Community Impact

Dan Gerler
UW Department of Philosophy receives large bequest from the late Dan Gerler, Philosophy Advisory Board member
February 25, 2025
Professor Emeritus David Keyt
David Keyt (1930-2024)
February 21, 2025
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Arts & Sciences Guide to UW Family Weekend
October 18, 2024
Andrea Woody at graduation.
I am First-Generation: Andrea Woody
October 18, 2023
Colin Marshall
Analysis: Respectful persuasion is a relay race, not a solo sprint - 3 keys to putting it in practice
April 30, 2023
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Where to watch your fellow alumni on streaming services this winter
November 16, 2022
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Can We Ever Go Back to Junebaby and the Willows Inn?
October 24, 2022
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UW, a jewel of Seattle, shines in global academic ranking
August 21, 2022
Open book with tea cup outdoors
Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2022
June 29, 2022
Healthcare provider comforting patient
Nancy Jecker on abortion and bioethics
June 29, 2022
Tiger being vaccinated by zoo staff
Karen Emmerman discusses zoo animal consent
May 6, 2022
George Yancy
Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics on Race, Health and Justice
April 26, 2022
Washington University Students Posing
New Huskies 2022 Arts and Sciences Events
March 1, 2022
People wait at O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa on Nov. 26, 2021, as many nations moved to stop air travel from the country.
Nancy Jecker on the ethics of COVID-19 travel rules
December 6, 2021
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall co-leads Philosophers for Sustainability in successfully petitioning APA
November 23, 2021
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Alumni career panels
November 23, 2021
Logo for borderland series
José Jorge Mendoza featured on Borderland: An Interview Series on Immigration Ethics
October 29, 2021
Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner gives the Alan Saunders Lecture
October 1, 2021
Line of police cars
Amelia Wirts on police and systematic oppression in the United States
September 2, 2021
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Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
Jack Lucas Chang and his dog Izzie
Philosophy major Jack Lucas Chang chosen for Husky 100
June 1, 2021
Collage of AAPI book covers and art work by faculty
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 14, 2021
Dr. Cornel West
Dr. Cornel West presents Critical Thinking and the Cultivation of Your True Self
May 6, 2021
Ian Schnee teaching to empty lecture hall in March 2020
Bridging the Distance article featuring Ian Schnee
April 27, 2021
Screen capture of Camille Miller's film showing word WHY? over marble
Announcing Winners of the “Why do we need philosophy now?” Video Contest
April 7, 2021
Andrea Woody
Letter from the Chair
January 26, 2021
Jana Mohr Lone
7 Values to Teach Your Child By Age 10
November 24, 2020
José Mendoza
Professor Mendoza: “The Latinx Vote: What Entity, What Identity?”
November 10, 2020
Open book in sunbeam
Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations 2020
June 25, 2020
Carole Lee Partners with Other UW Researchers to Examine Racial Disparities in Peer Review Scoring of NIH Grants
June 4, 2020
Paul Tubig - Graduate School Medal
2020 Graduate Medalist Paul Tubig helps others utilize philosophy's liberatory potential
June 3, 2020
Andrea Woody
Letter from the Chair
May 20, 2020
Ian Schnee
Philosophy Senior Lecturer Ian Schnee chosen for the prestigious 2020 UW Distinguished Teaching Award!
May 14, 2020
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Why are kids asking such big questions during the pandemic?
May 1, 2020
Collage of Children's Picture Book Covers
Resources for Parents During COVID-19 Crisis from the Center for Philosophy for Children
April 13, 2020
Laptop Computer by Todd McLellan
Ian Schnee and Paul Franco organize "Teaching Philosophy Online" Sessions
March 25, 2020
Third place team Garfield High School
7th Annual Washington State High School Ethics Bowl
March 9, 2020
Ian Schnee
A textbook that can be read on a phone? It’s logical!
February 13, 2020
Climate Ethics World Cloud
Cambridge Global Conversations: Climate Ethics with Stephen Gardiner
January 23, 2020
Professor Potter receiving his Padma Shri Award from the President of India.
Professor Emeritus Karl Potter Completes 25th Volume of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
December 11, 2019
Attendees of the 2016 United Nations Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco. CREDIT: UN Climate Change (CC).
Professor Stephen Gardiner discusses climate change on the Global Ethics Weekly podcast
October 7, 2019
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ArtsUW Roundup: Creating Alternative Worlds, Bulrusher, Final Week of James Coupe: Exercises in Passivity and more!
August 16, 2019
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What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School
May 24, 2019
Ethics Bowl participants at the WCCW
Doctoral candidate Paul Tubig organized the first ever Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl at the Washington Corrections Center for Women
May 13, 2019
Chief Sealth High School
6th Annual Washington State High School Ethics Bowl
February 6, 2019
Philosophy + Games
Philosophy+Games at Dawg Daze
September 20, 2018
Nick Hanauer
Nick Hanauer's Address at 2018 Philosophy Graduation Reception [with video]
July 16, 2018
The trouble with inequalities in global health partnerships — Carina Fourie
‘Medicine Anthropology Theory’ Publishes UW Scholars on Global-Health Partnerships
May 18, 2018
Gerler Symposium on Race & Equity in Philosophy for Children
Register for the Gerler Symposium on Race & Equity in Philosophy for Children
April 23, 2018
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Interview with No Narrow Thing podcast creators Dustyn Addington & Whitney Johnson
March 27, 2018