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September 3, 2021
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Unemployment benefits expired Sunday: Here’s what that means for New Yorkers
WROC-TV talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about the impact of unemployment benefits ending.
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September 1, 2021
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The slippery slope of surveillance is real
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.
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August 31, 2021
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Microeconomics explains why people can never have enough of what they want and how that influences policies
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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August 25, 2021
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RIT names LaVerne McQuiller Williams associate provost for Faculty Affairs
LaVerne McQuiller Williams, professor and current interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts, has been named associate provost for Faculty Affairs at the university, effective Sept. 1. In this role, McQuiller Williams will oversee the Office of Faculty Affairs, within the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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August 23, 2021
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Zero Blind Spots: A Conversation with Darren Byler on Chinese Surveillance Tactics
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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August 20, 2021
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Progress on track despite pandemic, Munson says
Students, faculty, and staff are starting a new year during a continuing global pandemic. But that’s not stopping the momentum of student success, research, fundraising, and building projects designed to make RIT even better. That was just part of the message RIT President David Munson told the university community this morning at his annual President’s Address.
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August 18, 2021
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Dreams, hard work, and success await new students
A record number of first-year students Wednesday made their way to the Gordon Field House and Activities Center to cheers and welcomes from faculty, staff, and members of the RIT Pep Band during the annual Tiger Walk and New Student Convocation.
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August 13, 2021
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RIT alumna named deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Human Resources Command
RIT alumna Brig. Gen. Stacy Babcock ’91 (criminal justice), ’96 (educational interpreting), ’98 MS (instructional technology) has been named deputy commanding general and Reserve Personnel Management Directorate director for U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC) in Fort Knox, Ky.
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August 12, 2021
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Make No Misteak: Our Food Choices Are Not Ours Alone
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Globe Post.
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August 11, 2021
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Apple's Privacy Mythology Doesn't Match Reality
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by Wired.
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August 2, 2021
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Congress moves to reclaim its war powers
Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by AlterNet.
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July 30, 2021
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Shakespeare in Sign
Humanities, the magazine of The National Endowment for the Humanities, features Jill Bradbury, chair, NTID Department for Performing Arts.
