Category: News
Incoming faculty member Gillian Russell profiled in 3am magazine
Gillian Russell was recently featured in 3am Magazine. See here to read more.
Yao and Lawless Win Grad School Fellowships
I am delighted to inform you that John Lawless has won the 2015-2016 Dissertation Completion Fellowship and Vida Yao has won the 2015 Thomas F. Ferdinand Summer Research Fellowship from the Graduate School. Congratulations, John and Vida!
Students compete in third annual National High School Ethics Bowl, sponsored by the Parr Center for Ethics
On April 9-11, twenty one teams from across the U.S., and one team from Canada, traveled to Chapel Hill to compete in the third annual National High School Ethics Bowl, hosted by the Parr Center for Ethics. Congratulations to The … Read more
Driggers Wins Student Undergraduate Teaching Award
I am delighted to tell you that Kyle Driggers has won a Student Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Awards Committee. These are the only undergraduate teaching awards funded entirely by student fees and are awarded … Read more
Philosophy Majors Present Papers at William and Mary Conference
UNC Philosophy majors Olivia Branscum, Charles Perkins, and Chris Register presented papers at this year’s Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Branscum’s ‘Truth in Fiction: The Artistic Epistemology of Virginia Woolf’ was one … Read more
Bhardwaj Inducted into Honor Society, Wins University Service Award
It is our pleasure to announce that Kiran Bhardwaj has been inducted into the Campus Y’s Order of the Golden Fleece Honor Society. The Order of the Golden Fleece is UNC’s oldest and most prestigious honor society. Members are carefully … Read more
L.A. Paul featured in Virtually Speaking Science podcast and Slate magazine
Click here to listen to the podcast, and here to read the Slate magazine article.
Current Ethics Issue Features 3 Philosophy Alumni
The current Ethics (vol 125, #2, January 2015) has an article by one UNC grad (Benjamin Bagley, “Loving Someone In Particular”), a retrospective essay by another (Nathaniel Sharadin, “On Durant Drake’s ‘May Belief Outstrip Evidence?’”), and a review of a …
Bernard Boxill has won the University’s “Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction” for 2015 in honor of his extraordinary work with graduate students. Congratulations, Bernie!Bernard Boxill Wins UNC Teaching Award