Exploring the ethical dilemmas of emergency care on the front lines
Rachel Whitmoyer ’24, a double major in physics and philosophy, brings her work as an emergency medical technician to bear on her studies at Rochester.
How will AI chatbots like ChatGPT affect higher education?
University administrators and faculty weigh in on the pros and cons of the newest online learning tool.
Rochester’s college-in-prison program becomes western New York’s prison education hub
The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative with an additional three-year, $1 million grant.
There’s hope for objective moral standards—but how can we better live up to them?
Rochester ethicist William FitzPatrick considers whether “’the better angels of our nature’ are robust enough to create and sustain a better world.”
Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University
As they prepare to graduate with the College’s Class of 2021, students from near and far say they’re well prepared for the future.
Eden Thomas ’21 fulfills her dream with Rochester degree
The first-generation student discovers that “one opportunity opens a whole bunch of other doors and connections.”
Teaching national mythologies doesn’t help society address problems
In a RealClearEducation op-ed, Rochester philosopher Randall Curren and his coauthor argue there is “little merit in the notion that love of country is something that can be taught through celebratory history.”
Ethicists: COVID-19 pandemic a ‘wake-up call’
Philosophy faculty explore moral dilemmas presented by the crisis and how they intersect with larger structural questions.
Should we teach children patriotism in school?
In an interview with the Irish Times, University of Rochester philosopher Randall Curren discusses the role of “a proper, virtuous kind of patriotism.”
Where can philosophical thinking help? Everywhere.
Philosopher Zeynep Soysal, who joined Rochester’s faculty this year as an assistant professor of philosophy, works at the place where mathematics and linguistics converge.