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Reading Groups

August 16, 2013

PPE Undergraduate Reading Groups Spend a semester reading and talking about an important PPE book with a group of smart students and a discussion leader. The groups are open to…

PPE Courses

July 31, 2023

…resource allocation, unemployment, inflation, and the determination of prices. Honors version available Offered This Semester: Yes Section: 001 Credits: 3 Grading: Letter Gen Ed: FY-LAUNCH (only designated sections), FC-KNOWING; SS…

A New Student Podcast: Pit Perspectives

September 20, 2022

…relevant social issues facing college students at UNC and across the country. Pit Perspectives started with an observation- at a school as large as UNC, students tend to form small…

Fall 2020 – Reading Group Selections Announced!

July 23, 2020

…week of classes. Keep an eye out for the email! Anger and Forgiveness, Martha Nussbaum Leader: Delaney Thull Meets Mondays Martha Nussbaum’s Anger and Forgiveness argues that political anger often…

Five New PPE Faculty in 2021!

September 16, 2021

…from Queen’s University in Canada. Erik’s primary research interests are in normative ethics and practical normativity, including the ethics of interpersonal trade-offs, the ethics of risk-impositions, promissory obligations, the nature…

Congratulations, Professor Jen Morton!

November 1, 2020

the 2021 Frederic W. Ness Book Award for the year’s book that best contributes to the understanding and improvement of liberal education. More information here: https://www.aacu.org/press/press-releases/aacu-announces-winner-2021-frederic-w-ness-book-award Book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691179230/moving-up-without-losing-your-way Book…

Congratulations, Phi Beta Kappa Inductees!

April 14, 2022

…chapters and alumni associations across the country raise and distribute more than $1 million in awards, scholarships and prizes benefiting high schools and college students. More information here: https://www.unc.edu/posts/2022/04/12/unc-chapel-hill-inducts-236-into-elite-honorary-society/  …

Congratulations, Phi Beta Kappa Inductees!

October 29, 2021

…chapters and alumni associations across the country raise and distribute more than $1 million in awards, scholarships and prizes benefiting high schools and college students. More information here: https://www.unc.edu/posts/2021/10/29/unc-chapel-hill-inducts-223-students-into-phi-beta-kappa/  …

PPE Program in the News

February 15, 2018

…– Brenee Goforth and Malik Jabati – presented alongside program director Geoff Sayre-McCord at the February 1st meeting of the Board of Trustees. To read the article online, click here….