Beatrice Institute

Family and friends are welcome tomorrow, Thursday, May 7, from 2-4 & 6-8 and Friday, May 8th from 2-4 & 6-8 at WILLIAM SLATER II FUNERAL SERVICE, 1650 Greentree Rd., Scott Twp., 15220 (412-563-2800).

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 9th, 2026, at 11:30 AM at Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church, 311 Washington Road, Mount Lebanon, PA 15216. EVERYONE PLEASE MEET AT CHURCH. Burial will follow in Resurrection Catholic Cemetery.

Brent Dean Robbins Obituary April 28, 2026 - Slater Funeral Homes View Brent Dean Robbins's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

Last week, long-time Faculty Fellow Brent Robbins passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Brent's death will be felt across the Institute, but most acutely by those of us who counted him a friend.

Brent played a vital role in the development of our community. He mentored students and taught in our undergraduate seminar sequence; he gave lectures to the public and at our Faculty Convivia; he was on our podcast, sat on salon panels, and attended our Welcome Back BBQs with his family.

Most importantly, he brought friendship to our little society of researchers and learners.

For Brent, the life of the mind was not a diversion or an opportunity to dominate the world or a lever for social mobility; for him, ideas were sustenance. He had the estimable virtue of being able to take whoever he was talking to—undergraduate or professor—along his intellectual path, and I was blessed to have been a part of many of those sojourns.

Requiescat in pace.

James DeMasi
Executive Director

Brent Dean Robbins Obituary April 28, 2026 - Slater Funeral Homes View Brent Dean Robbins's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

Stapletons at Row House where we showed Kate’s film on Thursday! with the classic Epp Hall reception 🔥🎥 such a powerful movie

April Issuing Citations — in the rain, dilly dilly 🍻
,..we did In fact get bumped out of our room due to Trace double booking. However, this meant a round of drinks on the house as well as apps, so not a bad deal 🤷🚚🌮

Dr. Elise Lonich Ryan for our Brothers Karamazov / problem of evil seminar.

What a way to end spring BICS studies 🤩📕🥞

DO 👏 NOT 👏 MISS 👏 Thursday’s movie at Row House! Free reception at the Port (drinks and hors d’oeuvres provided!) featuring an interview and discussion with Kate and Casey Stapleton! 🎥

Link in bio! Limited seats available!

To live and move as a moral agent requires the ability to discern good from bad and act accordingly. Were the good of the natural order made intelligible through the intentional ordering of those goods, then the moral agent would need a way to discover this intelligibility within themselves. This, for John Henry Newman, is the role of the conscience…

Mark your calendars and plan to join us for drinks and discussion next Wednesday at Trace! 🪔

Sneak peeks of The Inner Sea 🌊❤️‍🩹
🗓️ 6-9PM Thursday, April 30th
📍 Row House Theater, Lawrenceville
🍷 Wine, hors d’oeuvres, and an interview with the director to follow at the Port!

Saturday’s 4 student presenters took us to Rome, immersed us in Byzantine chant, hit us with slam poetry, and guided us through Mexican art 🏛️-🎼-🎤-🏺

Not pictured: burgers and fries, vinegar pie, and drinks at Butterjoint to end the night.

Faculty Convivium at the Breezeway Home last night 🍢☕️🌼🍷
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Happy end of spring semester to all of our Faculty Fellows! 👏