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ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ enters the 2026–2027 academic year with a wave of new faculty joining its colleges and schools, bringing decades of combined experience in health education, the arts, nursing, environmental policy, physician assistant studies and creative writing. Below is an introduction to this year’s class of new professors and a glimpse into their expertise and accomplishments.

Jeneanne DeBois ’16 arrived at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ planning to become an English teacher, but the University gave her room to discover a different way to bring stories to young people.

The ink left by student journalism can teach us a great deal about ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s history.

More than 50 years ago, in the early 1970s, a dedicated group of students in ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Communication Department came together to produce a documentary highlighting Philadelphia’s Settlement Music School, an organization committed to helping disadvantaged young people thrive through the power of music. The film, What the Notes Say, was created under the guidance of…

Able News at The Viscardi Center staff reporter Christopher Alvarez ’20 interviewed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani just weeks before his inauguration. The two discussed improvements to housing, transportation and employment.

Staff and writers of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s student newspaper, The Delphian, have been recognized with three awards by the Press Club of Long Island (PCLI), the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Liza N. Burby, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ senior adjunct professor and Delphian faculty adviser, was also recognized as a reporter of the year. They were…

Lego is more than just plastic building blocks—and an ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ alum is one of those behind building the brand.

Internships are a foundation of an ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ education and one of the best ways students can prepare for careers. From shadowing surgical technicians at an eye bank to researching nanotechnology in Poland, our students spent the summer of 2024 having extraordinary internship experiences.

The 54th annual festival showcased 16 films of various genres, all directed by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ undergraduate students.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ School of Education Assistant Professor Suraj Uttamchandani, PhD, and Associate Professor Matthew Curinga, EdD, and John Drew, associate professor of communications, have received funding from the Mozilla Foundation to redesign two courses in responsible computing.

Communications Professor Joan Stein Schimke, is a writer, producer and director of films. Her spot in a competitive mentorship program will help advance her career, advance women in filmmaking and share her experiences with her students.

From TV to politics to nonprofits, these five alumni find common ground in their ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ experience.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ faculty explore a century of American immigration through art, music and film.

Senior Kennie Dionísio is a computer science major and communications minor, but his focus has shifted after interning at North Shore TV.

How do you get to Sesame Street? Design your own major in puppetry and take it to your dream career in Broadway’s Winnie the Pooh, on Sesame Workshop—and even on a Super Bowl commercial featuring Cookie Monster.

During the pandemic, Paul Thaler, PhD, professor in the Department of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences, didn’t set out to write a horror tale that pays homage to the American writer, poet, editor and literary critic Edgar Allen Poe. But as Dr. Thaler delved more deeply into his writing project, he brought…

Recent communications alumna Ana Lyz Rodriguez ’22 created five powerful video profiles of Hispanic students at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Watch their stories, and read about her own story as a filmmaker and advocate.

Aurore Ineza had a life-changing student experience at the African Girls' Summit in Niger, reporting on panels led by the world’s top nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). As a global thinker, this future journalist covered critical discussions of human rights for girls around the world.