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UW’s 37th annual New Student Convocation goes online
September 27, 2020
Protestors holding up the letters LIAR in front of the White House.
Michael Blake discusses Presidential lies
September 17, 2020
Worker at taco restaurant in front of sign that reads "no mask no taco"
Colin Marshall discusses how to approach those who refuse to wear a mask during pandemic
August 24, 2020
Empty lecture room chairs
Michael Blake gives perspective on the cruelty of Donald Trump’s immigration policies
July 21, 2020
Philosophy for Children Zoom Class
What is freedom? Teaching kids philosophy in a pandemic
June 26, 2020
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Screen Gems
June 17, 2020
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Bruce Lee 'Be Water' Doc Shows Racism Was Another Epic Fight For The Martial Arts Legend
June 8, 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
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Black Scientists Face a Big Disadvantage in Winning NIH Grants, Study Finds
June 3, 2020
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Awards of Excellence
June 1, 2020
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Why are kids asking such big questions during the pandemic?
May 1, 2020
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2020 Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced
April 27, 2020
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UW Center for Philosophy for Children helps families explore ‘big questions’ around COVID-19
April 15, 2020
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Philosophy Faculty lead as UW transitions in the face of COVID-19
March 12, 2020
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Online classes, video meetings: Can coronavirus spur low-carbon habits?
March 11, 2020
Ian Schnee
A textbook that can be read on a phone? It’s logical!
February 13, 2020
Alex Lenferna
How social 'tipping points' could limit global warming
January 30, 2020
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
Alex Lenferna
Alum Alex Lenferna: "Vast subsidies keeping fossil fuel industry afloat should be put to better use"
July 16, 2019
Dean Robert Stacey with 2019 Dean's Medalists and Graduate Medalists
Students & Superlatives
July 15, 2019
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What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School
May 24, 2019
Paul Tubig and faculty mentor Anthony Ferrucci in conversation
What about Two-Year Colleges?
May 22, 2019
Blake Hereth
Doctoral Candidate Blake Hereth interviewed by the APA
May 13, 2019
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Stephen Gardiner discusses geoengineering on KUOW’s The Record with Bill Radke
April 24, 2019
President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool
Must the president be a moral leader?
February 18, 2019
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Professor Michael Blake joined KUOW's The Record to discuss the need for borders.
January 25, 2019
Di Zhange
Philosophy Alumnus Di Zhang Fighting Back Against Fake News
January 22, 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
Border between San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. http://www.ngb.army.mil
What exactly is the point of the border?
July 27, 2018
Nick Hanauer
Anatomy of a Graduation Speech
July 16, 2018
Andrea Woody
Spring 2018 - Letter from the Chair
April 24, 2018
Professor Michael Blake
Why a census question about citizenship should worry you, whether you're a citizen on not
April 4, 2018
Philosophy of Physics
On the Frontiers of Physics, Math and Philosophy - an interview with Professor Benjamin Feintzeig 
March 27, 2018
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Interview with No Narrow Thing podcast creators Dustyn Addington & Whitney Johnson
March 27, 2018
The Dreamers came as children. Molly Adams, CC BY
Why deporting the ‘Dreamers’ is immoral
February 28, 2018
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Cloud Communities: The Dawn of Global Citizenship?
February 28, 2018
David Owens and students outside the courthouse in Chicago.
Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted
January 29, 2018
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Peer review is a black box. Let's Open it Up.
July 24, 2017
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Professor Marc Cohen featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast
July 17, 2017
March For Science
Professor Michael Blake discusses the March For Science on KUOW
April 19, 2017
Bad-Good Text
Advanced Science News Highlights Augustin Fragniere's Work on Climate Change and Individual Duty 
March 7, 2017
UW Daily's Sound Bite Interviews Colin Marshall About His Upcoming Book
February 28, 2017
Left to right: Randall Hansen, Janice Stein, Michael Blake & Stephen Toope.
Michael Blake on Ideas with Paul Kennedy
January 3, 2017
collage of scientific advancements
Science Through a Humanist Lens
December 14, 2016
Brian Wahlberg gives daughter Luciena a good view of the proceedings as the crowd sings at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle.
Dark days ahead: American professors on Trump's presidency
November 18, 2016
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How A Wave Is Unlike An Armadillo: One Reporter's Summer Puzzle
August 8, 2016
Sara-Goering
Navigating the Ethics of Neuroscience
August 5, 2016
Sara Goering
Navigating the Ethics of Neuroscience
August 3, 2016