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Education Student Selected for Poster Award

We are delighted to announce that graduate student Aimee Maoriello was selected as therecipient of the Outstanding Poster Award in Research at the 37th Annual Conference of theSociety for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), held in Philadelphia, PA,from March 2327.Aimees presentation, titled Progress, Challenges, and the Path to Equity in RochesterElementary School, examined the

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Dr. Aaron Herold Lectured on Tocqueville and Revolutionary Thought at Boston College

On Thursday March 12th, 2026, Dr. Aaron Herold, associate professor of political science and international relations, was a guest lecturer at Boston College. His talk was part of the John Marshall Project, a lecture series commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The lecture was titled On Revolutionary Psychology and the Rule of

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students and faculty at the RIT conference

91Ӱ Students Present at Inaugural WNY Political Science Conference

The inaugural Western New York Undergraduate Political Science Conference was held at the Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday, February 28. Around 20 students in total from 91Ӱ, RIT, SUNY Brockport, Nazareth University, and St. John Fisher University presented papers in five panel sessions on topics such as political theory, foreign policy, and American

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Inaugural MA in History Class Prepares for May 2026 Graduation

Justin Behrend (right), professor of history and graduate program director, works with students in the archives. (Photo Provided) A wonderful community of learning. This description of the Master of Arts in History program rolls off the tongue of Justin Behrend, professor of history and graduate program director. Its quickly proven accurate in talking with Behrend

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Sisterhood of Support Ensures Success

Zeta Iota Sisters League of Storytellers News Written by Nathaniel DAmato, graduating senior Since April of 1979, 91Ӱ has fostered a lifelong sisterhood of strong-minded and determined women through its chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, IncorporatedZeta Iota. This sorority centers on the principles of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhoodthe idea of

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Professor Justin Behrend Publishes Article on the Local History of Abolitionism

Caption History News Professor of history Justin Behrend published Abolitionism and the Struggle Against Slavery in Livingston County in the Fall 2025 issue of the Livingston County Historical Review. This article explores the creation of the Livingston County Anti-Slavery Society in 1837. It was a reform group of more than one hundred residents who were committed to

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Assistant Professor James N. Oigara

Education Professor Receives Second-Year Funding from the Library ofCongress

Dr. James Oigara, assistant professor of education, has secured a second-year fundingrenewal for the 91Ӱ Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources(TPS) grant project, reaffirming the programs success and impact. This three-yearinitiative empowers both pre-service and in-service teachers to bring history and socialstudies to life by integrating primary sources from the Library of Congress

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