In The News: Department of Communication Studies
It’s the Girl Scout mantra: Make new friends but keep the old. However, according to 51ԹϺ communication studies professor and researcher Natalie Pennington, that may not be the best advice for your mental health.
A unique class at 51ԹϺ simulates crime scenes to give students real-world experience. The program is relatively new and aims to build confidence and introduce potential career choices.
More than a decade ago, ABC News pulled off an amazing feat: a 2007 special edition of “20/20” that called attention to the rapid deterioration of the global environment. Reporters were stationed on all seven continents. The news unit even managed to have the lights turned off on the Empire State Building and Times Square to symbolize the dire threat posed by the decline of the earth’s natural support systems. Anchor Diane Sawyer had to use a flashlight – on camera – to maneuver around the set.
Don’t feed the trolls. When you respond and engage with every mean or potentially mean comment about you online, it gives license and opportunity for those behaviors to repeat.
What is sexual harassment? How can employees address it when it is happening? What are the best practices in moving forward?
Studying Christianity provides important insights into how to talk productively about climate change with a variety of audiences. I interviewed Christians from many different denominations and found that they don’t all think alike when it comes to the environment. Some reject environmentalism, some embrace it, and others modify it to fit their beliefs.
It’s still a common refrain on climate change: “I don’t believe it.”
Warming oceans. Shrinking ice sheets. Intense rainfall events. Rising sea levels.
Maybe it starts with a LinkedIn notification that your professional nemesis got a big promotion. Or, perhaps you heard through the grapevine that a former colleague landed your dream job. Suddenly, you’re awash in negative emotions like envy, anger, or frustration.
In an age of predawn rage tweets by President Donald Trump and public cries from his opponents like “Impeach that (expletive),” a special debate last week at 51ԹϺ offered hope that civil discourse can return to American politics.
From examining the possibility of life on distant moons to helping improve the everyday lives of Las Vegas residents, wonderful things are happening on the 51ԹϺ campus.
Nevada voters are about to weigh in on a governor’s race that’s closer than any has been in decades, with implications for the health care of hundreds of thousands of people and the future of public education.