December 2023
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December 2023
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Liberal Arts alumna tackles national security challenges
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Meet Allison Fitch, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Shameless brag:
I run ultramarathons (distances >26.2 miles in one go). To date I’ve finished two 100 mile events, three 100k+ events, and more than a dozen 50k-50 mile events.
Three foods you can’t live without:
Donuts, cheese, potatoes (any style).
A goal or dream you are working towards:
I’m trying to visit all of the U.S. National Parks! I’m close to halfway there.
Advice for younger you:
It’s okay to not have everything figured out yet. Living in uncertainty is valid.
On your perfect day off, you’re most likely to be found:
In the woods! Either hiking with my family or running with friends.
Newsmakers
April 25, 2024
Amit Batabyal, Distinguished Professor, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, presented a webinar on sustainable technologies to faculty and students at Sri Sri University in Cuttack, India, on April 18.
April 22, 2024
Tamar Carroll, professor and chair of the Department of History, presented “Picturing Equality: The Lambda Network at Kodak and LGBTQ Workplace Rights in the 1990s” at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians on April 11 in New Orleans. The paper examines the use of portrait photography to promote LGBTQ rights and inclusion in the workplace.
April 22, 2024
Silvia Benso, professor of philosophy, had a translation of Italian philosopher Elena Pulcini’s volume, Between Care and Justice: The Passions as Social Resource, published in the SUNY Press series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy. The volume addresses two fundamental questions: Why care for others when we are not bound by personal relationships and why commit to justice when it does not personally affect us?
April 15, 2024
Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor of Communications, presented talks at Kings College London and University of Bristol, United Kingdom, March 13-14. His presentations focused on corporate uses of photography and advertising aesthetics and how mid-century media paved a path to the contemporary world of social media influencers.
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