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This February (17-19), the Prindle Institute will host 12 Regional Champion teams from across the Midwest for the 2025–2026 Central Divisional High School Ethics Bowl Playoffs, in partnership..

On a snowy January Saturday in Greencastle students from across the state gathered at the Prindle Institute for the 2026 Indiana High School Ethics Bowl (IHSEB), a full day of careful argument, active listening, and collaborative..

The Prindle Institute for Ethics mourns the passing of Robert G. Bottoms, President Emeritus of DePauw University and the Institute’s founding director. Beginning his presidency in 1986, Bottoms served DePauw for 22 years, guiding the unive..

Against the backdrop of a snowy December weekend, Philosophy Beyond the Major brought faculty and academic leaders together at the Prindle Institute for Ethics for two days of focused conversation and reflection. The wintry setting helped create a retreat-lik..

Settle in for Fall 2025 exam study hours at the Prindle Institute, where you’ll find quiet, reflective space, a warm fireplace, and plenty of free coffee, hot tea, and snacks to keep you going.

The Institute will be open Saturday, December 6 from..

This weekend, eighteen teams from colleges and universities across the country came together online for a full day of thoughtful, good-spirited debate at the 2025 IEBOnline Regional Competition Read This

Just in time for Halloween, the Prindle Institute has brewed up a cauldron of spooky classroom resources sure to send a shiver down your syllabus. From haunted houses to haunted minds, these materials invite readers of all ages to explore the ethics of all things strange and s..

This Winter Term, DePauw students can take a leading role in shaping the future of one of the university’s proudest traditions—the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. Ethics Bowl: Strategy and Community Engagement (taught by Kristen Fuhs Wells and Alex Richardso..

On September 29, the Prindle Institute hosted the 2025 Dorothy Garrett Martin Lecture in Values and Ethics with Dr. Andrew Westover, Eleanor M. Storza Deputy Director of Learning and Civic Engagement at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. In a talk titled Conflict in Public: Th..

It is once again Ethics Bowl season at the Prindle Institute. Registration is now open, and Regional Case Sets available, for both the National High School Ethics Bowl and the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. Thi..

The Institute is reinvigorating its Teaching Children Philosophy library this fall with brand new discussion guides that bring ethical questions to life through children’s books. Built on a..

This year, the Prindle Institute is offering a refreshed slate of robust workshops designed to help people think more clearly, speak more openly, and navigate complex ethical questions with confidence. From high school classrooms to college campuses to professional ..

The Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership (ICDP), a national consortium committed to fostering character development through dialogue, has received a 2025 Institutional Impact Grant from the Educating Character Initiative at Wake Forest University. The three-year, $49..

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in cooperation with Indiana Humanities, presents “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America.” The exhibition examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by a..

In June 2025, the Prindle Institute welcomed high school educators from across the country for a three-day retreat focused on ethics education and classroom dialogue. Held on DePauw University’s campus and surrounded by woods, trails, and quiet green space, the re..

Our Associate Director, Alex Richardson, has just been named the 2025 winner of the American Philosophical Association’s Oxford University Press Teaching with Technology Prize. This prize recognizes outstanding use o..

The Prindle Institute for Ethics is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished faculty members as the inaugural Janet Prindle Memorial Professors at DePauw University. Made possible through the generosity of Janet Prindle Seidler ’58, these professorships rec..

The 2025 Midwest Ethics Symposium brought together scholars, athletes, officials, and students for two dynamic days exploring the theme Ethics and Sports. Held April 9–10 at the Prindle Institute for Ethics, the event opened with thought-provoking presentations on c..

We are excited to announce that Jamie Herman will join the Prindle Institute staff as Associate Director, Educational and Professional Initiatives, effective July 1, 2025. Jamie will direct those programs at the Institute which foster ethical engagement across K-12, higher edu..

The Prindle Institute  proudly hosted the inaugural Putnam County Middle School Ethics Bowl on March 8, 2025. This first-of-its-kind event in Indiana brought together bright young thinkers from North Putnam, South Putnam, Gr..

DePauw University mourns the loss of Janet Prindle Seidler ’58, a Wall Street pioneer, a generous philanthropist and a beloved daughter of DePauw. She passed away on February 19. She was 88 years old.

Throughout Prindle Seidler’s remarkable career in finance, she co..