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Students are exploring new methods of storytelling in the latest collaboration between the School of Emerging Media and Technology, Design Innovation and the Reinberger Library Center.

����ɫ��ҹ University has awarded the Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship for 2023-2024 to activist and incoming ����ɫ��ҹ student Kyndra Irwin of Mount Gilead High School in Mount Gilead, Ohio. Kyndra’s personal history has driven her life of activism. Diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) in middle school, she wrote in her essay that she experienced “a sudden onslaught of motor movement and verbal sounds.”

Serving as the Chair of the May 4 Task Force has been something communication studies major Avery Hall, ’23, describes as one of the most impactful and rewarding experiences she’s had at ����ɫ��ҹ University. “May 4, 1970, is a living legacy at ����ɫ��ҹ with relevant implications for students today. Continuing the legacy of May 4th quickly became of great importance to me,” she said.

With fake news running rampant across the country, organizations like the News Literacy Project are on a mission to create better informed, more engaged and more empowered individuals. This spring, ����ɫ��ҹ public relations students earned national recognition for their work creating a campaign that advanced this non-profit’s mission. 

At Hyde Park's famous Speaker's Corner in London, citizens come together to discuss social issues they are passionate about. A similar tradition exists at ����ɫ��ҹ: The Hyde Park Forum is a long-standing public speaking competition, featuring student finalists from COMM 15000: Intro to Human Communication, who perform their persuasive speeches from class. COMM 15000 is open to all ����ɫ��ҹ students. This year’s forum, which took place April 12, was the first to be held since 2019 due to the pandemic.

As a Producer for the Cleveland Cavaliers, ����ɫ��ҹ alumna Crystal Smith, ’18, never imagined the career path she is currently on and the opportu

Sophie Young, ’23, a senior in the School of Media and Journalism, has always admired the New York Times and everything about it (including the Wordle).

“It’s a lot of what I consume,” she says. “I get three different New York Times emails in my Inbox every day, and I’ve been reading them for a long time.”

Catherine Smith, a professor in the School of Emerging Media and Technology and School of Information, said she remembers the days of male-dominated tech conferences with so little space for women, even the restrooms were exclusive to men. 

In America, conversations about grief and loss are often avoided, and in art, tend to be sugarcoated, or even “corny.”

����ɫ��ҹ Assistant Professor and independent filmmaker Dana White is changing that narrative through her work, and was recently recognized by the Ohio Arts Council.