Past News Stories
Message from the Center Director — Thomas Cole, Ph.D., Director for the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics writes a message in honor of the Center's five year anniversary. Read more...
January 2012
The Medical Humanities & Ethics Scholarly Concentration held its first annual holiday reception on December 16, 2011. Read more...
November 2011
Dr. Thomas Cole will present "The Strange Demise of Jim Crow," which bears the name of his most recent documentary. Read more...
October 2011
Master Miao Tsan and Dr. Alejandro Chaoul will discuss "Emotions & Health: The Benefits of Meditation" on October 17. Read more...
Dr. Kenneth Pargament of Bowling Green State University and the Institute for Spirituality and Health will speak about spirituality in health care. Read more...
Center Director, Dr. Thomas Cole, will speak on "Wholeness and the Ethics of Self-Care" as part of a course on professional development. Read more...
September 2011
Dr. Thomas Cole will be featured on a local radio segment on the morning of September 15. Read more...
August 2011
The Long Journey Home: Caring for a Loved One with Dementia premieres in Houston on August 19. Read more...
The annual medical ethics series, co-sponsored by HAM-TMC Library and the McGovern Center continues September 21. Read more...
July 2011
Rabbi Karff recently published an editorial on the holistic side of medicine. Read more...
McGovern Center Fellow, Dr. Michael Lieberman will present two lectures about poetry at the Jung Center. read more...
Community Service Learning workshops to be held in San Antonio this summer. Read more...
June 2011
The McGovern Center sees another class graduate from its Medical Humanities and Ethics Certificate Program. Read more...
Dr. Cole released a book in May 2010 with fellow co-editors. The book addresses the humanistic perspective on aging. Read more...
April 2011
Center Director, Dr. Thomas Cole will have his film, The Strange Demise of Jim Crow, rebroadcast on local PBS network. Read more...
The McGovern Center supported medical students at a recent conference on community service learning. Read more...
Zen Master Miao Tsan visited with members of UTHealth on Monday, March 28, for a special event, including guided meditation. Read more...
The McGovern Center hosted medical students, law students, and graduate students in Medical Humanities and Public Health for an enjoyable day of camaraderie and learning about the many ways each discipline contributes to shaping the health care system and caring for patients at the First Annual Medical Humanities Student Symposium. Read more...
A venue change has been made for the upcoming "Social Justice and the Health Professions". Read more...
Dr. Arthur Garson presented a lecture to the UTHealth community on on March 24, addressing the topic of health care reform. Read more...
February 2011
Dr. Arthur Garson to lecture at the Medical School in March — Dr. Arthur Garson, who will soon be joining UTHealth, will give a presentation on the health care reform bill. Read more...
Randy Cohen visits Medical Center — Emmy-award winning writer and humorist Randy Cohen recently presented two lectures to the Texas Medical Center community. Read more...
January 2011
The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics Launches New Website — The McGovern Center began the 2010–2011 academic year with a new name and has now launched its new website. Read more...
Emmy Award-winning writer to visit UTHealth — Randy Cohen, syndicated columnist for The New York Times will be the guest speaker at the John H. Trolinger Lecture Series on Ethical Values and Health Care Organizations on January 26 and 27. Read more...
"Social Justice and the Health Professions" Conference and Call for Papers — The McGovern Center, through its Campus-Wide Ethics Program, is sponsoring a Summer conference to address the theme of "Social Justice and the Health Professions: Ethical and Experiential Issues". Read more...