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November 21, 2022
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Ants to Gods wants you to get wild and weird
The Rochester Beacon features Austin Scott '16 (advertising and public relations), member of the improv comedy group Ants to Gods.
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November 21, 2022
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Would a ‘dangerousness standard’ help reduce gun violence?
WHEC-TV talks to Michael Green, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, about the dangerousness standard, related to holding suspects without bail.
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November 21, 2022
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Dozens of RIT researchers included on Stanford University’s list of the world’s top 2% of scientists
Numerous Rochester Institute of Technology faculty, professors emeriti, and postdoctoral researchers were recognized as top-cited scientists in their fields, according to a Stanford University study published by Elsevier.
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November 10, 2022
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Legendary blues musician Joe Beard to perform with RIT students
Joe Beard, a legendary blues guitarist and vocalist from Rochester, is scheduled to perform with students from RIT’s “Harmonica and the Blues” class from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at University Gallery in Booth Hall.
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November 10, 2022
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Monroe County GOP Chair and RIT professor speak about midterm election results
WHEC-TV talks to Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about the midterm elections.
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November 10, 2022
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Cities Where Inflation is Rising the Most
WalletHub talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about rising inflation.
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November 9, 2022
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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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November 7, 2022
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Voters talk political extremism ahead of midterm elections
WHAM-TV talks to Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about the extreme sides of political parties.
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October 30, 2022
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Commentary: Biden and Fed policies contributed to spiking inflation
Essay co-written by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by the San Antonio Express-News. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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October 28, 2022
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Turkey prices rising amid national shortage
WROC-TV talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about factors influencing the price of turkeys.
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October 27, 2022
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RIT Kosovo renames Peace and Conflict Summer Program for humanitarian Fred Cuny
RIT Kosovo recently rechristened its unique and long-running summer program that explores the origin and resolution of armed conflict, reconstruction, and institution building at the end of wars. The Frederick C. Cuny Peace and Conflict Summer Program was renamed in honor of the humanitarian and disaster relief specialist who worked in crises in more than 50 countries.
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October 23, 2022
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No obvious successor to Xi Jinping in Chinese Communist Party’s new leadership team
South China Morning Post talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about the Chinese Communist Party’s new leadership team.
