The William K. Frankena Prize is awarded yearly in the spring to a graduating major for excellence in the major. First awarded in 1991-92, the Frankena Prize is funded by the Marshall M. Weinberg Endowment for the Frankena and Stevenson Prizes. Recipients of the Frankena Prize have attended graduate school in Philosophy at Berkeley, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, North Carolina, Princeton, Stanford, and UCLA, as well as Harvard, Michigan, NYU and Stanford Law Schools and Dartmouth Medical School.

For more information on the Frankena Prize, visit the Philosophy Department website.

The Haller Scholarship Endowment, established in 1974, is used for Haller Prizes, awarded for outstanding overall performance in 400-level Philosophy courses (excluding PHIL 413 - PHIL 418) and—occasionally—for essays of exceptional merit written for these courses.

In 2010 the Department extended the original Haller Prize award to include overall exceptional achievement in Philosophy. This award is determined based on students' overall grade point average and participation in departmental activities.

For more information on the Haller Prize, visit the Philosophy Department website.

Congratulations to our graduating honors students on the completion of their thesis projects!

Maeve Stargardt, "Life, Law, and the Necessity of Abortion"

Advisor: Elizabeth Anderson

Nicole Hocott, "Personhood and the Morality of Abortion"

Advisor: Sarah Buss

Second Reader: Victor Caston