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The Rochester Beacon talks to Irshad Altheimer, associate professor of criminal justice and director, Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about gun violence.

In an effort to help RIT develop the leading performing arts program in the nation for non-majors, nearly 150 first-year students interested in performing arts this year received partial scholarships.

USA Today talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about regulation of facial recognition technology.

The Rochester Beacon talks to Katie Terezakis, professor of philosophy, about the 2019 Feminist-Pragmatist Philosophy Colloquium.

Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by The Conversation.

Clive Thompson, a columnist for Wired magazine and a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, will discuss “The Cult of Efficiency” during a public talk at RIT on Nov. 15.

A new classroom lab, complete with wireless headphones, large touch-screen monitors and retractable computers that can be lowered into desks to improve visibility, has opened in RIT’s Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, published by The Conversation.

OneZero talks to Kaitlin Stack Whitney, assistant professor in the science, technology and society department and the environmental sciences program, about the effect of corporations' efforts to protect honeybee populations.

RIT’s College of Liberal Arts received recognition for its success diversifying the university’s faculty ranks and helping to advance RIT’s overall commitment to diversity. The college earned RIT’s 2019 Changing Hearts and Minds Award, sponsored annually by RIT’s Office of the Provost and the Office of Faculty Diversity and Recruitment.

Research is underway at RIT to create an app that will serve as a resource to help young mothers answer questions about raising a child, connect them with programs and resources, as well as foster a virtual parenting community.

WROC-TV features Hinda Mandell, associate professor in the School of Communication, and her Jewish Hearts for Pittsburgh project.