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Nicholas Belkin, an internationally known scholar of human-centered information retrieval, is transitioning to distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers, and will continue his cutting-edge work at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington.
Before moving to the United States when she was just 12 years old, JMS alumna Cherie Darby was born and raised in Jamaica. SC&I spoke with her about her experiences working in the media industry as a Caribbean-American woman, and her belief that everyone of all races and backgrounds deserves a seat at the table.
A team of Rutgers professors develop COVIDNearby app to help monitor the spread of coronavirus. The app will also provide researchers with insights about the privacy preferences of individuals during health emergencies.
JMS alumnus and news reporter and anchor Aaron Farrar '15 spoke with SC&I about his experiences as one of the only African American journalists covering the news at every media company he’s worked for, and how he advocates for greater racial diversity in the newsroom and in the news stories he writes.
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has named Wang the recipient of the Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award, and the International Communication Association Journalism Studies Division has awarded her an honorable mention for her dissertation in the 2020 Outstanding Dissertation in Journalism Studies Award.
The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) has named Diane Sonnenwald, Ph.D.'93 the 2020 recipient of the ASIS&T Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by the Association. The award’s purpose is to recognize an individual who has made particularly noteworthy and sustained contributions to the information science field.
As a Black and Latina woman working for The Daily Mail as a reporter and correspondent, Kayla Brantley ’17 discusses her experiences in the newsroom, ways the media industry can become more diverse, and how the public can contribute to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Parrish covered the coronavirus pandemic for WBRE-TV/WYOU-TV in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Since then, she’s accepted a new job in Cincinnati at Fox 19 as a general assignment reporter. For Parrish, who has never been busier, this is both a challenging and a thrilling time to be a reporter.
Rutgers is planning for a Fall 2020 semester that will combine a majority of remotely delivered courses with a limited number of in-person classes.