Tommie Shelby presenting the Tanner Lecture in 2023 in front of an audience.

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The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society is committed to bringing ethical reflection to bear on important social issues through research, teaching, and community engagement. Drawing on the established strengths of Stanford’s faculty and students, the Center develops interdisciplinary ethics initiatives that relate to pressing public problems.

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2023-24 Terry Winograd Prize Winner, Alice Finkelstein

We're thrilled to announce Alice Finkelstein as the recipient of the 2023-24 Terry Winograd Prize for her outstanding undergraduate paper on ethics and technology, "Breaking the Silence with Direct-Speech Brain Computer Interfaces: Centering Communicative Disability in Ethical Recommendations for Mitigating Algorithmic Bias."

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2023-24 Eric Roberts Prize Winner, Hayden Thompson

We're delighted to announce Hayden Thompson as the recipient of the 2023-24 Eric Roberts Prize for her exceptional undergraduate paper on ethics and technology, "Regulating FinTech: The Path to Actual Financial Inclusion in the United States."

Stanford Bioethics Team standing in front of a fountain. Pictured left to right: Mirabai Herz, Rhea Jain, Carolyne Ikeda, Sophia Pribus, Sheruni Pilapitiya, Lauren He, Collin Anthony Chen (coach).

Photo from left to right: Mirabai Herz, Rhea Jain, Carolyne Ikeda, Sophia Pribus, Sheruni Pilapitiya, Lauren He, Collin Anthony Chen (coach)

Congratulations to our Bioethics Bowl Team, 2024 National Bioethics Bowl Champions!

We're so proud of our Bioethics Bowl team! Congratulations to Mirabai Herz, Rhea Jain, Carolyne Ikeda, Sophia Pribus, Sheruni Pilapitiya, Lauren He, and Collin Anthony Chen (coach) for your impressive achievement. Learn more about the team and the bioethics fellowship.

Recent Posts

Beyond Intelligence: The Impact of Advanced AI Agents

Recently, the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, in collaboration with Google DeepMind…
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Toward a More Expansive Perspective on AI Safety

At the Workshop on Sociotechnical AI Safety at Stanford, a diverse group of researchers from…
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From left to right: Divya Ganesan, Administrator Robin Carnahan, Caitlin Gandhi, and Angela Zhao; Photo by Benjamin Weissman.

Move Carefully and Fix Things: How to be a Tech Innovator in Government Service

“Tech Talk: Future Technologists in Government” was a candid and uplifting panel discussion between…

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October
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Date
Tuesday, October 1, 2024. 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6063
Hohbach Hall Presentation Room

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The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society is home to various programs and initiatives that explore the ethical and social dimensions of technology. Our offerings include the Ethics and Technology Minor for undergraduates, the Embedded Ethics Fellowship Program and the Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program for postdocs, and the Ethics, Society, and Technology Initiatives, which aim to build institutional bridges across disciplines.