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"On the Meaning of Justice"
Philosophy 201 · Recorded Spring 2025
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The Invisible Student
400 seats. One professor. Zero eye contact.
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45%
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The Loneliness Epidemic
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The Seminar Community
Small enough to belong. Big enough to surprise you.
Every student has a faculty advisor they meet with weekly. Every senior writes a thesis one-on-one with a professor who chose to work with them.
0%
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Graduate Without Making Anything
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The Senior Thesis
Every graduate leaves with something they built.
Every Seminar student completes a senior thesis — a sustained original argument — supervised one-on-one by a faculty advisor who reads every draft.
"The best education is a conversation you can't stop thinking about."
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Ten minutes each. Three disciplines. One proof that this kind of education exists — and that you'd want to be in the room.
Is Justice Possible Without Equality?
Prof. Miriam Osei-Bonsu
Three students argue Rawls against each other. Nobody agrees. The professor asks one question and the room changes direction entirely.
The Nitrogen Cycle and What We Broke
Prof. Tomás Reyes-Villanueva
A biology major explains soil chemistry to a history major. The history major asks a question that stops the scientist cold.
What Toni Morrison Knew About Silence
Prof. Adaeze Nwosu
A close reading of two sentences from Beloved. Twelve students. Twelve completely different interpretations. All of them right.
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Portland, OR · Class of 2024
"Whose Risk?: Consent and Exploitation in Phase III Trials"
"My professor argued with me for forty minutes and then told me it was the best seminar he'd had in three years."
Declan O'Brien
Chicago, IL · Class of 2025
"Reversing the River: Race, Capital, and the Making of Chicago's Waterways"
"I wrote a draft. Prof. Nwosu wrote three pages of notes. We met for two hours. I rewrote everything. It was the best thing that ever happened to my writing."
Priya Krishnamurthy
Houston, TX · Class of 2026
In Progress: "The Accent You Perform: Language, Surveillance, and South Asian American Identity"
"I played a recording of a Coltrane solo in my political theory seminar and Prof. Osei-Bonsu said "that's the best argument anyone's made all semester.""
Marcus Webb
Atlanta, GA · Class of 2024
"Improvised Democracy: Jazz Structure and the Logic of Collective Decision-Making"
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complete their thesis on their original chosen topic — no compromises
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