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Artificial Intelligence (AI), one of our society’s hottest topics, is intensely debated, often hyped, and rarely understood. Critical AI at Rutgers, an interdisciplinary initiative, organized and led through a steering committee with support from the Center for Cultural Analysis and the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, is a leader in the study of this profoundly social and cultural phenomenon.

Louise Barkhuus, professor of Computer Science at the IT University of Copenhagen in Denmark, studies how sociotechnical systems are able to support our everyday practices in privacy-sensitive ways. She will teach and conduct research at SC&I this year.

SC&I has launched a new website to showcase current and past research by SC&I faculty members that directly impacts the lives of New Jersey residents.

"We can help academic immigrants feel valued as well as develop their sense of belonging as full participants in our institutions,” wrote SC&I Interim Dean Dafna Lemish.

Designed to encourage reflection, critical thinking, and the development of communication competencies at an early age, Ruben said the book provides a “primer” for elementary and middle-school children.

Faculty members from the Communication, Journalism and Media
Studies, and Library and Information Science Departments have published books
this year.

The aim of a new NSF-funded project is to develop a learning ecosystem to enable up to 1,000 high school students in Rhode Island to explore and learn how Machine Learning and AI are impacting equity in healthcare. Associate Professor Charles Senteio is a consultant on this cutting-edge grant.

The Rutgers University awards program offers “grant opportunities to support faculty research and especially to encourage scholarship in tackling challenging disciplinary problems in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts.”

In a newly published opinion piece, SC&I Interim Dean Dafna Lemish said she explores larger questions the Children and Media scholarly community could ask to better address public concerns surrounding the impact of media on children.

Professor of Library and Information Science Michael Lesk served on the Library and Information Science faculty at SC&I for twenty years, following a successful career at Bell Labs, Bellcore, and the National Science Foundation.