Graduate student Sam Reis-Dennis has won both a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship (which he will accept) and a Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (which he will decline) for the 2016-17 academic year. Congratulations, Sam!
Steven Swartzer has won the 2016 Early Career Scholar Prize in Practical and Professional Ethics awarded by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/opinion/a-question-of-moral-radicalism.html?_r=0
Sandy Staley, the Philosophy Department Manager, has won the Janet B. Royster Memorial Staff Scholarship from the UNC Systems Staff Assembly. Congratulations, Sandy!
Marc Lange has won the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction. Congratulations, Marc!
Joshua Blanchard’s essay, “Moral Realism and Reliance on Moral Testimony”, was awarded “Best Graduate Student Essay” by the North Carolina Philosophical Society. Congratulations, Josh!
Illirik Smirnov has won the North Carolina Philosophical Society Essay Contest with the paper that he wrote for his metaphysics class taught by Carla Merino-Rajme. Congratulations, Illirik!
Steve Swartzer’s paper, “Punishment and Democratic Rights”, has won the award for best paper by an early career scholar from the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. Congratulations, Steve!
Carla Merino-Rajme was recently profiled as a featured Philosop-her. Check out the post here.
Russ Shafer-Landau, Director of the Parr Center for Ethics, was recently featured in one of UNC’s Spotlight Stories. Check out the article here.
