Research focused on racial disparities in the criminal justice system and a call for the abolition of the death penalty garnered Philosophy Professors Michael Cholbi and Alex Madva publication in the prestigious international journal “Ethics.” The journal, founded in 1890,…
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Philosophy Professor Alex Madva’s decision to make unconscious bias and racial perceptions the focus of his research came out of what he didn’t see when he looked around his graduate school classrooms. He didn’t see many women or people of…
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A team from Cal Poly Pomona finished in the top eight this past weekend at the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition. The event, which was held in Costa Mesa, is a team competition that combines the excitement and fun of a…
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A Cal Poly Pomona team took second place in the California Regional Ethics Bowl competition last weekend and is headed to the national championships. The Ethics Bowl is a team-based oral presentation competition in which students analyze contemporary ethical controversies.…
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Some students come to Cal Poly Pomona to get a learn-by-doing education. Joy Chang got that experience without setting a foot into a classroom. When Chang was 18, her parents began preparing for divorce. Wanting her mother to be fully…
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Michael Cholbi, philosophy professor, has been awarded a $54,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation to support research on procreative ethics and the philosophy of education. Cholbi’s project will fund two conferences, one at Cal Poly Pomona in June, and the…
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Cal Poly Pomona hosts an all-day philosophy conference on Nov. 6, which will include presentations from scholars from Southern California universities, graduate students and authors.
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