June 2025 - News Articles

Bridging clinical expertise and communication strategy, Rida Zainab Shah is redefining how healthcare connects with patients.

The annual event, organized by SC&I faculty member Marc Aronson, featured nearly two dozen presenters live and virtually, and showcased the growing international children’s book collection housed at Alexander Library.

Archivists, scholars and librarians working with a variety of British archives and collections provided the MI students with a variety of lectures and guided tours to enable them to think critically about cultural differences and similarities by learning about how British archivists and librarians develop, preserve, and provide access to physical and virtual collections.

2024/2025 has been a highly productive school year for faculty research in the LIS Department/iSchool at Rutgers University’s SC&I. Here is a select set of scholarly works.

Faculty join in the American Library Association’s national conference and support local literacy action efforts.

Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference involved SC&I faculty, students, and alumni who shared research and led discussions addressing the current changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services.

The aim of Fu’s research on social impact organizing and communication is to help address grand societal challenges, such as public health challenges, environmental degradation, and social exclusion.

The Rutgers Board of Governors has announced the promotions of four Rutgers School of Communication and Information faculty members. Professors David Greenberg, Kathryn Greene, and John Pavlik have been promoted to Distinguished Professor, and Associate Professor Maria Venetis has been promoted to Professor. The promotions will be effective July 1, 2025.

The Rutgers undergraduates were among the students invited by CNN to one of its studios in Manhattan to watch the live broadcast of the play and attend the follow-up panel presentation.

SC&I faculty and doctoral students presented research examining effective communication during post-test genetic counseling and the readiness of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors to transition from parental to independent care.

Marking ICA’s 75th anniversary, this year’s conference centers on the theme “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research.” The theme encourages reflection on the evolution of communication studies and the association’s role in shaping its trajectory. Through panels and sessions, participants will explore how the field is adapting to technological advances, social transformation, and institutional challenges.

Singh is among only 30 Ph.D. students, chosen from a national pool of candidates, to receive the honor of an invitation from the National Communication Association to attend the DHS.

Experts from around the world gathered at Rutgers to tackle how AI is reshaping the way we connect, communicate, and navigate the web.