Cassie Finley successfully defended her dissertation “On the Unity of Moral and Intellectual Virtue” this summer.

The Department of Philosophy is delighted to announce that Asha Bhandary has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor, effective July 1, 2025.

The recently formed University of Iowa Ethics Bowl team, which includes College of Liberal Arts Students across majors, bested 20 competing teams in the Midwest.

Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 2025 → UNIDIR

Jovana Davidovic, associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, will use the grant from the Research Council of Norway to develop ethical risk management frameworks for AI-enabled weapons, a rapidly evolving field.

Phillip Daniel Cummins passed away at age 90.

This title is given to individuals of high academic distinction who hold leading roles in organizations with which the University has a close working relationship in research, teaching or research infrastructure support.

Kristopher Philips, a University of Iowa Philosophy PhD graduate, won the 2023 Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching.

Professor Carrie Figdor released video lectures on the Basics of Folk Psychology as part of a Neural Mechanisms Online Beginners Guide to Neural Mechanisms.