Congratulations to graduate student Erum Naqvi. Ms. Naqvi has won the Department's Nordev prize, awarded annually to the author of the most outstanding preliminary exam essay.

Congratulations to graduate student Robert Main. Mr. Main has been awarded the Douglas Greenlee Prize, awarded annually by the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. The prize honors the best paper presented by a graduate student or recent PhD at the Society's annual conference. The paper will be published in the Society's journal, The Pluralist.

Congratulations to philosophy major Annie WIlson. Ms. Wilson has been chosen to represent the Class of 2010 at the University Commencment exercises in May. Ms. Wilson is a political science minor, a classroom tutor in math, a residence hall assistant, a legal assistant, and a member of the Pre-Law Society. She has also served as a missionary in Tanzania and India.

On Friday, March 13, Dr. Paul Crowe led a discussion on " The Nature of Philosophical Study at the Undergraduate Level". To read the article, click HERE.

Congratulations to Dr. Lewis Gordon, who has won the James and Helen Merrit Award for Contributions to the Philosophy of Education from Northern Illinois University.

Congratulations to graduate students Ms. Hien Thu Luong and Mr. Nikolaus Fogle for passing their oral examinations. Both will graduate in May and recieve their Ph.D degree in Philosophy.

Congratulations to Avram G. Blaker on receiving the Nordev price for best essay in Philosophy by a grad student.

Congratulations to Philosophy major Paul Salvitti who has won a 2008 Undergraduate Research Incentive Fund Award for his summer research project in Vietnam.

Congratulations to Danielle LaSusa,who has won the 2008 Distinguished Teaching Award from ATTIC-the Awareness of Teaching and Teaching Improvement Center.

Dr. Paul Crowe Receives CLA Faculty Advising Award
The department would like to congratulate Paul Crowe for winning the 2006 College of Liberal Arts Faculty Advising Award.

Noël Carroll Delivers Inaugural Andrew Mellon Lecture
Noël Carroll is the Andrew W. Mellon Term Professor in the Humanities at Temple University. He delivered the 2005 Inaugural Andrew Mellon Lecture and was installed as the Mellon Professor on Monday, April 18th, 2005. Professor Carroll's topic was "Art and Alienation.".

Philosophy Major Steve Horowitz Publishes in Law Journal
Junior philosophy major and undergraduate ombudsperson Steve Horowitz published a paper applying Lockean thought to the ethics of internet file sharing in the Deakin Law Review. For an article on Steve, click HERE.