Silvia Benso, professor of philosophy and director of the women's, gender, and sexuality studies program, presented “Reconfiguring Power and Subjectivity through Carla Lonzi’s Feminism” at the
international workshop on Thinking War Otherwise: Critical and Genealogical Perspectives at the New School for Social Research on Sept. 14. The presentation explores notions of power and subjectivity that allow for collective empowerment without turning into oppressive forms of imposition, domination and exclusion.
RIT Libraries received a 2026 Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian planning grant for the project ”Building Workforce Capacity in Emerging Imaging Technologies for Library Professionals,” led by
Greg Decker, manager of metadata and digital scholarship services, and
Juilee Decker, director of the museum studies program. Project team members include
Tom Rieger, Professor of Practice in the College of Liberal Arts
Nicholas Paulus, digital initiatives specialist for RIT Libraries;
Michael Buffalin IV, director of the SHED Makerspace; and peers from University of Rochester and Colgate University. The two-year project will assess workforce needs, develop and pilot openly licensed educational resources and training, and create a scalable model to help library professionals implement sustainable, standards-aligned digitization programs.
Richard Fadok, assistant professor, and
Conerly Casey, associate professor, both in the School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences, were recognized by the Central New York Humanities Corridor with inaugural
Outstanding Working Group Awards on Sept. 14. Fadok co-organizes the Urban Natures working group, and Casey, the War Ecologies group.
