Happiness class hooks students on more than a feeling
Part of a series exploring humanity’s most enduring questions, the class looks at the concept of happiness through multiple lenses.
BBB Ethics Scholars bring philosophical analysis to the corporate world
Recent alumni Walker Urban and Molly Moxness applied philosophy to business when they were Ethics Scholars interns for the Better Business Bureau in northern Colorado, helping local businesses with their application for the Torch Awards, and proving that philosophy has very tangible real-world applications.
Creating the Ultimate Liberal Arts Experience: Environmental Humanities Launches at the Mountain Campus
This summer marked the launch of a new summer program in Environmental Humanities—a combination of three courses in history, writing, and philosophy that are designed to be taught, experienced, and lived at CSU’s Mountain Campus. The courses are offered in two-week blocks, one after the other, in early summer. Ken Shockley, an environmental philosophy professor […]
Claiming Space in Philosophy: Women Graduate Students form CSU chapter of Minorities and Philosophy
For those who have studied philosophy beyond an introductory course, it probably does not come as a surprise that philosophy has been among the least demographically diverse academic disciplines in the United States for decades. Not only are the canonical texts and figures representative of the “dead white man” trope, the demographics of philosophy students, […]
Welcoming Collin Rice, philosopher of biology
Collin Rice joins the department this year as our new philosopher of science with a specialty in philosophy of biology. Rice holds a BA from Simpson College where he majored in Physics and Philosophy and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Missouri. Before coming to CSU, he spent a year as a Postdoctoral […]
Department Year-in-Review: 2021-2022
Farewells Colorado State University is celebrating the life and legacy of the late Bernie Rollin, a beloved University Distinguished Professor who passed away last year at the age of 78 after a 50+ year career at CSU. The university is hosting a memorial service for Bernie on Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 3-5 p.m. in the […]
Congrats to the Class of 2022!
Meet our 2022 Graduates! Brady Knott Brady Knott graduates with a concentration in global philosophies and religions, as well a double major in History and a minor in Legal Studies. He plans to serve as a Catholic missionary after graduation. Brady finds religion very interesting and studying it as a philosophy student offered him a […]
Clark Building to receive expansion and transformation
After more than 50 years, the most heavily utilized academic building on the Fort Collins main campus is getting a makeover.
Philosophy + Medicine: Two alumni discover the prescription for a successful career
Ethical questions in the medical field have challenged practitioners since the age of Aristotle. With the focus and training in applied ethics, alumni Eli Weber and Gwendy Reyes-Illg use their graduate philosophy education in their careers as a bioethics director for Kaiser Permanente and a practicing veterinarian.
Environmental Humanities and Summer Session: Explore the world at 9,000 feet, where the mountains are your classroom
This summer, the College of Liberal Arts is excited to offer a 9-credit opportunity for undergraduate students to study the environmental humanities during Summer Session at CSU’s Mountain Campus.