The Vicious Cycle, a Rutgers campaign launched and staffed by SC&I faculty, staff, and student peer educators at the SC&I Center for Communication and Health Issues (CHI), was created to help reduce stigma surrounding substance use disorders at the university and help connect Rutgers students to vital recovery resources and harm reduction strategies on campus.

The SC&I faculty members in the Ph.D. program who had the greatest impact on him, Belvin said, include Betty Turock, Tefko Saracevic, Lea Stewart, and Carl Botan. He credits Lea Stewart for “helping me understand that what you said was not as important as what people heard you say and for being a great, caring person.”

“The media industry is always changing as new products/processes are being developed. Working in the industry means you always have to be open to these changes and ready to work with and grow with them,” Mucciariello said.

In a SC&I Communication class, the undergrads conducted an analysis of the streaming industry and proposed go-to-market communication strategies for WBD’s streaming platform, Max.

“I focus on kindness and communication to build positive relationships,” Lemkin said.

Benitez said she discovered her interest in journalism as a teenager, and then trained for it at Rutgers.

Ohayon said the JMS courses he’s taking are equipping him with the necessary skills he needs to land the internships he’s aiming for.

Beal said, “Today’s CEOs need to transform the way they run their businesses because Gen Z ‘works to live,’ they don’t ‘live to work’ as prior generations have.”

A new Rutgers-led project tracks how Americans view artificial intelligence’s impact on politics, media and daily life.

The journal special issue puts a spotlight on commercial social media's increasing presence in both formal and informal education and its role in "incidental and purposeful learning." The co-editors and authors explore how social media algorithms — the systems driving what content and ads appear when visitors use the app — can expand, disrupt, and constrain how people learn.

Two former Scarlet Knights find careers in sports through Global Sports Business Graduate Program

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