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Diverse subjects involving safety and autonomous automobiles, Black women in computing, and Italian cinema are just some of the winning entries for this year’s student writing awards, sponsored by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts.

RIT’s College of Liberal Arts began the academic year under new leadership. Dean Anna Stenport joined RIT from Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts in September following a nationwide search. Stenport is a professor of communication and an expert in transnational cinema and media, modern literature and drama, and visual and cultural studies, with a focus on the Arctic and Nordic regions.

Essay by Lauren Hall, professor and chair of the political science department, published in the U.S. News and World Report.

Study International features RIT's College of Liberal Arts and talks to Dean Anna Stenport.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Lauren Hall, chair, Department of Political Science.

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by AlterNet.

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.

Stenport is currently a professor of global studies and chair of the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. She was selected as the RIT dean following a nationwide search and will begin her new leadership role Sept. 1.

Essay by Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science, published in the Albany Times Union.

Unique Fair-Smith and Tymoni Correa-Buntley are the first two recipients of the Mark and Maureen Davitt Graduate Education Endowed Scholarship and are both set to graduate with their master’s degrees this weekend.

RIT's College of Liberal Arts honored student achievements in writing with 15 writing awards on Friday, March 19. This year marks the 41st year the awards were presented, though the first time the ceremony was held virtually.

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.