamm-elected-president-american-philosophical-association-eastern-division) July 07, 2026 Longtime Edmond & Lily Safra Center affiliate Professor Frances Kamm has been elected President of the American Philosophical Association (APA), Eastern Division. We congratulate Professor Kamm on this well-deserved honor and are proud to celebrate her... [Genevieve Wallace](/people/genevieve-wallace) ![Frances Kamm at the Inaugural Lester Kissel Lecture in Ethics in 2013](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-07/KAMM.png?itok=bpIMy-Ct) [### The Ethics of Extreme Wealth ](/news/2026/06/ethics-extreme-wealth) June 15, 2026 The recent arrival of the world's first trillionaire has brought along a wide spectrum of ethical opinions on wealth. The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics hosted an event in anticipation of this moment, inviting participants to wrestle with issues of... ![stacks of money against a green background](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/trillionaire%20graphic%20for%20website.png?itok=-R4i63wy) [### Why It Matters That Some Are Worse Off Than Those Who Could Have Existed ](/news/2026/06/why-it-matters-some-are-worse-those-who-could-have-existed) June 12, 2026 Former Fellow-in-Residence Dr. David O'Brien has a new article in Utilitas titled " Why it Matters That Some are Worse Off Than Those Who Could Have Existed." The article examines egalitarianism and prioritarianism as they relate to a case raised by... ![objects imperfectly balanced](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/myles-bloomfield-p8JbzOUwdjg-unsplash.jpg?itok=YrEQv5Z9) [### Gaming for Good: A One Day Instructional Design Hackathon ](/news/2026/05/gaming-good-one-day-instructional-design-hackathon) May 22, 2026 The pedagogy team at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics is always working to develop new tools, resources, activities, and lesson plans that apply active learning to teach ethics-related topics in an immersive and engaging way. This Spring, they... [Genevieve Wallace](/people/genevieve-wallace) ![hackathon participants group photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/hackathon%20group%20crop.png?itok=_vMDJGO6) [### Ethically Focused Summer Research ](/news/2026/05/ethically-focused-summer-research) May 21, 2026 Each summer, a select group of Harvard College undergraduates are awarded Kissel Grants to support research and writing that contributes to the understanding of practical ethics. Their projects may involve research for senior theses, case studies for use... ![binoculars against sun collage](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/kissel%20illustration.png?itok=M6T3M_x7) [### Interloper or Interlocutor? Debating AI’s Impact on Social Interactions ](/news/2026/05/interloper-or-interlocutor-debating-ais-impact-social-interactions) May 04, 2026 Artificial intelligence has the potential to make us better people, providing expert-sourced guidance to help us through difficult conversations. But the technology can also generate suspicion, leading people to question the authenticity of these... [Genevieve Wallace](/people/genevieve-wallace) ![three event panelists laughing](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/042726_WEB_ELSCE_Panel_%28MelissaBlackall%29_-16.jpg?itok=_Fr8d0Zq) [### Announcing 2026 Fellows-in-Residence & Civil Discourse Fellows! ](/news/2026/04/announcing-2026-fellows-residence-civil-discourse-fellows) April 23, 2026 We are delighted to welcome our 2026-2027 Fellows-in-Residence and Civil Discourse Fellows! This group brings together exemplary scholars across philosophy, law, political science, and public policy to examine how communication, institutions, and... [Genevieve Wallace](/people/genevieve-wallace) ![announcement with rainbows](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/AdobeStock_134497883.jpeg?itok=CD8Ku_i1) [### Gina Schouten named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow ](/news/2026/04/gina-schouten-named-2026-guggenheim-fellow) April 20, 2026 Congratulations to Gina Schouten, member of the Faculty Committee at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, for being awarded a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship! A leading scholar in social and political... ![Gina Schouten](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Gina%20Schouten.png?itok=wb0eF_E-) [### Trusting AI with Ethical Questions? Not so Fast ](/news/2026/04/trusting-ai-ethical-questions-not-so-fast) April 13, 2026 Rule number one of Isaac Asimov’s “Three Rules of Robotics” states: A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm. A new study by Sarah Hubbard, David Kidd (our Chief Assessment Scientist), and Andrei Stupu... [Genevieve Wallace](/people/genevieve-wallace) ![Robot typing on a computer](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/AI%20article%20illustration.png?itok=DFsXbQrb) [### Announcing 2026 Graduate Fellows! ](/news/2026/03/announcing-2026-graduate-fellows) March 30, 2026 Our six new graduate fellows come from as many academic backgrounds to pursue their PhDs – and one SJD! – here at Harvard. This new cohort brings expertise in philosophy and religion, political theory and law, and history and religion. Having an... [Genevieve Wallace](/people/genevieve-wallace) ![balloons in the sky](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/sagar-patil-8UcNYpynFLU-unsplash.jpg?itok=JzrjghVB) [### Harvard Ethics Bowl Team Finishes Top 8 Nationally ](/news/2026/03/harvard-ethics-bowl-team-finishes-top-8-nationally) March 11, 2026 A relatively new team, formed at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, a group of seven Harvard undergraduate students advanced to the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (APPE IEB) quarterfinals this... [Genevieve Wallace](/people/genevieve-wallace) ![Ethics Bowl Team with Trophy](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/group%20with%20trophy_0.jpeg?itok=oqyawQ1C) [### Guarding Democracy in the Age of AI: When Everyone Has to Do Their Part ](/news/2026/02/guarding-democracy-age-ai-when-everyone-has-do-their-part) February 17, 2026 By Vija Kalniņa, PhD, Business AI Ethics Initiative Lead Researcher and Lily Noyes, Business AI Ethics Initiative Research Assistant Introduction As the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continues to create seemingly endless... ![wall of surveillance cameras](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/lianhao-qu-LfaN1gswV5c-unsplash.jpg?itok=e981rjS5) [### New Article from Our Research Team on U.S. AI Policy and Law ](/news/2026/02/new-article-our-research-team-us-ai-policy-and-law) February 10, 2026 We are pleased to announce that the article “The Tangled Path to Success: The U.S. AI Policy and Legal Frameworks,” authored by members of the Business AI Ethics Initiative team, was published on December 2, 2025, in Latvia’s largest legal journal Jurista... ![Wood blocks with AI and the scales of justice](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/AdobeStock_602462998.jpeg?itok=g3T3jg2Z) [### Martha Minow Awarded 2025 Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Social Sciences and Technology ](/news/2026/02/martha-minow-awarded-2025-friedrich-schiedel-prize-social-sciences-and-technology) February 03, 2026 Congratulations to Harvard Law School's Martha Minow on her 2025 Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Social Sciences and Technology, a prize she shares with Professor Ulrike Felt of University of Vienna. Professor Minow is a Faculty Associate at the Edmond &... ![Martha Minow Portrait](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/Martha-Minow-portrait-HLB-sp17_19195-2550x1700-1-2048x1365.jpeg?itok=A5p2QpOL) [### Announcing 2026 Undergraduate Fellows! ](/news/2026/01/announcing-2026-undergraduate-fellows) January 20, 2026 We are extremely pleased to introduce our new cohort of Undergraduate Fellows ! This year brings an incredibly talented—and surprisingly musical—group to the Center. With a percussionist, members of the Harvard Glee Club and the Harvard Bach Society... ![megaphone with bright colors](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-01/AdobeStock_135710583.jpeg?itok=TFwIp4Fi) [### Faculty Associate Joshua Greene Named Inaugural Civil Discourse Professor ](/news/2026/01/faculty-associate-joshua-greene-named-inaugural-civil-discourse-professor) January 15, 2026 Joshua D. Greene, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics Faculty Associate since 2015, has been named Harvard's first Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Civil Discourse. We are thrilled about Professor Greene's new appointment, and look forward to... ![Joshua Greene](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-01/04112025_Tango_0031.jpeg?h=b3ce6901&itok=7q-V26Ou) [### Regulating AI in Healthcare: An Interview with I. Glenn Cohen ](/news/2026/01/regulating-ai-healthcare-interview-i-glenn-cohen) January 14, 2026 Should patients be notified when AI directly impacts their medical care? Should healthcare organizations be required to take on costly monitoring of AI-enabled clinical tools when this would prevent many U.S. hospitals from adopting AI at all? Our faculty... ![I Glenn Cohen](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-01/I_Glenn_Cohen.png?itok=MGDlfd4Z) [### Hannah Duane and Tenzin Gund-Morrow named 2026 Marshall Scholars ](/news/2025/12/hannah-duane-and-tenzin-gund-morrow-named-2026-marshall-scholars) December 15, 2025 Congratulations to ELSCE undergraduate fellows Hannah Duane '26 and Tenzin Gund-Morrow '26! They have been named 2026 Marshall Scholars and are part of a cohort of 43 American scholars chosen this year from over 1,000 applicants. Duane and Gund-Morrow... ![Undergraduate Fellows 2025](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Undergraduate%20Fellows%202025.png?itok=nXPEOOJQ) [### Brandon Terry's Latest Book Named to New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025 ](/news/2025/12/brandon-terrys-latest-book-named-new-york-times-100-notable-books-2025) December 08, 2025 Congratulations to our faculty committee member Brandon Terry , whose book "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement" was named one of The New York Times ' 100 Notable Books of 2025. From Matt Delmont 's NYT review... ![Brandon Terry](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Brandon%20Terry.png?itok=2yW04w-4) [### "Intention and Genocide" A New Article by Frances Kamm ](/news/2025/11/intention-and-genocide-new-article-frances-kamm) November 21, 2025 Frances Kamm’s new article “Intention and Genocide” in the Journal of Controversial Ideas, claims that more attention should be paid to the soundness of the U.N. Genocide Convention than to how to meet the requirements for applying it (e.g., how to... ![Frances Kamm at the Inaugural Lester Kissel Lecture in Ethics in 2013](/sites/g/files/omnuum9911/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/2713_8467880107_o.jpeg?itok=BitlJTpr)