Each spring, 12 graduating seniors in the College of Liberal Arts are named Dean’s Distinguished Graduates. The award honors students for their leadership, scholarly achievements and service to the community. The acknowledgment of the Dean’s Distinguished Graduates has become an integral part of the college’s spring commencement ceremony, with more than 400 students recognized since […]
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Philosophy Professor Emeritus Norman Martin Receives Major Decoration From French Government
Professor Emeritus Norman M. Martin (philosophy and computer science) has received a singular recognition: the French government has awarded him the title and decoration of Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (Knight of the National order of the legion of honor) for his service during World War II. The decoration, which is the highest in France […]
Graduating Senior Paulina Sosa Aims to End Extreme Poverty
Everything changed for Paulina Sosa, a philosophy and psychology double major, when she journeyed to a landfill community in Mexico on a church mission trip. At age 13, she was overwhelmed by a young boy’s desperation for basic needs when she presented him with a couple of trinkets. “I remember thinking that a piece of […]
Media Highlights: Spring 2010
Daina Berry (History) was featured on the season finale of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” as one of several historians who helped filmmaker Spike Lee trace his ancestry back to the Civil War. Numerous media outlets including Business Week and the Times of India featured new research by Brad Love and Ross Otto […]
Awards & Honors: Spring 2010
The Silver Spurs, the student service organization that cares for Bevo, gave out its 21st annual Endowed Teaching Fellowship awards to four liberal arts professors, who each receive a $6,000 prize. The group surprises each recipient with an unannounced presentation. They are: Kirsten Belgum (Germanic Studies) Robert Moser (Government) Elizabeth Engelhardt (American Studies) Lisa Moore […]
The Environmental Philosopher
Professor brings human values to conservation When Conservation International began working with one of Indonesia’s largest energy companies on an environmentally conscious development plan two years ago, the groups looked to a philosopher for guidance. Sahotra Sarkar, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin and leader in the study of environmental ethics, worked […]
A Life Full of Joy — and Philosophy
After Enron, Arthur Andersen and Tyco collapsed a few years ago, U.S. federal investigators tried to identify who was responsible for the corporate mismanagement and misdeeds that shook the economy and the American public’s trust in business leaders. As prosecutors charged C.E.O.s and top executives with tampering with evidence to cover their tracks, Robert C. […]
Pop Goes Philosophy
Professor draws upon popular culture to illutrate today’s moral issues In a popular episode of “The Simpsons,” Homer secures an illegal, free cable television hookup. Lisa is appalled by her father’s crime and faces an ethical crisis. She announces her moral objection to stealing and refuses to watch the stolen cable TV programming. Homer later […]