Two events will highlight Constitution Day, the day in 1787 when the US Constitution was signed. On Monday, September 21, the IUP community is invited to participate in a public reading of the Constitution at noon. That evening, four of the authors of the Constitution will give a presentation at the Six O’Clock Series.
Hans Pedersen, Department of Philosophy, published a book titled Agency, Freedom, and Responsibility in the Early Heidegger.
Leo Yan, Department of Philosophy, presented a paper titled “Incomparability, Consequentialism, and Risk” at the thirteenth annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress.
When someone says something upsetting, it’s hard to know what to do. Using the tools of Difficult Dialogues, this workshop will prepare you to engage in the conversation instead of running from it. Register for one of several virtual workshops offered on August 24, 25, and 26, 2020.
Matthew Gresick ’02 was recently awarded the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History 2020 History Teacher of the Year for Maryland.
The Philosophy Department congratulates the winners of the 2020 Howard Z. Fitzgerald Essay Contest.
The History Department will celebrate its 2020 graduates on Saturday, May 9, at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom. Department and scholarship awards will also be announced during the event.
Religious Studies Department associate professor Alison Downie published “Who Speaks When?” in the Wabash Center Journal of Teaching. Downie’s article was one of three selected from the journal’s call for papers on Critical Incidents in Teaching.
Samuel J. Richards ’04 recently had his research on Trinity Hall in Washington County published by the Pennsylvania Historical Association. Trinity Hall was an Episcopalian boys’ school that operated in the late 1800s and eventually became what is now Trinity High School.
Congratulations to Nicole Goulet, recipient of this years’ Maureen McHugh Rising Leaders Award!
The Department of Religious Studies congratulates Amiranda Adams and Chaelon Swaney on being awarded the 2020 scholarships.
History students in the Cook Honors College are submitting videos about their lives in isolation, class work online, and how they are managing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leo Yan, Department of Philosophy, presented a paper titled “Incomparability, Consequentialism, and Risk” at the Central Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, held in Chicago, Illinois, February 26–29.
Washington & Jefferson College professor Hanna Kim will give a talk titled “The Content-Dependence of Imaginative Resistance” at 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 7, in Humanities and Social Sciences Building, room 117.
All are welcome to attend as professors Theresa Smith and Tamara Whited present a collaborative lecture about their recent research trip to Rapa Nui titled, “Rapa Nui: Decolonizing Easter Island.”