Essay Archive
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May 16, 2022
Some chocolate has a dark side to it - child labor
Essay by Robert Ulin, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, published by The Conversation.
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March 24, 2022
New data-sharing requirements from the National Institutes of Health are a big step toward more open science – and potentially higher-quality research
Essay by Stephen Jacobs, professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media and director of Open@RIT, published by The Conversation.
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March 14, 2022
Russia’s false claims about biological weapons in Ukraine demonstrate the dangers of disinformation and how hard it is to counter – 4 essential reads
The Conversation highlights an essay by Justin Pelletier, director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center.
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March 4, 2022
Women’s History Month: 5 groundbreaking researchers who mapped the ocean floor, tested atomic theories, vanquished malaria and more
The Conversation highlights an essay on Margaret Morse Nice written by Kristoffer Whitney, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society.
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March 1, 2022
Intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare, electronic warfare – what they are and how Russia is using them in Ukraine
Essay by Justin Pelletier, director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, published by The Conversation.
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February 24, 2022
Russia invades Ukraine – 5 essential reads from experts
The Conversation highlights an essay by Justin Pelletier, director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center.
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February 1, 2022
China has no plan for who will succeed Xi Jinping – leaving the nation and the world in uncertainty
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation. This article was republished by Business Insider and the Houston Chronicle, among others.
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January 26, 2022
Russia could unleash disruptive cyberattacks against the US – but efforts to sow confusion and division are more likely
Essay by Justin Pelletier, director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, published by The Conversation.
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January 19, 2022
CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally
Essay by Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.
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January 6, 2022
The ‘China shock’ of trade in the 2000s reverberates in US politics and economics – and warns of the dangers for fossil fuel workers
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation. This article was republished by the UK magazine Futures of Work, among others.
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December 22, 2021
2021: a year physicists asked, ‘What lies beyond the Standard Model?’
Essay by Aaron McGowan, principal lecturer in physics and astronomy, published by The Conversation.
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December 20, 2021
Genomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
Essay by Andre Hudson, professor and head, and Crista Wadsworth, assistant professor, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.