David Schwartz, the Mary Frances Williams Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Randolph College, recently chaired a panel discussion on public philosophy at the American Philosophical Association’s (APA) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Public philosophy seeks to foster more thoughtful and productive public discourse on difficult issues such as racism, immigration, cyber-bullying, and civic responsibility.... READ MORE >>

The Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC) has bestowed its prestigious H. Hiter Harris, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching to Gordon Blaine Steffey, Randolph’s newly named Barbara Boyle Lemon ’57 & William J. Lemon Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Given to Steffey during a special ceremony today, the award honors a faculty... READ MORE >>

David Schwartz, Mary Frances Williams Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, spoke as an invited panelist on “The Ethics and Politics of Consumption,” at the American Philosophical Association Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Other invited panelists included Mark Budolfson (Princeton University), Rob Reich (Stanford University), Marco Grix University of Auckland), and Judith Lichtenberg (Georgetown University).... READ MORE >>

Randolph College placed second in the 2015 statewide Ethics Bowl competition—the highest the College has ranked in the history of the Ethics Bowl.... READ MORE >>

Evan Smith ’15, president of student government at Randolph, sees many connections between his own goals in life and the life of his great-grandfather, a Lynchburg doctor who trained international tennis legends.... READ MORE >>

The Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College will host the 23rd annual Helen Clark Berlind Symposium this weekend. The symposium brings together artists and scholars to discuss the themes expressed in the College’s annual exhibition.... READ MORE >>

Phuong Tran ’15 gave a presentations based on her senior philosophy paper, “Artificial Intelligence: Are Smart Machines Alive? Or Are Alive Machines Smart?”... READ MORE >>

Kaija Mortensen, assistant professor of philosophy, presented original research at the Buffalo Experimental Philosophy Conference in Buffalo, NY, on September 19, 2014.... READ MORE >>

Phuong Tran ’15 has had two front page stories published on the front page of western Pennsylvania’s largest newspaper this week.... READ MORE >>

Will Andress ’17 spent a lot of time in his second week of college talking with Tibetan monks and watching them work on art that is sacred to them. A group of Buddhist monks from Tashi Kyil Monastery spent the past five days at Randolph building a sand mandala—a colorful work of art made by... READ MORE >>