Newsmakers

Highlighting the professional and academic accomplishments of College of Liberal Arts students, faculty, and staff.

Newsmakers are a quick and easy way to acknowledge the professional and academic accomplishments of RIT students, faculty, and staff, such as publishing an article in a scholarly journal, presenting research at a conference, serving on a panel discussion, earning a scholarship, or winning an award. Newsmakers appear in News and Events as well as the "In the News" section on faculty/staff directory profile pages.

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January 2022

  • January 5, 2022

    Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, presented a paper at the Global Regional Development Hybrid Conference in Shenzen, China, on Dec. 5 and two papers at the Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association International Hybrid Conference in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 6.

December 2021

  • December 14, 2021

    Jeff Wagner, professor of economics, virtually presented an invited paper, “Economics of IP in Sustainable Waste Management with Application to Managing Satellite Debris in Low-Earth Orbit,” at the NextSpace 2021 European Symposium held near Bordeaux, France, on Dec. 7. This work is co-authored with Zachary Grzelka ’18 (economics), who is now a student at Syracuse Law School.

  • December 9, 2021

    Silvia Benso and Brian Schroeder, professors in the Department of Philosophy, have received a grant from the Central New York Humanities Corridor through an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund the organization of a seminar—to be hosted virtually at RIT in spring 2022—on the legacy of Italian Renaissance thinker Giovanni Pico della Mirandola in terms of contemporary humanism, post-humanism, and trans-humanism.

  • December 3, 2021

    Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor in the School of Communication, authored a book chapter “The Selfie in Consumer Culture,” in the book Visual Culture Approaches to the Selfie, edited by Derek Conrad Murray and published by Routledge. The chapter provides insight into the flows between high and low forms of visual culture and how visual trends articulate certain assumptions about consumer culture and social media.

November 2021

  • November 18, 2021

    Silvia Benso, professor, and Brian Schroeder, professor and department chair, Department of Philosophy, hosted the fourth international conference of the Society for Italian Philosophy (SIP) Nov. 5-7. The conference was held virtually and saw international participation of panelists from 12 countries, including Australia, Mexico, Lithuania, Portugal, and Scotland. SIP provides a forum for discussing themes, authors, and movements having to do with Italian philosophy as it is practiced in Italy and abroad. Benso and Schroeder are members of the Steering Committee of SIP, for which Benso is also the co-director.

  • November 16, 2021

    Margaret Bailey, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Laura Shackelford, professor in the Department of English, have published a book, Women in Mechanical Engineering: Energy and Environment (Springer Engineering). The book brings together contributions from women engineers who are at the forefront of changes in the work environment and confront them daily in their research, teaching, and professional practices.

  • November 1, 2021

    Lev Paciorkowski ’21 (business administration: finance), who double-majored in economics, won second place at the New York State Economics Association annual undergraduate research competition on Oct. 16 for his paper “Economics of Mercury Pollution Control,” advised by Jeff Wagner, professor of economics.

October 2021

  • October 22, 2021

    Evelyn Brister, professor of philosophy and president of the Public Philosophy Network, co-organized the Network’s sixth annual conference, “Engagement, Policy, and Practice,” which is taking place Oct. 21-23. The conference will connect more than 120 philosophers and practitioners who will engage issues of public concern by working collaboratively with civic and professional communities. Three plenary sessions are free and open to the public. The sessions explore the themes of climate and the environment, science and technology for the public good, and bioethics and public philosophy.