Promoting Human Values and Science through Education and Research
Periodically on the Philomathia website, we will spotlight the work, research and thoughts of our distinguished faculty and fellows — providing them with a platform to share their expertise and insight in their own words. This is the first such post, coming to us from Professor Simon Haines at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. […]
Dr. Adam Branch possesses a rare combination of academic credibility and real world experience – a life spent researching, writing and teaching about life in some of the far-flung locales that his work has led him to. This past summer, Dr. Branch was appointed as Philomathia Fellow in African Politics at Trinity Hall, in addition […]
The word ‘genius’ is not a word to be thrown about lightly. But recently, cutting-edge research taking place in a Philomathia-funded program was recognized as exactly that. In September, 2015, Dr. Peidong Yang, a co-director of Kavli ENSI at UC Berkeley, was named as a “genius” fellow by the MacArthur Foundation for his work in […]
On December 8th, the work of the Philomathia program will take centre stage in England as the University of Cambridge’s Philomathia program hosts its second annual Symposium at Magdalene College. The Philomathia program at the University of Cambridge focuses on social sciences, the humanities, and the promotion of human values in education and research. As […]
The latest recipient of a Philomathia scholarship will be making waves at McMaster University’s renowned water program in Hamilton, Ont., beginning in August. Kelsey Leonard, who made history by becoming the first Native American graduate of Oxford University in England, has been awarded a Philomathia Trillium Scholarship to study and research water at the Canadian […]