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Gillian Russell named Alumni Distinguished Professor
It is our pleasure to announce that Gillian Russell has been named Alumni Distinguished Professor. Congratulations, Gillian!
Susan Wolf to be Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
Distinguished Professor Susan Wolf has been selected as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for 2020-21. In this role, she will be paying 2-day visits to colleges with PBK chapters across the country.
Congratulations, Susan!
Spring 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Inductees
Congratulations to our newest philosophy major Phi Beta Kappa inductees, Sarah Arney, Hope Cary, Scott Diekema, Seamus Holland, and Ryan Kramer! Each semester, Alpha of North Carolina Chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society initiates exceptional undergraduate students. Click here to view a full listing of all inductees since 2001 (simply hover over the “Inductees” tab and choose a semester).
Worsnip wins Young Epistemologist Prize
Alex Worsnip has won the 2019 Young Epistemologist Prize for his paper, “Can Pragmatists Be Moderate?” To see the full announcement, please click here.
Congratulations, Alex!
Bold wins Tanner Teaching Award
It is our pleasure to inform you that Phil Bold has won the 2019 Tanner Teaching Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching! As you know, only five of these awards are given across the entire University each year. Congratulations, Phil!
Neta wins prestigious UNC Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction
It is our great pleasure to inform you that our friend and colleague, Ram Neta, has won the prestigious 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction. (He will be officially recognized on Tuesday, February 26th during the half-time ceremony of the UNC-Syracuse basketball game.) Please join us in congratulating Ram on this recognition of his superb contributions over many years to our graduate program!
Generous Gift
We are excited to announce an extremely generous gift of $3.4m dollars from the Charles Koch Foundation to support our Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program. We are very grateful for this gift which will help us add critical faculty positions to meet the exploding demand for the PPE Program from our students. The University announcement is available HERE.
Fall 2018 Phi Beta Kappa Inductees
Congratulations to our newest philosophy major Phi Beta Kappa inductees, Sophie Capshaw-Mack and Loc Ho! Each semester, Alpha of North Carolina Chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society initiates exceptional undergraduate students. Click here to view a full listing of all inductees since 2001 (simply hover over the “Inductees” tab and choose a semester).
Graduate Students to Serve the Public Humanities as Adams Fellows
It is our pleasure to announce that Aliosha Barranco Lopez, Alex Campbell, Joseph Porter, and Matthew Hernandez have been selected as Maynard Adams Fellows for the Public Humanities! They will be engaged in a seminar with Philip Kitcher in spring 2019.
Congratulations, all!