Each year, the Bovay Engineering Ethics Program organizes a variety of events in addition to the Annual Bovay Lecture and the Annual Braudy & Manker Workshop. This page highlights the current academic year’s events. For past years’ events, visit the Events Archive.

Bovay / CTI Seminar Series: Generative AI for Teaching and Learning Community of Practice

We invite instructors across disciplines to come together as a community of practice to build expertise around teaching in the age of generative AI. These monthly lunches will provide an opportunity to learn more about genAI as it applies to multiple disciplines, hear what other instructors have tried, ask questions, and share ideas. We’ll learn about the interests of those thinking about, teaching with (or against), and researching genAI at Cornell.

This series is co-sponsored by the Bovay Program in Engineering Ethics and the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI).

Session 1: Community Building

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 · 12:00–1:00 PM · In-person · Upson Hall 202

The first session of the series will focus on building our community of practice. We hope to better understand participating instructors’ needs and schedules in order to set the dates for monthly series and gather topics of interest. In addition, Dr. Goetze will facilitate a level-setting demonstration of some large language model–based applications, as well as a discussion of data ethics in a higher education context.

For more information and to register, visit the CTI website. Lunch will be provided to registered attendees.

Enhanced Geothermal Systems Workshop

In October 2024, Prof. Chloé Arson (Civil & Environmental Engineering) is organizing a workshop on the role of enhanced geothermal systems in the energy transition at Cornell. Dr. Goetze will participate in a session focused on ethics, justice, and regulatory frameworks in this emerging area of energy generation.

Engineering Teaching Day 2024

This annual event for engineering faculty at Cornell, organized by the McCormick Teaching Excellence Institute, celebrates the teaching mission of Cornell Engineering. Join us to share your passion for teaching, workshop ideas with fellow faculty, and—most importantly—improve the learning experience you offer to students in the coming year.

For Engineering Teaching Day 2024, the Bovay Engineering Ethics Program will lead a workshop on integrating social and ethical issues in technical courses in engineering.