Monday's events include:
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Time: 8:30–9:30 a.m.
Location: Snyder Hall C20
“Hacking the Built Environment” is a second-level Integrative Arts and Humanities (IAH) course examining MSU’s campus history—its natural environment, language, and spatial planning—as a lens on institutional values with attention to MSU’s colonial histories and land-grant/land-grab legacy. This semester, students will engage ethical themes related to environmental sustainability, health and well-being of diverse populations, social justice, and inclusion. In collaboration with the City of East Lansing and the Department of Forestry, students will learn about the urban forestry issues facing East Lansing and will create artworks that facilitate the development of the East Lansing Downtown Tree Canopy Revitalization Project, a plan to guide future tree planting, care, and management. For Ethics Week 2026, students will facilitate a Downtown Tree Canopy Revitalization visioning session for the MSU community.
Time: 9–10 a.m.
Location: WKAR
Join us for a conversation with Wes Fondren, Associate Provost for AI, Academic Technology, and Professional Development, where we will focus on the urgency of using artificial intelligence responsibly in research and creative activities, including current ethical dilemmas, guidelines, and practical applications.
Time: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Location: MPR
This event connects students with entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and innovators in an informal, conversational setting. This conversation will explore how ethics and entrepreneurship intersect, and what it takes to lead with integrity while growing a startup in Michigan. This will provide Spartans the opportunity to hear real stories, ask questions, and gain insights that inspire their own entrepreneurial journeys—all while enjoying lunch from locally owned businesses in the Greater Lansing region.
This event is sponsored by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, the Russell Palmer Career Management Center, and the Center for Ethical and Socially Responsible Leadership.
Time: 12:25–1:25 p.m.
Location: Law Building, Room 343
Join Dave Boucher, investigative reporter for the Detroit Free Press, and Prof. Justin Simard for a conversation on local and state ethics laws.
Time: 2–3:30 p.m.
Location: International Center, Room 303
If Ubuntu is conceived around the idea of collective humanity, what becomes possible when we are willing and able to recognize and acknowledge our commonalities: identities, experiences, interests, and hopes? The Aspen Tree is significant because while it appears as many trees, it is actually all one tree rooted together. The Aspen Tree metaphor, thus, situates the individual as part of a larger whole, and offers opportunities for identifying pathways through which to connect and sustain life together in a much deeper way. Drawing from the Aspen Tree, this activity involves taking the time to focus attention away from self towards each other. Everyone in the room will be invited to collectively participate in figuring out commonalities.
Time: 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Location: N130
Join us and the leadership team from The Zekelman Holocaust Center to explore a critical and often overlooked aspect of this history: how corporate complicity helped support the murder of over 6 million Jewish people. This event is a significant opportunity to understand the intersection of corporate responsibility and historical events. Register to join us on Monday, February 16 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.