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On Friday, October 28, adjunct professor Celina Bragagnolo successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY.

Hackett Publishing Company has released A Workbook for Arguments: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking, co-authored by �鶹��Ƶ's Anthony Weston and David Morrow of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Castor's article details her experience in a class led by philosophy faculty member Stephen Bloch-Schulman.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, has published an article titled ““Service through Life’s Seasons” in the Summer 2011 issue of Itineraries, the electronic journal of the North Carolina non-profit organization, Second Journey.

Scholars enrolled in �鶹��Ƶ Academy philosophy courses this summer gathered July 13 for the first session of the inaugural �鶹��Ƶ Academy Philosophy Conference, a two-day program in which students present final papers based on the conference’s theme – “Why Perspectives Matter” – and converse with classmates, mentors and the public.

Caregivers can face special challenges when helping clients with emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities. Leigh Ann Stutts ’11 explores these challenges and exposes gaps in caregiver training – including the need to learn forgiveness – in a recent edition of the The Open Mind, the newsletter of the Durham, N.C., chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Four faculty members were honored May 11, 2011, for superior scholarship, teaching, mentoring and service at �鶹��Ƶ’s faculty-staff awards luncheon. Those recognized included Mary Jo Festle, Ann J. Cahill, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Stephen Bailey.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, published an essay titled “The Hidden Work of Eldering,” in the Spring 2011 issue of Itineraries, the electronic journal of the NC-non-profit, Second Journey.