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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…

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…

Giving

October 2, 2018

…PPE course that helps students think about the social, political and moral role of giving in today’s world.  Please consider making a gift online to the Charles M. Shaffer Jr. Distinguished…

PPE in a Time of Pandemic

July 9, 2020

…now that the university has moved online, and to establish a prominent public forum for timely and informed philosophical conversations about life in the shadow of the coronavirus. The PPE…

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….

Capstone Request Form

October 11, 2021

…this course is only open to PPE minors who need the Capstone class to graduate between fall 2024-spring/summer 2025. We will enroll eligible students in the order in which they…

Why PPE?

October 20, 2012

…education, well prepared to negotiate the complexities of contemporary societies in order to pursue a thoughtful, purposeful life and a variety of vocational callings and careers. The undergraduate sociology program…

PPE Salons

March 25, 2021

…future opportunities to join! Event Semester AllFall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023 Sort By Post datePost title Order By Newer firstOlder first https://ppe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1340/2022/10/PPE-Salon-Ads-500-×-350-px-2-wpv_x.png Student Loan Forgiveness: Is It Good,…

PPE Speaker Series

November 17, 2021

…Can Save the World” with Erik Angner (Stockholm University) https://ppe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1340/2023/01/HEEL-LIFE-wpv_x.png An Egalitarian Case for the Gendered Division of Labor https://ppe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1340/2023/01/PPE-Speaker-Series-HL-and-event-page-Presentation-169-500-×-350-px-1200-×-350-px-wpv_x.png Curtailing Freedoms https://ppe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1340/2023/01/PPE-Speaker-Series-HL-and-event-page-Presentation-169-500-×-350-px-500-×-350-px-wpv_x.png Forgiveness: Personal and Political 1 2 3…

Fall 2020 – Reading Group Selections Announced!

July 23, 2020

order to argue for a vision of civic generosity. In these days of deep political disagreement, readers will benefit from developing a critical understanding of both the danger and the…