News

2024 Leslie S. and Herbet Fingarette Award Winners

Thanks to the generosity of the Fingarette family, graduate students in the Philosophy Department are able to travel and attend conferences, workshops and other programs worldwide. In 2024, seven students embarked on meaningful work that contributed to their professional development. 

Please go here to read about their travels and how their Finagrette award supported them. 

Jordan Neidlinger Dissertation Defense

Congratulations to Jordan Neidlinger, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation Temporal Experience and the B-Theory of Time on October 27th!

Welcome to the New Graduate Students!

The department warmly welcomes four new graduate students for the Fall '25: Laura De Santis, Elinor Gerbracht, Haoyi Li, and Sofia Ochoa.

Studying Philosophy Makes You a Better Thinker

A recent article discusses how studying philosophy makes you a better thinker. You can find the article here.

Wolfe Randall Dissertation Defense

Congratulations to Wolfe Randall who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation "On Disagreement, Belief, and Assertion" on June 17.

Thomason Passes Qualifying Paper

Congratulations to Tiffani Thomason for successfully defending her paper "Inferences of Grief in Animals". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.

Hristienko Passes Qualifying Paper

Congratulations to Lee Hristienko for successfully defending his paper "Four Questions About Moral-Functional Artificial Intelligence". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.

Adina Roskies elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)