Engaging Ethics through Media: "Gattaca"

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday November 13, 2018
      10:30 am - 1:30 pm
  • Location: Press Room A, Student Success Center
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  • Extras:
    Free food
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Summaries

Summary Sentence: Screening of the 1997 film "Gattaca," including thematic discussion with Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Robert Butera.

Full Summary: Screening of the 1997 film "Gattaca," including thematic discussion with Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Robert Butera.

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Screening of the 1997 film "Gattaca," including thematic discussion with Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Robert Butera.

Free pizza! Sign up to attend!

About Robert Butera:
Robert Butera is the associate dean for research and innovation in the College of Engineering. He has been a member of the ECE faculty since 1999 and holds a joint appointment in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.

About the event:
Co-sponsors: the Georgia Tech Honors Program and Undergraduate SGA. A featured event of Ethics Awareness Week.

More on "Gattaca" is available at: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Note that this film is rated PG-13 (for brief violent images, language, and some sexuality)

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Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
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Arts and Performance, Other/Miscellaneous
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Status
  • Created By: Michael Hagearty
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Nov 1, 2018 - 1:31pm
  • Last Updated: Nov 9, 2018 - 12:03pm