Rain could not dampen the jubilant mood of the more than one hundred people who assembled on Tuesday outside Massachusetts Hall to deliver to President Drew Faust a petition calling for the capping of teaching sections to twelve...

Céline Leboeuf, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Philosophy, has been selected as one of eight Harvard Horizons Scholars for 2015. This prestigious award recognizes students "whose ideas, innovations, and insights have the potential to reshape their disciplines."

Harvard Horizons Scholars receive targeted mentoring, support for professional development, coaching in public presentation, and the opportunity to present a public talk about their research at the Harvard Horizons Symposium.

This year, the Harvard Horizons Symposium will take place on May 6, 2015 from 4:30...

This fall Austin Booth (PhD 2014) became a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dalhousie University, Canada. Booth's dissertation is entitled "Essays on Biological Individuality."

Three doctoral students in the philosophy department have been recognized for their outstanding teaching during the Spring of 2014. Javier Caride, Céline Leboeuf, and Paul Marcucilli were all awarded the Derek Bok Certificate of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University.

Javier Caride received the award for his work on Philosophy 15: Moral Dilemmas, while Céline Leboeuf earned hers for her Philosophy 97 tutorial on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Paul Marcucilli's award was given in recognition for his...