Community Impact

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)
No Narrow Thing podcast logo
Interview with No Narrow Thing podcast creators Dustyn Addington & Whitney Johnson
(March 27, 2018)
Ethics Bowl 2018
Fifth Annual Washington State High School Ethics Bowl
(February 22, 2018)
David Owens and students outside the courthouse in Chicago.
Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted
(January 29, 2018)
No Narrow Thing podcast logo
New Podcast: No Narrow Thing
(November 15, 2017)