Category: Professional Notes

Liss Dives Into Happiness by State in ‘New York Post’

Professor of Psychological Science Miriam Liss was quoted in a New York Post article about happiness titled “10 unhappiest states list reveals some surprises.” “It is important to live where you can afford housing without being financially stressed and where you can build some sort of community and develop strong friendship networks,” Liss said. “Research […]

Gable Pens Article on Teaching U.S. Slavery in ‘Times Union’

Professor of Anthropology Eric Gable contributed to an article titled “Why separating fact from fiction is critical in teaching U.S. slavery,” which ran in the Times Union. The article starts: “Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: ‘Instruction includes how slaves developed […]

Larus Comments on US Technology Export Controls

Last year the US government imposed semiconductor export controls on China amid concerns that the country was using civilian technology for military purposes. Elizabeth Larus writes that these and other measures such as the denial of license applications by the US Commerce Department and nuclear nonproliferation controls have put US trade, investment, and defense industry lobbyists […]

Swerzenski Shares Photoshop Expertise on ‘With Good Reason’

Assistant Professor of Communications and Digital Studies JD Swerzenski spoke to With Good Reason radio for an episode titled “Seeing Isn’t Believing.” Photoshop recently unveiled a new function that integrates generative AI, a cutting-edge technology that can produce images from text. JD Swerzenski says we’ve reached a point where photo manipulation has never been so […]