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Five New PPE Faculty in 2021!

September 16, 2021

…institutional design. She is currently working on a series of articles investigating the appropriate distribution of education power among local and state governments, teachers’ unions, parents’ associations, non-profits, law courts,…

Congratulations to SURF Award Winner Eleanor Rankin!

June 21, 2023

…is one of many programs administered through the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) designed to enhance the educational experience of undergraduates by engaging them in research opportunities. Elenor’s project is…

National Undergraduate PPE Colloquiums

March 28, 2023

…Alive’”, New York Times, February 16, 2023. Frischman, Brett and Evan Sellinger, Reengineering Humanity. 2018. Cambridge U Press. Pp. 1-28, 175-183. Munger, Kevin. “Ban LLMs Using First Person Pronouns.” (Never…

PPE Director Wins Teaching Award!

January 14, 2022

…2016 and is now a Regular Distinguished Visiting Professor there. He was on leave for the 2015-16 academic year at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University, where he…

PPE Faculty Onboarding Page

May 12, 2021

…Parr Center events are on a shared Google calendar HERE. An important early step to joining the University is working with Human Resources to, among other things, secure an active…

Two Weekend Seminars in the Fall

June 25, 2015

The PPE Program, in collaboration with the Institute for Humane Studies, will be running two intensive one day seminars in the Fall, one on “Equality: Whether and Why It Matters”…

2020 PPE Colloquium Readings

August 22, 2017

2020 Undergraduate PPE Colloquium Reading Selections   Session 1 Reading: The Economic Approach to Human Behavior – Becker Session 2 Reading: The Economics of Sin and Redemption – Ekelund, Hebert,…

Fall Reading Groups

July 29, 2014

…Critique” and “Human Rights and International Law.” The groups will meet over dinner (at Gourmet Kingdom in Carrboro). The readings will be provided and the cost of dinner will be…

Dr. Ben Chavis and Gov. Pat McCrory Bios

January 24, 2023

…expertise include corporate diversity and inclusion, human rights, climate change, voting rights, bridging the gap between civil rights and hip-hop, and criminal justice reform.   Pat McCrory is an American…