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CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities
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Supporting compassion, competence, respect, and justice in healthcare through bioethics and health humanities.

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🎹🎻 Own a world-class instrument & support music education! Dec 5–7 at Anschutz: grands, uprights, digitals & strings from Steinway, Yamaha & more—huge discounts, financing, tax-deductible. Book now: 303-879-2443. #MusicMatters #CUAnschutz www.tinyurl.com/Rockley2025
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🎹🎻 Own a world-class instrument & support music education! Dec 5–7 at Anschutz: grands, uprights, digitals & strings from Steinway, Yamaha & more—huge discounts, financing, tax-deductible. Book now: 303-879-2443. #MusicMatters #CUAnschutz www.tinyurl.com/Rockley2025
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order. The draft order instructs the US Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating AI. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
The draft order, obtained by WIRED, instructs the US Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating AI.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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umnbioethics.bsky.social
Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA, was featured in the article “65% of adult Ghanaians cannot afford healthy diets” in Graphic Online. www.graphic.com.gh/news/general...
Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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What if the gun industry had a duty to prevent violence?

Leeds School of Business professor Levente Szentkirályi argues it’s time to rethink corporate responsibility and put public safety first.
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Do gun manufacturers have a duty to prevent violence?
A CU Boulder ethicist argues that it’s time to rethink corporate responsibility when it comes to preventing gun violence.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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As we age, our risk of falling rises, potentially with life-changing impacts. So faculty at @cuemergency.bsky.social and @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social have joined forces to expand delivery of fall prevention programs. @cumedicalschool.bsky.social @cuanschutz.bsky.social. #cucityofhealth
A Major STEP Toward Preventing Falls Among Older Coloradans
A $4.65 million federal grant will support CU Anschutz researchers as they help aging people stay out of the emergency room and avoid life-changing injuries.
news.cuanschutz.edu
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Today is the @acscan.bsky.social's Great American Smokeout! Looking to quit smoking? The CU Cancer Center is offering a free two-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy skin patches. Learn more in this Q&A ⬇️
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/kruse-smoking-nicotine-replacement-therapy
A Proven Tool to Help You Quit Smoking is Now Available for Free Across Colorado
For people who want to quit smoking, nicotine replacement therapy is a proven way to improve the chances of success. A CU Cancer Center program can help.
news.cuanschutz.edu
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.

In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Medicine isn’t just science—it’s power and responsibility. Join #CUAnschutz med students and community voices as Drs. Rita Lee and Matt Wynia ask: “What Power Do You Hold?” on Dec 3 at 1:00 MT for How Healers Became Killers: Power and Hierarchy RSVP: ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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There's a lot here, and it's fascinating and important. (I do some injury epi and injury prevention work, as well as learn from the emerging subfield of #InjuryStudies so this is especially interesting to me)

cc @slobogin.bsky.social @safetyworkhstm.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
When People in Distress Deny Being Suicidal, Should They Be Believed?
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November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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cctsi.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the incredible presenters at our annual Research Ethics Conference co-hosted with @cobioethics.bsky.social! Speakers included @citizencyborg.bsky.social and speakers from CU Boulder and Colorado State University, who explored topics from wearable tech to wastewater surveillance.
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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📘 What if stories could heal both patients & clinicians?
Dr. Anjali Dhurandhar, CBH faculty, co-edits Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds—a resource for empathy, reflection & resilience in healthcare.
🔗 bit.ly/4oTR9i5 #NarrativeMedicine #CUAnschutz #MedicalHumanities
Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds
Healthcare workers bear witness to immense suffering every day. As receivers of stories of illness, they witness fellow human beings in their mostvulnerable, weakened, and anguished states. Narrative medicine offers an innovative way to deepen compassion for others, enhance self-reflection, and, in the process, reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve patient care. This book bridges a critical gap between those who have access to narrative medicine programs and those who do not, democratizin
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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📘 What if stories could heal both patients & clinicians?
Dr. Anjali Dhurandhar, CBH faculty, co-edits Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds—a resource for empathy, reflection & resilience in healthcare.
🔗 bit.ly/4oTR9i5 #NarrativeMedicine #CUAnschutz #MedicalHumanities
Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds
Healthcare workers bear witness to immense suffering every day. As receivers of stories of illness, they witness fellow human beings in their mostvulnerable, weakened, and anguished states. Narrative medicine offers an innovative way to deepen compassion for others, enhance self-reflection, and, in the process, reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve patient care. This book bridges a critical gap between those who have access to narrative medicine programs and those who do not, democratizin
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Join the next NCHED webinar: “Case Studies in Dental Research Ethics” with Dr. Lainie Friedman Ross
🗓️ Nov 11 | 🕐 11-12 MT via Zoom Earn 1 ADA CERP CE credit
Register: urmc.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DentalEthics #Bioethics #NCHED @urochestersmd @mattwynia #dentalethics
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🕒 Last Chance!
🎨 Do You See Me? by S. Abbas Shobeiri
📅 Ends Nov 21 @ Fulginiti Pavilion @CUAnschutz
🖼️Explore postpartum trauma & healing through vivid paintings of grief and recovery—honor the unseen stories.
🔗 More info: www.cuanschutz.edu/centers/bioe... #PostpartumPTSD #CUAnschutz
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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📘 What if stories could heal both patients & clinicians?
Dr. Anjali Dhurandhar, CBH faculty, co-edits Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds—a resource for empathy, reflection & resilience in healthcare.
🔗 bit.ly/4oTR9i5 #NarrativeMedicine #CUAnschutz #MedicalHumanities
Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds
Healthcare workers bear witness to immense suffering every day. As receivers of stories of illness, they witness fellow human beings in their mostvulnerable, weakened, and anguished states. Narrative medicine offers an innovative way to deepen compassion for others, enhance self-reflection, and, in the process, reduce healthcare worker burnout and improve patient care. This book bridges a critical gap between those who have access to narrative medicine programs and those who do not, democratizin
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November 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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🎓 Spring deadline’s near!
Get a Graduate Certificate in Bioethics & Humanities in Health 🧠💬
Online & flexible for health pros. Apply now 👉 www.cuanschutz.edu/centers/bioe... #Bioethics #GradCertificate #CUAnschutz @profgoldberg.bsky.social @mattwynia.bsky.social@cuanschutz.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Join the next NCHED webinar: “Case Studies in Dental Research Ethics” with Dr. Lainie Friedman Ross
🗓️ Nov 11 | 🕐 11-12 MT via Zoom Earn 1 ADA CERP CE credit
Register: urmc.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DentalEthics #Bioethics #NCHED @urochestersmd @mattwynia #dentalethics
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🎓 Spring deadline’s near!
Get a Graduate Certificate in Bioethics & Humanities in Health 🧠💬
Online & flexible for health pros. Apply now 👉 www.cuanschutz.edu/centers/bioe... #Bioethics #GradCertificate #CUAnschutz @profgoldberg.bsky.social @mattwynia.bsky.social@cuanschutz.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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🎤 Huge thanks to our incredible panelists for sharing their insights at Harnessing the Arts to Promote Wellness during #DenverArtsWeek! Supported by the Claman Visiting Professorship & Bernie Karshmer Program Fund.
#CORAL #DesignHealth #CUAnschutz #WindowsToTheDivine @mattwynia.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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We kick off our participation in #DenverArtsWeek in T-minus 60 minutes! It's not too late to RSVP to join us by Zoom at ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Read more about the week's festivities at www.westword.com/arts-culture...
A Healthy Appreciation of Creativity: Denver Arts Week Will Nourish Body and Soul With New Programming
Making and engaging with art can reduce stress, improve cognitive function, help manage chronic pain, lower blood pressure and much more.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🧠 Laws can quietly reinforce stigma.
A new study by @profgoldberg maps how CA laws promote or reduce addiction stigma using legal epidemiology.
Policy surveillance = a path to equity @mattwynia
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#LegalEpi #AddictionRecovery #StigmaFree #CUAnschutz
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🎨🧠 Art = Wellness Join us TODAY @ 12PM MT for a resonant conversation that bridges neuroscience, architecture, & creativity.📍@CUAnschutz or Zoom 🥗 Free lunch for in-person guests 🎭#DenverArtsWeek kicks off! 🔗 RSVP: ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #CUAnschutz @mattwynia
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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You are invited to our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Moral Distress and Burnout Among OB-GYNs After Dobbs” with Mara Buchbinder, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CST)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apaf
Ethics Grand Rounds webinar featuring speaker Mara Buchbinder, PhD, on Friday, Nov. 7 from 12-1 p.m. CST.
October 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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🎓 Spring deadline’s near!
Get a Graduate Certificate in Bioethics & Humanities in Health 🧠💬
Online & flexible for health pros. Apply now 👉 www.cuanschutz.edu/centers/bioe... #Bioethics #GradCertificate #CUAnschutz @profgoldberg.bsky.social @mattwynia.bsky.social@cuanschutz.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM