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Philomathia Donates $1M to McMaster University to Fund Water Research May 17, 2012
Shortages of clean water are becoming endemic and are a major cause of poor global health. A complex issue such as this, warrants an approach from multiple avenues, integrating knowledge from both engineering and the social sciences. In response to the global water...
Chinese Philosophy and the Development of Compassion, May 15-17, 2012
CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPASSION These upcoming lectures seek to explore the process of moral growth, and of compassion specifically, from the perspective of the ancient philosophical wisdom of Chinese civilization. Lecturer: Professor David Wong...
Philomathia establishes the Philomathia Center at UC Berkley
In keeping with it's longstanding support of environmental research, the Philomathia foundation its pleased to announce the creation of the Philomathia Center at UC Berkeley. This center will facilitate energy and climate research while fostering learning, innovative...
Green Chemistry: Collaborative Approaches & New Solutions, March 24 2011
The Philomathia Foundation hosted the Green Chemistry: Collaborative Approaches & New Solutions as the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry's first national conference. First described by Paul Anatas in 1991, Green Chemitry refers to efforts to design chemical...
The Humanities and Public Discourse, November 1, 2011
The dramatic changes to the public funding of higher education in the UK and elsewhere, with their implication that the humanities confer a mainly private benefit, raise serious challenges and questions for those charged with leadership of the humanities. Even where...
Valuing the Humanities, October 14, 2010
Hosted in conjunction with the Research Centre for Human Values (RCHV) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, this workshop will address questions pertaining to the importance and means of promoting the humanities. This conference is the first in a series of...