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The PPE Book Club reads significant books that engage PPE themes in a small group, discussion-based format. The club, which is led by faculty convener Eric MacGilvray and student convener Megan…
Sophia Markley and Jack Williams have been awarded the 2026 PPE Prize for Citizenship.
This prize annually honors students in the PPE major who have exemplified the spirit of PPE in their…
Luke Ponesse and Sophia Sdregas have been awarded the 2026 PPE Prizes for Extraordinary Academic Achievement.
The Prize annually honors up to two undergraduate students in the PPE major for…
We're very pleased to celebrate 44 PPE graduates this year, including our Autumn 2025 grads!
PPE attracts motivated students with wide-ranging interests, and it's been an honor and a…
Piers Norris Turner, Associate Professor of Philosophy and PPE Co-coordinator, recently appeared on "In Our Time," the BBC Radio 4 broadcast and podcast with a…
We are very pleased to announce that the undergraduate PPE Society has elected a new Executive Board for 2026! To learn more about upcoming meetings and events, please contact Sam Smith (smith…
The PPE Book Club reads significant books that engage PPE themes in a small group, discussion-based format. The club, which is led by faculty convener Eric MacGilvray and student convener Megan…
We are very pleased to introduce John Thrasher – who will be a Visiting Associate Professor at Ohio State's Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society – as a core faculty member of…
Tyler Monk, Elyse Reed, and Jacob Scheinblum have been awarded the 2025 PPE Prize for Citizenship.
This prize annually honors graduating students in the PPE major who have exemplified the…
Gabbie Abbruzzese and Griffen Messmer have been awarded the 2025 PPE Prizes for Extraordinary Academic Achievement.
The Prize annually honors up to two undergraduate students in the PPE…
We are very pleased to celebrate 42 PPE graduates this year, which includes our Autumn 2024 grads!
PPE attracts motivated students with wide-ranging interests, and it has been an honor and a…
Sophia Markley -- a second-year student majoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and Public Policy Analysis on the Pre-Law track -- has been awarded a Humanities at Hertog Fellowship…
On February 13, 2025, eleven students from the undergraduate PPE Society attended a discussion hosted by the New Albany Center for Civil Discourse and Debate. They were joined by Kathryn Joyce,…
The undergraduate PPE Society has elected new officers starting spring 2025.
The PPE program would like to express deep gratitude to the non-returning officers – Jacob Scheinblum, Elyse…
Please join us in celebrating our graduating PPEople this semester!
Leila Behroozian Abi Gray Fionna Haines Griffen Messmer …
Jacob Moore and Milena Wood have been awarded the 2024 PPE Prizes for Extraordinary Academic Achievement.
The Prize annually honors up to two undergraduate students in the PPE major for…
David Jordan and Amelia McCloy have been awarded the inaugural PPE Prizes for Citizenship.
The Prize annually honors up to two graduating students in the PPE major who have exemplified the…
...and best wishes for a bright future!
Kenny Anderson
Nick Beal
Joe Bjorkman
Nathaniel Conway
Carson Corley
Trayce Cowgill
John Currao
Skyler…
Sal Giolando has been selected to represent Ohio State’s Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) program at the 2024 National Undergraduate PPE Colloquium hosted by Duke University, in…
The PPE program is so proud of our excellent students. This fall we congratulate 12 of our PPEople who will be graduating with a PPE degree:
Ayah Bakri Hassan Elsheikh Maddie Johnson Benjamin…
PPE co-coordinator Piers Turner (Department of Philosophy) has co-authored a new interdisciplinary book, Business Data Ethics: Emerging Models for Governing AI and Advanced Analytics,
Jacob Scheinblum and Elyse Reed, the PPE Society President and Vice President, served as moderators in the recent political debate on Ohio Issues 1 and 2, organized by Christian Harsa and Josie…
With one of the nation's leading PPE programs, Ohio State was well-represented at the national PPE Society Meeting from Nov 2-4. Six faculty members and two graduate students participated on…
Welcome to a new year of the PPE Society!
During Autumn 2023, the PPE Society will meet every other week as part of the PPEvenings series.
Sept 11, 25
Oct 9, 23
Nov 6, 20…
In the first installment of new series, Cleveland.com interviewed PPE co-coordinator Piers Turner about the importance of civil discourse in today's political environment. He said, "It’s not…
The Conversation has featured an article by PPE Co-Coordinator Piers Turner and Dennis Hirsch, Professor in the Moritz College of Law and Director of its Program on Data and Governance, on the…
Ayah Elsheikh and Sal Giolando have been awarded the 2023 PPE Prizes for Extraordinary Academic Achievement.
The Prize annually honors up to two undergraduate students in the PPE major for…
...and best wishes for a bright future!
Allison Aldis
Madyson Bostic
Evan Clark
Grace Cousens
Benjamin Crane
Kylie Czikray
Anushka Das
Jake Shepherd, a PPE graduating senior, has successfully defended an excellent Honors thesis on "Two Moral Problems for Cash Bail and Its Alternatives."
The thesis was the result of a year…
On March 8, ten students from Ohio State's undergraduate PPE Society attended a discussion between economists Arthur Laffer and Robert Reich hosted by the New Albany Center for Civil Discourse and…
PPE Core Course PHILOS / POLITSC 3001 (TTh 11:10-12:30 / Heydari Fard & MacGilvray)
PPE Foundations Courses Economics ECON 2001 (many…
Elyse Reed, PPE Society Vice President and a PPE major, has organized an undergraduate research group to study Machiavelli's classic work, The Prince.
Other participating students include:…
Piers Norris Turner (Associate Professor, Philosophy) joined "More Human" host Matt Jordan for a discussion on the value of studying philosophy and Ohio State's Philosophy, Politics, and Economics…
Core PPE faculty members – Sahar Heydari Fard, Eric MacGilvray, Emma Saunders-Hastings, and Piers Norris Turner – all gave presentations at the annual PPE Society conference from Nov 4-6, 2022. It…
Graduating seniors Pablo Manon-Mateos and Joey Miller have been awarded the 2022 PPE Prizes for Academic Excellence.
The Prize annually honors up to two undergraduate students in the PPE…
...and best wishes for a bright future!
Heidi Bowles
Olivia Burdette
Bailey Culp
Ben Errig
We are thrilled to announce that the Department of Philosophy has hired Dr. Sahar Heydari Fard to the position of Assistant Professor, starting in autumn 2022.
Professor Heydari Fard’s…
The PPE major has added a new concentration course called Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (ARTSSCI 2400/2400E) – the "COMPAS course" for short…
On Sept 14th, the undergraduate PPE Society will meet at 5:30pm for an evening of trolleys, prisoners, wisdom, and fun!
It will take place in the Philosophy's Department's Harris and Hill…
Emily Needham was the subject of the "Student Spotlight" in the Department of History.
She says: "Now that I am in college, I love the complexity of history and that every event in the…
The undergraduate PPE Society at Ohio State is pleased to announce its leadership for the 2021-2022 academic year, including new and and returning members. The officers have a wide range of…
Rising seniors Meredith Gehrlich and Branden Messmer have been awarded the inaugural PPE Prizes for Academic Excellence.
The Prize annually honors up to two undergraduate students in the…
Wyatt Reynolds, a PPE and Philosophy double major, has been awarded the Bingham Memorial Prize for his paper, “Nietzsche: The Will to Truth, the Ascetic Ideal, and Healthy-Mindedness."
Congratulations to the inaugural class of graduating PPE majors, and all best wishes for a bright future!
As part of the Denman Forum, on April 5 PPE major Katie Visalli will present research about racial inequalities in forbearance and refinance rates among low-income homeowners during…