Studying justice and the origins of theater, 10 Penn State Schuylkill students enrolled in an interdisciplinary course with an extraordinary global perk: a week-long trip to Greece.
Lisa Iulo, associate professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design in the Stuckeman School, is the lead researcher on an interdisciplinary team that has received funding from Penn State to develop community-based solutions to river flooding in Pennsylvania under the University’s strategic plan seed grant program.
With the help of financial support from the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network, Daniel Zahn, a junior majoring in English, philosophy, and communication arts and sciences, participated in a linguistics research project in Bassila, Benin. The experience gave him the opportunity to see how linguistics plays out in real time.
Vidur Mishra, a Schreyer Scholar majoring in information sciences and technology, will spend his summer living with monks at the Tushita monastery in India. His experience will advance his undergraduate thesis research which explores differences between how the eastern and western worlds perceive the mind.
Kathryn Sophia Belle, Penn State associate professor of philosophy, and Forrest Briscoe, Penn State professor of management and organization, have been named Faculty Fellows of the Rock Ethics Institute for the 2018-19 academic year.
A Schreyer Honors College alumnus will discuss the philosophy of ethical values and how students can apply it to their own lives during the Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture on Jan. 29.
“Ethics of Climate Change," a new interdomain course being offered at University Park this spring, seeks to introduce students to the science, policy and ethics of climate change.
A panel discussion on science and philosophy will feature New York Times Bestselling Author Sam Kean, author of "The Disappearing Spoon" and "The Violinist’s Thumb"; Penn State Philosopher Emily Grosholz; and Penn State Professor of Geography Robert Crane, whose research focuses on modeling weather systems. The panel will help explore questions at the roots of science, philosophy, and human growth and achievement.
The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Frantz Fanon Outstanding Achievements Award is for a young senior scholar or public intellectual of high repute and global impact whose contributions to areas of thought and institutional development are in the spirit of Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary humanism.
Caucus season is here. In picking the next POTUS, how do we choose well? Common criteria include candidates’ takes on specific issues, their ability to serve as Commander in Chief, and how we imagine they would navigate delicate international imbroglios. But what about ethical leadership? This week's column discusses what Plato and the power of invisibility can teach us about the role of ethical leadership in contemporary democracy.
Paul Taylor, associate professor of philosophy and African-American studies and associate dean of undergraduate education in the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts, has written a book that provides a philosophical reflection of Barack Obama's presidency.
Each semester the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State hosts a variety of events that aim to promote ethical literacy and catalyze ethical leadership throughout the entire Penn State community. The events scheduled for the spring 2016 semester will address significant social issues and pressing world problems. All of the events are free and open to the public.
Developing and defending a version of the desire theory is the focus of recent research by Donald Bruckner, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State New Kensington. Bruckner’s research deals with the theoretical ethics of human good, and what is the good human life.
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The American Philosophical Association (APA) has received a major grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support and expand undergraduate diversity institutes at universities such as Penn State.
