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Stenport is currently a professor of global studies and chair of the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. She was selected as the RIT dean following a nationwide search and will begin her new leadership role Sept. 1.

Essay by Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science, published in the Albany Times Union.

Unique Fair-Smith and Tymoni Correa-Buntley are the first two recipients of the Mark and Maureen Davitt Graduate Education Endowed Scholarship and are both set to graduate with their master’s degrees this weekend.

RIT's College of Liberal Arts honored student achievements in writing with 15 writing awards on Friday, March 19. This year marks the 41st year the awards were presented, though the first time the ceremony was held virtually.

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.

Essay by Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science, published in USA Today.

The Conversation talks to Sarah Burns, associate professor or political science, about the history of contested elections in the U.S.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science.

Wallet Hub talks to Paul Ferber, professor of political science, about why minority voters are less likely to show up at the polls.

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.

RIT has partnered with Syracuse University College of Law to establish a “3+3” program for students interested in earning a law degree. A memorandum of understanding between the two universities was recently signed to allow students to complete three years of liberal arts and other studies at RIT, then transfer to the College of Law for three years to complete their doctorate in law.

LaVerne McQuiller Williams, senior associate dean of RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, has been named interim COLA dean effective June 1. McQuiller Williams succeeds Dean James Winebrake, who is leaving RIT on June 30 to become provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.