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Mapping the universe through computer modeling

December 7, 2015

Ƶ senior Helen Meskhidze, a recent finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, is using the university’s top prize for undergraduate research and creative achievement to help astrophysicists study galaxies that create stars at rates far greater than average.

Ƶ students & faculty research gender gap in philosophy classes

November 6, 2015

Supported by a grant from the Diversity Infusion Project through Ƶ's Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, three seniors and three professors are trying to answer why women show less interest in taking philosophy courses or pursuing philosophy as a major.

Ƶ Academy scholars make rap album for summer class

July 9, 2014

Fourteen high school students in a philosophy course on race, gender and hip-hop visited a Greensboro recording studio Wednesday to create their own album with messages of resilience, hope and equality.

Ƶ faculty win award for article on philosophy teaching & learning

April 14, 2014

Professor Ann J. Cahill and Associate Professor Stephen Bloch-Schulman received the 2014 Lenssen Prize from the American Association of Philosophy Teachers for "Argumentation Step-by-Step: Learning Critical Thinking Through Deliberative Practice."