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Lawrence Torcello
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January 18, 2024
'Bad Guys' Are Duping Teens on Climate Change: Expert
Newsweek talks to Lawrence Torcello, associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, about YouTube algorithms.
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June 19, 2023
Fascism lurks behind the dangerous conflation of the terms ‘partisan’ and ‘political’
Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by The Conversation.
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February 16, 2023
Bad beliefs: Misinformation is factually wrong – but is it ethically wrong, too?
Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of Philosophy, published by The Conversation.
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November 9, 2022
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts receives grant to enhance philosophy and communication offerings
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts plans to introduce new and revamped philosophy and communication curricula to help students across the university enhance their expressive and analytic communication skills. This was made possible by a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Teagle Foundation.
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October 11, 2021
Connections: Discussing how to honor Indigenous peoples and Italian heritage
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy.
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October 11, 2021
How Columbus Day contributes to the cultural erasure of Italian Americans
Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by The Conversation.
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October 12, 2020
Columbus is the wrong hero for Italian-Americans: In fact, associating him with us is a form of cultural erasure
Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of history, published in the New York Daily News.
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April 1, 2020
Seeing the COVID-19 Crisis Is Like Watching a Time Lapse of Climate Change. Will the Right Lessons Be Learned?
Essay co-written by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by Newsweek.
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November 11, 2019
Why tyranny could be the inevitable outcome of democracy
Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by The Conversation.
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January 14, 2019
Connections: Understanding new technologies and concerns about privacy
WXXI's "Connections" program features Stephen Jacobs, professor of interactive games and media, and Larry Torcello, associate professor, Department of Philosophy.