Opioid Crisis Discussed at Sept. 26 Lecture
Bernard Prusak, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, will give a lecture titled “Threading the Needle’s Eye: The Opioid Crisis and the Controversy Over Harm Reduction” on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Moskovitz Theater, the DeNaples Center.The opioid crisis and the controversy over harm reduction will be the focus of a lecture by Bernard Prusak, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at King’s College, at The University of Scranton on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 4:30 p.m. The lecture, presented free of charge and open to the public, will take place at the Moskovitz Theater, the DeNaples Center.
Dr. Prusak, whose research focuses on moral and political philosophy, serves as director of the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre. He received his bachelor’s degree at Williams College, his master’s degree at Exeter College and Oxford University and his doctorate from Boston University.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the University’s Humanities Initiative, the Jesuit Center and the departments of philosophy and theology/religious studies. For more information, contact Cyprus P. Olsen III, Ph.D., associate professor of theology and religious studies, at cyrus.olsen@scranton.edu or call 570-941-6309.
