March 2020 - News Articles

Launched by SC&I faculty members Khadijah White and Britt Paris, this new research group seeks to increase cross-departmental knowledge and inspire new collaborations.

SC&I's Teresa Politano teaches the Digital News Writing and Reporting course, while also balancing her responsibilities as the Editor of Edible Jersey magazine.

A former Global IT Director at Johnson & Johnson, Hajar Shirley brings the new capstone in IT & Informatics to life for students.

A SC&I junior explains what a typical day is like for her as a remote student during COVID-19

I would like to thank all members of the SC&I family for how you have responded to the COVID-19 crisis.  Staff have developed new systems for working remotely and coordinating with one another.  And faculty have been working to develop distance teaching to allow our students to finish the semester.  It is going to be a challenge this week as all the distance teaching gets into gear but we are well prepared.

Rutgers Student Health Operating Status (Until Further Notice) - http://health.rutgers.edu/general-resources/RSH-operating-status/

Helpful articles on COVID-19.

Threats’s research integrates perspectives from library and information science, public health, health informatics, human-computer interaction, and digital sociology.

For our SC&I graduate students facing challenging circumstances, there is help. Go to https://gsnb.rutgers.edu/covid-19-emergency-funding to apply.

Four New Faculty Members will Join the Communication Department in Fall 2020.

The book “focuses on Menhem the designer; it offers an overview of his career along three main axes: political engagement, cultural production, and journalistic design.”

Rutgers is suspending all in-person instruction, with the exception of clinical instruction, for the remainder of the spring semester. A final determination on whether or not commencements can be rescheduled to a later date will be made in the coming weeks.

The book explores a new type of collective memory, that of aging baby boomers who first labeled their parents “The Greatest Generation” to share and celebrate their accomplishments during World War II.