In Fall 2023, Musa al-Gharbi, a distinguished scholar of sociology, communication and political science, will join the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) and the Alda Center for Communicating Science as an...
J.D. Allen Was Awarded for His Climate Change Podcast Higher Ground Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) lecturer and WSHU managing editor J.D. Allen received an Eric and Wendy Schmidt...
Xia Zheng, a mass communication scholar and educator, will join the School of Communication and Journalism and Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science as a message-design lecturer. In the role, Zheng will teach in...
Kim Stauffer, an actor and theater professor, will join the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science as an applied improvisation lecturer this fall. Stauffer comes to the Alda Center from SUNY Albany, where she has...
Support the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science during Stony Brook University’s annual Giving Day April 27. Donations will help the Center continue to refine and expand its program offerings to help scientists...
JD Allen, WSHU managing editor and SBU journalism instructor, produced the special one-hour program for American Public Media with Sabrina Garone, a station producer. The program is now available to stream online, and...
The initiative, which features research synopses, webinars and other content from science communication professionals from around the country, will link science communication research to professional practice.
The impact of climate change on Long Island is visible almost anywhere you look. A new WSHU podcast, Higher Ground, produced with help from faculty and students at Stony Brook’s School of Communication and Journalism...
Elizabeth Bojsza, a faculty member in Stony Brook’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ), has received an effective teaching certification. Bojsza completed a nine...
The three-hour program, Climate Conversations Online, is designed for scientists, researchers and others whose work focuses on climate change and its impact on our world.
This spring, Stony Brook’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and the Stony Brook Film Festival will offer a five-film festival of classics personally selected by the acclaimed actor, author and activist Alan...
Ruobing Li, assistant professor of mass communication, received a $25,000 grant to explore the intersection between vaccine hesitancy and media exposure.
Science promotes learning, discovery, and innovation; it informs public policy; and improves individual, societal, and global health. Yet many scientists struggle to reach the general public with their discoveries...
Dr. Brenda MacArthur, professor of practice in the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and the School of Communication and Journalism, was recently recognized as a State University of New York Online Teaching...
Gripped by a global pandemic, individuals and societies are looking to public-health professionals for advice and guidance to flatten the curve. In an ongoing crisis, clear and consistent messaging is as important as...
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University will launch a new series of programs designed to help scientists, researchers and medical professionals to share their science, and make online...
A paper recently published in the peer-reviewed journal “Thinking Skills and Creativity,” suggests that improvisational theater exercises may improve psychological health in adults. The paper, “Improv promotes divergent...