Here is Michael Lynch’s widely-shared article from The Guardian about why surveillance diminishes autonomy: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/07/surveillance-privacy-philosophy-data-internet-things

Three of us–Susan Schneider, Paul Bloomfield, and JC Beall–will be participating in the French Embassy’s “Night of Philosophy” in Manhattan on the night of April 24 to the morning of April 25. http://www.nightofphilosophy.com See the story in the New York Times mentioning Susan Schneider, Paul Bloomfield, and Jc Beall. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/arts/a-night-of-philosophy-12-hours-of-a-mental-marathon.html?_r=2

Jc Beall has just been chosen by the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees to be a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, which is the highest honor that the University bestows on faculty who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research and service. This honor has been bestowed previously on two other members of the Philosophy […]

Jc Beall has just been awarded the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Excellence in Research Award for the Humanities Division.

Here is a story from UConn Today about Ruth Millikan’s induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2014/10/philosopher-ruth-millikan-inducted-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/

One of our graduate students, Michael Robillard has been chosen from a large pool of candidates to be one of three research fellows at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership located at the United States Naval Academy. The Fellows program is a unique and multidisciplinary effort that brings together academics and military professionals to study […]

See the link below for details on the Race and Anarchy Conference to be held at UConn March 26 and 27. http://humanities.uconn.edu/2015/03/18/race-and-anarchy-conference-326-327-uconn/

Mitch Green will be a Visiting Fellow at the Muenster Graduate School of Evolution, of the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Muenster, from mid-May to mid-June, 2015. During that time he will be collaborating with graduate students and faculty on issues in the evolutionary biology of communication.

The UConn Conference on Truth Pluralism and Logical Pluralism takes place April 17-19. More information here.