Student Success

Galley Committee
Graduate Student Daniel Galley earns PhD!
February 17, 2026
Barker Dissertation Defense
Graduate Student Aaron Barker earns PhD!
December 18, 2025
Sofia Huerter dissertation defending comittee
Graduate Student Sofia Huerter earns PhD!
September 9, 2025
Sara Goering
From the Chair
June 16, 2025
Graduation 2025 Group Photo
Congratulations to the Philosophy 2025 Graduates!
June 16, 2025
PHIL AWARDS 25
Department Awards Ceremony 2025
June 12, 2025
Andre Ye Photo
UW philosophy/computer science student Andre Ye wins Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship
April 11, 2025
Undergraduate Award Winners
Department Awards Ceremony 2022
May 26, 2022
Cover of Journal - photo of boy on boat looking out with binoculars
The Philosophy Society publishes inaugural undergraduate philosophy journal 
December 16, 2021
America’s moral responsibility for the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan
August 17, 2021
Analysis: Why the US won't be able to shirk moral responsibility in leaving Afghanistan
July 20, 2021
Husky 100
June 15, 2021
Zoom gallery screen capture of the 2021 graduates
Graduation Celebration 2021
June 14, 2021
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award: Aaron Rosser
Awards Ceremony 2021
June 2, 2021
Jack Lucas Chang and his dog Izzie
Philosophy major Jack Lucas Chang chosen for Husky 100
June 1, 2021
The Movement to Protect Your Mind From Brain-Computer Technologies
May 31, 2021
Hand with extra robotic thumb stirring coffee with a spoon
Robotics Can Give People 3rd Thumb, But How Will Brain React?
May 20, 2021
illustration of four brains that are connected to each other
A Network of Two
May 19, 2021
Collage of AAPI book covers and art work by faculty
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 14, 2021
UW books in brief: African American political theory, philosophy and migration, data science for health
February 1, 2021
The Value of a Non-STEM Major, with Dean Stacey
January 5, 2021
Remembering Bruce Lee, and his time in Seattle, on the 80th anniversary of his birth
November 12, 2020
UW’s 37th annual New Student Convocation goes online
September 27, 2020
Fareed A. Awan, Doctorate in Philosophy
Graduation Celebration 2020
June 19, 2020
Anna Bates - UW Simpson Center Mellon Graduate Student Fellowship
Graduate Students Anna Bates and Paul Tubig awarded Mellon Summer Fellowships for Public Projects in the Humanities
June 18, 2020
Bruce Lee 'Be Water' Doc Shows Racism Was Another Epic Fight For The Martial Arts Legend
June 8, 2020
Paul Tubig - Graduate School Medal
2020 Graduate Medalist Paul Tubig helps others utilize philosophy's liberatory potential
June 3, 2020
Awards of Excellence
June 1, 2020
Evelyn Hyde
Philosophy major Evelyn Hyde chosen for the 2020 Husky 100
May 4, 2020
2020 Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced
April 27, 2020
Alex Lenferna
How social 'tipping points' could limit global warming
January 30, 2020
Tim Brown receiving award
UW Neuroethics team members win numerous awards at 2019 International Neuroethics Society meeting
November 19, 2019
Julio Covarrubias
Julio Covarrubias in residence at Marquette as Mitchem Dissertation Fellow
November 5, 2019
Neuroethics group sitting around table at Agua Verde restaurant
Neuroethics group celebrates summer 2019 undergraduate research program
August 23, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Creating Alternative Worlds, Bulrusher, Final Week of James Coupe: Exercises in Passivity and more!
August 16, 2019
Blake Hereth
Blake Hereth Awarded the APA's 2019 Frank Chapman Sharp Prize
August 12, 2019
Hannah Martens
Graduating senior Hannah Martens awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal
July 18, 2019
Angelia Miranda
Interview with Bonderman Fellow Angelia Miranda
July 14, 2019
Melanie Tate
PhD Candidate Melanie Tate Awarded Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship
July 5, 2019
David Owens
Alumnus David Owens’ Address at the 2019 Philosophy Graduation Reception (video)
June 27, 2019
Undergraduate Award Winners
2019 Department of Philosophy Awards Reception 
June 7, 2019
Angelia Miranda
 Angelia Miranda selected as 2019 Bonderman Travel Fellow
April 22, 2019
Sam Sumpter portrait labeled "Husky 100"
Sam Sumpter Named to 2019 Husky 100
April 16, 2019
Julio Covarrubias
Julio Covarrubias Wins APA 2018 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought
January 8, 2019
Tim Brown, a doctoral student in the UW’s philosophy department and a researcher involved in the Center for Neurotechnology project, is already embedded in the UW’s BioRobotics Lab. He studies autonomy issues that arise for people with Parkinson’s disease
UW-led philosophy team receives $1.5M grant to study the ethics of neurotechnology research
November 29, 2018
Philosophy Graduation 2018
Graduation Reception 2018
June 12, 2018
Awards Reception
Awards Reception 2018
June 7, 2018
Melanie Tate
Melanie Tate awarded Arlene Hunter Scholarship for 2018-2019
April 23, 2018
Sam Sumpter
Sam Sumpter selected as Alvord Fellow in the Humanities for 2018-2019
April 23, 2018
No Narrow Thing podcast logo
Interview with No Narrow Thing podcast creators Dustyn Addington & Whitney Johnson
March 27, 2018