Deciding on a Major

What majors do students choose at Bay Area universities?

Internships, Happiness, and the Big Leagues

Peter Summerville interned with Gabe Kapler, a former Major League Baseball player who is now a health and fitness guru. Kapler publishes a popular blog, and he gave Peter a chance to create a guest post that touched on his experiences in Prof. SunWolf's Science of Happiness course.

Student Spotlight: Mallory Miller

Student journalist honored for her reporting, writing, and editing.

A new film combats sexual violence on college campuses

"Can't Thread a Moving Needle" has brought students, alumni, faculty, and staff together to make colleges safer.

Ending Gridlock in Washington

At a time when many Americans are wondering if there is any way to tackle complex national issues, Chad Raphael points to civic forums as way to break deadlock and rejuvenate democracy.

Giving Back to a Shrinking City

Gordon Young is doing his part to fight blight in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. He raised more than $11,000 in crowdsource funding to tear down a vacant, decaying home that attracted squatters and drug users.

The Sharing Economy on Trial

Lisa Davis examines the legal landscape of Airbnb, the San Francisco company that connects potential guests online with private lodging in cities around the world.

Student Spotlight: Senior Thesis Students

Seniors conduct research project with local elementary school students.

Faculty Feats: Gordon Young

New anthology exploring the Rust Belt features the work of a Communication Department journalist.

Life After SCU: Jeremy Herb

Former student newspaper editor reports from Washington, D.C.

Faculty Feats: Michael Whalen

Associate Professor Mike Whalen, pictured with his wife, Nicole, was honored for collaborating with students and faculty.

Student Spotlight: Reflecting on a College Career

Communication students write top Pathway Reflection Essays.

Student Spotlight: Happy to Study Happiness

Seniors explore the science of happiness.

Student Spotlight: Communication Honor Society

The new leaders of Lambda Phi Eta, the Communication Honor Society, have been selected for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Faculty Feats: Gordon Young

Senior Lecturer Gordon Young asks what it takes to be an "urban homesteader."

Life after SCU: Liam Satre-Meloy

Communication Department graduate co-produces "The Motel Life" starring Dakota Fanning.

Student Social Justice Documentaries

Yahia Mahamdi describes how he helps students engage with the world through film. Communication majors collaborated on a film dealing with immigrant rights and human trafficking. Another profiled wrongfully convicted people exonerated with help from the Northern California Innocence Project.

The Lives of International Students

Flint, Michigan, is a place people tend to leave. So when international students show up in record numbers, arms open. Writing in the New York Times, Gordon Young chronicles the lives of students from nearly 50 countries traveling to this troubled American city.

Going Home Again

Gordon Young has focused his journalism work on his beleaguered hometown in Michigan as it deals with the Flint Water Crisis

When Communication Department Senior Lecturer Gordon Young traveled to his hometown of Flint, Michigan in the summer of 2009, he was hoping to rediscover and help a place that once boasted one of the world's highest per capita income levels, but had become one of the country's most impoverished and dangerous cities.

Documenting Our World

Communication Department faculty are creating documentary films that capture the nuance and complexity of modern life by exploring diversity, sexual assault, and what it means to be part of a family.

James Caan on Communication

Professor Mike Whalen interviews iconic actor James Caan about inhabiting roles, trusting your instincts, the importance of conflict in a scene and more.

Real Lives and Educational Equity

Christine Bachen and Chad Raphael worked with professors in other departments at SCU to reveal how game-based learning could help close the achievement gap in civic education.

Reporting What Matters

Tech journalist Kurt Wagner '12 reflects on his favorite class at SCU and his most rewarding story.

The Science of Happiness

Students in Dr. SunWolf's senior thesis course deliver a mini-lecture to members of Santa Clara University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

The Intersection of India and America

Rohit Chopra reflects on political and cultural trends in India and how they intersect with life in the United States in a series of articles and interviews.

The Hollywood Connection

Communication Department film students get a chance to work with Oscar winners and SCU graduates Blye Pagon Faust and Arthur Schmidt.

Winning the Pulitzer

Tatiana Sanchez, who won a Pulitzer Prize in April, got her start in journalism courses and at The Santa Clara student newspaper.

In the Field

Former Communication student and editor of the campus newspaper heads to The Washington Post.

Ways of Knowing

Laura Ellingson's new book examines a holistic approach to research.

Laura Ellingson's new book examines a holistic approach to research.

Talking About Faith

The Christianity and Communication Studies Network interviewed Paul Soukup, S.J. for their podcast series on essential questions in faith and communication.

The Christianity and Communication Studies Network interviewed Paul Soukup, S.J. for their podcast series on essential questions in faith and communication.

Bystander Intervention

Faculty members are working with students to reduce violence through their teaching, creative work, and service.

Young Scholars

SCU students presented their research and networked at a conference hosted by the Communication Department.

Red Nose Day

Students get silly to spread awareness of children living in poverty.

Students get silly to spread awareness of children living in poverty.