November 2023 - News Articles

Researchers examined five types of resilience behaviors that people might enact in relationships to buffer experiences of uncertainty, disruption and turmoil.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop explored the current health information environment as it pertains to public trust and behavior change. SC&I Communication faculty members Katherine Ognyanova and Itzhak Yanovitzky contributed to the workshop and the published report.

The first event of its kind held by SC&I, it provided an insightful and productive forum where faculty and students spent time together sharing their ideas, strategies, and perspectives as teachers and learners.

Prentzel applies the valuable lessons and skills she learned as a Journalism and Media Studies major at SC&I to a career where she excels in reporting on climate change and animal welfare.

After examining resilience behaviors people might adopt to reduce uncertainty in their romantic relationships during Covid-19 lockdowns, new Rutgers research found that two, creating new routines and maintaining a positive outlook, had the greatest impact.

SC&I faculty, students, staff, and alumni will attend this year's New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) 2023 conference at the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City from Sunday, December 3, through Tuesday, December 5. The theme for the annual conference is "A World of Stories: A Celebration of Diversity in School Libraries."   

The award “recognizes outstanding collaborations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement and sustained commitment to promoting and practicing diversity, inclusion, equity, and access within the university and in partnership with the community.”

This exciting event hosted by the Communication Department at SC&I included appearances by successful Communication graduates who spoke about the ways their SC&I education prepared them for professional success and networked with current and prospective Communication students.

Alan Barr JMS’06 and Zack Morrison JMS’14, driving by the support from their undergrad studies at SC&I, marching their success as professional filmmakers.

The book “Argumentation in Complex Communication,” co-authored by SC&I Associate Dean for Research Mark Aakhus, explores the ways argumentation has changed due to the “the massive spread of new media in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.”

During the event, alumni were honored with the presentation of their DAM Bronze or Silver pins by the Director of CPS, Julie Johnson, Ed.D. Our upcoming Stepping Stone Dinner is scheduled for March 2024 in Los Angeles. 

We are thrilled to celebrate: 18 SC&I PhD Students participating on NCA panels (including THREE first-year students!) 21 SC&I Faculty participating on NCA panels 12 NCA Awards for faculty and student papers, books, and achievements

“Many of us may think of book reading as something we do for fun, or leisure, or for required reading. But we also need to realize that books are lifelines, particularly for young people searching for answers,” said SC&I Teaching Professor Nancy Kranich.

President Jonathan Holloway's 2023 Byrne Seminar for first-year students is designed to heighten understanding of the roles and responsibilities of citizenship and will feature conversations with distinguished leaders on critical questions related to citizenship.