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- The Department of Philosophy annually recognizes the academic excellence of graduate and undergraduate students and the teaching excellence demonstrated by graduate students and faculty. Read full story Philosophy announces 2025-2026 awards recipients
- Professor Stephen Finlay will be taking up a 2026-27 Core Fellowship at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Study, an interdisciplinary center for humanities and social sciences at... Read full story Professor Stephen Finlay to explore Perspectivist approach during fellowship in Helsinki
- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently recognized philosophy and law professor Rob Kar with an Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award. This award recognizes faculty members who have provided extraordinary leadership contributions across many dimensions of shared governance that... Read full story Rob Kar receives Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award
Living Well Online
Explore philosophical reflection on human happiness, flourishing, and virtue, with a focus on the challenge of living well in a digital age.
Current Controversies: Achievement and Games
Why should we think achievements are good, independent of any broader social or personal benefit? Why should games be important sources of satisfaction when they seem so trivial? Why should we—as many do—pride ourselves in our achievements in games?
Early Stoicism
An investigation into Ancient Greek Stoicism. We study the influences on the first Stoics and the Stoic theories of logic, physics, and ethics.
Michel Foucault
Understand the work of one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
Philosophy of Law and the State
Examine issues in the philosophy of law, such as the nature of law, law and morality, justice, liberty and authority, punishment, and legal responsibility.
Earn a certificate in the ethics of artificial intelligence
Employers are actively seeking employees who have experience grappling with the risks and ethical questions of artificial intelligence. The Ethics of AI Certificate teaches students the core skills and knowledge they need to understand how to mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence while harnessing its benefits.
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Alumni Spotlight: Lally A. Gartel (Attorney)
Lally A. Gartel is Vice President and Senior Counsel for Litigation at Guaranteed Rate, Inc. She graduated from Illinois in 2009.
Faculty Spotlight: John Schwenkler
Professor John Schwenkler joins us as a Full Professor of Philosophy, with broad research interests in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of language, ethics, moral psychology, experimental philosophy, and the philosophy of cognitive science. The focus of Professor Schwenkler’s current research is the philosophy of action, including as it bears on normative ethics and moral psychology.