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March 3: Dr. Chance York, Assistant Professor at ��������’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication conducts research that speaks to a possible link between social media habits and one’s genetics.  He recently received a lot of media attention for this research into genetics as a determining factor in social media use. Read Being addicted to social media is hereditary Learn more about Dr. Chance York Listen to the Elevations interview:   ...

Police officers rarely find out how victims are doing after a crisis. In most crisis situations, they deal with the immediate threat and move on. But �������� Police Officer Anne Spahr recalls the moment when she knew she had saved a life. A young woman, who previously suffered from suicidal behavior, approached Officer Spahr at the Kent Student Center and graciously thanked her for helping with her mental breakdown. It was a moment that she will never forget. Officer Spahr is one of two K-9 officers at �������� who has saved lives — both mentally and physically — ...

After spending months cooped up inside, most of us enjoy the opportunity to freshen our homes and offices with a good spring cleaning and decluttering. But before all the clutter ends up in a landfill, ��������’s Office of Sustainability recommends finding responsible ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. DONATE Before you throw away everything, consider what else you can do with it. Many places in local communities accept donations. “It is always better to give items another life by reusing or donating first before recycling them or placing items in the trash,” sa...

The School of Communication Studies and the School of Digital Sciences at �������� invite applications for two (2) open-rank tenure-track and/or tenured positions in Communication and Technology at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor.  These appointments are two of eight new interdisciplinary faculty lines in the College of Communication and Information (CCI) and are shared between Communication Studies (75%) and Digital Sciences (25%), both schools in CCI. The School of Communication Studies would be the tenure home. CCI is the only col...

Assistant professor Rekha Sharma, Ph.D., published a chapter in the book, South Asian Diasporic Cinema and Theatre: Re-visiting Screen and Stage in the New Millennium.   The book contains 17 critical essays by Indian, European, Indo-Scottish and Indo-American scholars that affirm heterogeneity and difference while celebrating diverse ways of looking at South Asian diasporic film and drama.   Sharma authored the chapter “Desi Films: Articulating Images of South Asian Identity in a Global Communication Environment.” The chapter discusses how movies created by and about South Asian ...