June 2022 - News Articles

Hispanic and Black parents say they are very or moderately concerned about the risk of suicide for their children.

Representing Rutgers University faculty celebrating career milestones, Distinguished Professor of Communication Brent Ruben spoke at an event held May 4 at President Jonathan Holloway’s house in Piscataway.

Effective July 1, 2022, SC&I’s former Associate Dean for Programs Dafna Lemish will serve as Interim Dean of the School of Communication and Information.

At a Rutgers University celebration marking faculty milestones, SC&I faculty members Marc Aronson, John Pavlik, Brent Ruben, and Lea Stewart were recognized for their years of dedicated service to the university.

As Jonathan Potter prepares to transition from dean of the School of Communication and Information to a faculty position on June 30, 2022, SC&I spoke with him about his thoughts on leadership, the qualities he believes are required to create a creative and thriving environment at SC&I, the lessons he learned steering the school through the COVID-19 pandemic, and what he likes the most about New Jersey.

“CSR is truly what’s needed in today’s businesses and society.”

Roxane Gay, an internationally recognized writer, editor, cultural critic, and educator, has been selected as the next Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. 

Sarah Hunter is the editorial asset coordinator for the lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer Victoria's Secret. She recently completed SC&I's Digital Asset Management (DAM) Certificate program.

Rutgers School of Communication and Information (SC&I) faculty and staff will attend, present, and exhibit at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 23-28, in Washington, D.C.

After three years of service to the Rutgers University Senate as chair, Oliver is stepping down. “I have loved and cherished every year I have been on the senate and my various roles within it. The senate consists of a dynamic, vibrant, passionate group of educators, students, administrators, and researchers who all care very deeply about the university,” he said.

This year’s theme is "Information Everywhere." We welcome papers that address critical and theoretical examination of the theme, present current research, and evidence, as well as examine best practices from the field, and practitioner perspectives and applications.

The findings in a new study by Ph.D. student Shravan Regret Iyer MCM’18 show that immersive media productions need to take a multidisciplinary approach to climate change communication to more effectively increase the audience’s interest in science and motivate them to take action to mitigate global climate change.

“[Rewards] came in the form of the gratitude we received from the people we featured in our piece,” said Tai.

“Each day I am grateful for the fellow student leaders I am able to meet, collaborate with and learn from,” said Cuddihy.

Doerfel’s work focuses on how organizations build and sustain relationships across sectors during and after environmental disasters, and much of her field research takes place in areas where environmental conditions disrupt interorganizational networks, and thus entire communities.

Commenting on the award, chair and Library and Information Science Professor Marie L. Radford noted that Li was advised by the late Associate Professor of Library and Information Science Ross J. Todd. “This is a major award from ALISE and cause to celebrate. Ross would be proud, as we all are!”

Being knowledgeable and proactive about children’s media practices to maximize the media’s benefits and minimize their negative potential, is a key conclusion of a new 58-chapter volume of cutting-edge scholarship in the field of children, adolescents, and media, edited by SC&I’s Incoming Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Dafna Lemish.