Students in faculty Maria Scott’s media relations class this semester worked with St. Anthony Shrine, a Franciscan Catholic community in downtown Boston, to highlight their counseling and social services.
Gellman advocated for more support for college-in-prison programs in the state, and weighed in on the Mexican president’s plan to reconfigure elections.
New Yorker film critic Richard Brody wrote “I compile the movies that imposed themselves on memory and … have provided enduring pleasures and illuminations.”
Assistant Professor Deion Hawkins writes about the future of Black Twitter, particularly in the context of police brutality and racism, now that Elon Musk owns Twitter.
Performing Arts professor and theatre scholar Magda Romanska writes for the academic news site The Conversation about works from the 13th century-present that examine the kidnapping of children during conflict, as media report on the kidnapping and forced adoption of Ukranian children by Russians.
Pole dancing dates back to the 12th century.
Comedic Arts faculty Tripp Whetsell shared his admiration and respect for the late comedian and actor Budd Friedman, who recently passed, in a New York Times piece. Friedman was the founder of the legendary Improv comedy clubs, first opened in New York City in 1963.
The midterms experimented with Black-led state campaigns with the potential to address the pocketbook issues of the community.
Communication Studies faculty and BIGfish PR CEO David Gerzof Richard weighed in on the new (and brief) Twitter plicy “Twitter Blue” paid subsription policy enacted by new Twitter CEO Elon Musk that has significant credibility issues, and Facebook/Meta’s layoff of 11,000 employees.
Associate professor of political science and director of the Emerson Prison Initiative Mneesha Gellman describes the importance of teaching indigenous languages in public schools, citing her research in northern California’s Humboldt County with the Yurok language.
