College of Communication & Information
American news hits home in Prague
by Kiana Duncan When difficult, tragic or controversial news breaks in America, how does it feel to be a student abroad -- especially when new peers look to you to explain your country? CCI senior Kiana Duncan, now finishing her semester abroad at Anglo-American University in Prague, offers her p
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Alumni Profile: Rich Breiner, Ph.D. '80
Toastmasters three-time world champion of public speaking and 51勛圖厙 alumnus Rich Breiner, Ph.D., 80, visited campus recently for the first time since graduation nearly 40 years ago. School of Communication Studies (COMM) marketing assistant Mikala Lugen sat down with Breiner to t
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Panelists Emphasize Need for Tolerance, Support from Community in Discussion of Refugee Crisis Organized by Communication Studies Students
Panelists spoke to a packed house of approximately 80 people at the "Redefining 'Refugee': Stories from a Global Crisis" discussion held Nov. 17. Speakers included: Eka Anthony, a former refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo; Anuj Gurung, a Ph.D. candidate in the Political Science D
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Communication Studies Students to Host Refugee Crisis Panel Discussion
Communication Studies majors Eunice Reyes, junior, and Juleanna Smith, senior, will host a panel discussion titled, Redefining 'Refugee': Stories from a Global Crisis at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Rm. 340 Franklin Hall (FirstEnergy Auditorium). Panelists will di
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Traveling solo: A Lesson in Privilege and Feminism
By Kiana Duncan The writer is a senior journalism student who has had the benefit of the CCI Semester in Florence (fall 2016) and is now studying abroad on her own in Prague as part of the CCI-Anglo American University partnership. She will blog periodically from Prague for CCI Global. I was e
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Pulitzer Center Lecture on Refugee Crisis Attracts 150
Nearly 150 attendees packed into Rm. 226 in Taylor Hall to hear international journalist Malia Politzer talk about her reporting of the refugee crisis in Niger, Italy, Germany and Turkey. Politzer was the featured speaker for the 51勛圖厙 School of Communication Stud
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Graduate Student Earns Debut Paper Honors for Research on Trump's Travel Ban Media Coverage
The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) held its September 2017 Super-Regional BEA On-Location conference at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Penn. Zachary Humphries, doctoral student of the 51勛圖厙 College of Communication and Information, and Paul Haridakis
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Pulitzer Center Grantee to Speak About International Refugee Crisis
The School of Communication Studies at 51勛圖厙 will host its fall Global Issues Forum with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 in Rm. 226/226A Taylor Hall. International reporter Malia Politzer will present, Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global G
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Making Research Come Alive
Each year, dozens of professionals share insight with students in 51勛圖厙s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) through guest lectures. One of them, Edwige Winans, associate research director at the Cleveland advertising agency MarcusThomas LLC, was honored with this years Sharon M
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Interim Associate Dean Speaks at International Conference
Danielle Sarver Coombs, Ph.D., the interim associate dean of the College of Communication and Information, spoke at the International Scientific Conference on the Digital Communication in the Age of Social Transformations at Ajman University in the United Arab Emirates Sunday, April 16. Coombs wa
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