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March 4, 2026
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers
The Washington Post features an essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor in RIT's Department of Political Science. The essay was originally published by The Conversation.
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March 4, 2026
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority
In an article for The Conversation, Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, compares past and current reactions from Congress when a U.S. president unilaterally declares war.
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March 2, 2026
RIT research in Ghana shapes global e-waste policies
A 2024 trip to Ghana by RIT faculty is shaping a new United Nations environmental report challenging e-waste assumptions.
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March 2, 2026
RIT Performing Arts Center already educating students
Students get hands-on experience learning what it takes to open the state-of-the-art RIT Performing Arts Center, set to open April 10.
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March 1, 2026
designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this march
designboom spotlights an upcoming exhibition, "Lella and Massimo Vignelli: a language of Clarity," at Triennale Milano. The Milan-based exhibition was organized in collaboration with RIT's Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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March 1, 2026
In Age of Disruption, a Defense of Incrementalism
The Tech Policy Press podcast interviews Evan Selinger, professor in the Department of Philosophy, and Albert Fox Cahn about their new book, Move Slow and Upgrade: The Power of Incremental Innovation.
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February 27, 2026
Rochester instructor creates AI learning tool for Deaf students
Government Technology highlights Grammar Laboratory, a tool developed by Erin Finton, lecturer for RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The tool makes English grammar practice more accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
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February 27, 2026
China and the United States: What can we learn from each other?
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Rochester Business Journal. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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February 27, 2026
Supply and demand: Why your gas & electric bill may be higher than previous months
WROC-TV speaks to Eric Hittinger, chair of the Department of Public Policy, about the rising costs of household energy use.
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February 26, 2026
Profile: Dr. Caroline M. Solomon
The Mind Hears profiles NTID President Caroline Solomon.
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February 26, 2026
Award-winning writing sends student to Game Developers Conference
Jeff Chen’s analysis of the game In Stars and Time has earned him the Game Developers Conference Game Narrative Review program’s prestigious Gold Prize, which enables him to give a talk and present a poster at the annual event in March.
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February 26, 2026
RIT photographers lend their skills to the Special Olympics
Nearly 60 RIT students and 20 alumni and faculty members helped document the 2026 Winter Games as part of an ongoing collaboration with Special Olympics New York.