Ashley Romo has won second prize in her section for her poster presentation, "A Philosophical Study of the Zoot Suit in Chicano Culture", at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts…
On Friday April 24th, the Department of Philosophy honored three 2025-26 undergraduate prize winners at our end-of-year meeting: Satyam Sinha, winner of the Lewis K. Zerby Prize for the best…
In recognizing of her influential work in science, values, and public trust, Heather Douglas, a prominent philosopher of science and Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), one of the oldest universities in Europe, located in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Four College of Arts & Letters faculty have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities in recognition of their exemplary Integrative Arts and Humanities (IAH) instruction. Presented each spring by the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH), the Fintz Award, which is student nominated, recognizes outstanding faculty who engage students in arts and humanities ways of knowing while helping them develop critical thinking and effective communication skills.
Michigan State University has announced that philosophy major Satyam Sinha is the recipient of this year’s Lewis K. Zerby Prize, awarded annually for the best philosophy paper written by an…
What kind of Philosophy is for you? We offer three majors and three corresponding minors. Philosophy: the traditional comprehensive approach to all philosophical issues, balancing theoretical and practical topics, historical…
The Department of Philosophy at MSU is pleased to announce the co-winners of the 2026 Benjamin-Miller Award: Renée Crachiola and Isabella Foster. This award is given to the most promising…
MSU Philosophy and Theatre double-major, Ashley Romo, will be presenting her independent study work, "A Philosophical Study of the Zoot Suit in Chicano Culture", at the University Undergraduate Research and…
Cristobal Arellano Borges, a doctorial candidate in the Department of Philosophy and American Indian & Indigenous Studies at Michigan State University, has been awarded the 2026–2027 graduate fellowship from the…
Four College of Arts & Letters faculty members are part of the third cohort of the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Faculty Fellows Program-Africa, pairing them with faculty from an…
From national research ethics to global scientific freedom, Heather Douglas, Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University, has been appointed to two high-profile committees: one at the…
Technology is changing how decisions are made. Trust in public institutions is shifting. And many of the choices shaping daily life — across education, health care, government, and business — raise fundamental questions about values, responsibility, and the common good. For scholars in Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters, asking those kinds of questions has long been central to their work.