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2023

Awards & Honors

Seyeong Hanlim ’23: President’s Medalist

"If the opportunities at Denison are what led me here, people like President Weinberg are why I decided to stay."

Date: April 24, 2023

2022

Awards & Honors

Provost honors student academic achievement

The Provost’s Academic Excellence Award recognizes seniors exhibiting an extraordinary level of intellectual engagement and academic achievement.

Date: May 16, 2022

2020

Awards & Honors

Students honored for work in humanities

Three Denison students have been honored for work in humanities with the Megan Lisska and Elin Lisska Christensen Award.

Date: May 19, 2020

Awards & Honors

Music major Clem Pearson '20: Provost Academic Excellence Award

Clem Pearson '20, a music major and philosophy minor, has won a Provost’s Academic Excellence Award for extraordinary academic achievement.

Date: May 14, 2020

Awards & Honors

Ben Cross ’20, winner of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Ben Cross has been named a fall recipient of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, a $10,000 graduate program award.

Date: February 27, 2020

Spotlights

5 questions with Philosophy’s Sam Cowling

Cowling discusses his love of comics, how they fit into philosophy, and what students should expect in his classes.

Denison Magazine

The Office: Steve Vogel

Knapp 205: The classic office of Steve Vogel, Professor & Maria Theresa Barney Chair of Philosophy

Academics, mentorship, & internship solidify career choice

Academics, mentorship and an internship in Columbus gave international citizen Aayush Nema '21 the key to his future course as an economic researcher.

Q&A with Rob Moore '12, principal at Scioto Analysis

Philosophy major Rob Moore '12 is the principal for Scioto Analysis, a public policy analysis firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

How We Learn

Life Wisdom From On and Off the Field

At Denison, learning happens in and out of the classroom. Henry DeCamp '19 shares some of his hard-won life philosophy.

Where We Go

Social Justice Entrepreneur

Mrinalini Mitra ’20 founded a nonprofit to connect people & global resources. One of her first efforts was a conference for young women in India.

Professor John McHugh, Benjamin Keefer '19 and Audrey Kirkley '20

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The Meaning of Life?

Two summer scholar researchers take ten weeks to dive into one of the big questions in life: What is morality?

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Sharing The Light

Even as a young girl, Mishti Mitra ’20 was able to imagine herself in another person’s circumstances.

How We Learn

The 'spectre' of Marxism

Marx's wide influence across disciplines was celebrated during a two-day event.

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Searching for the right question

A powerful museum exhibit was the impetus of a discussion on tragedy and more.

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Are shopping malls part of nature?

For DU Professor Steve Vogel the environment has to include the man-made world.

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Philosophy Past

Professor Sam Cowling discusses the Philosophy Department's rich and interesting history here at Denison in a podcast for the Tuesday Lunch Series.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dr. John McHugh

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John McHugh wins DCGA Award

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Dr. John McHugh was the first recipient of the DCGA Faculty Member of the Year Award in May 2013.

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This is Denison: Mark Moller

A conversation with Mark Moller, dean of first-year students, philosophy professor and, yes, a Winnie the Pooh fan.

Where We Go

Thomas E. Skidmore '54

Harvard offered Thomas Skidmore '54 a post-doctoral fellowship in 1961 to change his history specialty to Modern Latin America.

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Departmental Fellows

Three Denison professors awarded tenure in 2024

Inside-the-beltway internship yields great experiences

Denison’s Liv Gjestvang recognized as technology leader

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2023

2022

2020

Spotlights

5 questions with Philosophy’s Sam Cowling

The Office: Steve Vogel

Academics, mentorship, & internship solidify career choice

Q&A with Rob Moore '12, principal at Scioto Analysis

Life Wisdom From On and Off the Field

Social Justice Entrepreneur

The Meaning of Life?

Sharing The Light

The 'spectre' of Marxism

Searching for the right question

Are shopping malls part of nature?

Philosophy Past

John McHugh wins DCGA Award

This is Denison: Mark Moller

Thomas E. Skidmore '54

What's Happening

Philosophy Fellows 2023-2024

Philosophy prize honors beloved professor Anthony Lisska

Cliff Kipp '99: ED of Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation