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Greenspun College of Urban Affairs News

The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs is committed to creating contemporary solutions for resilient communities. Our academic programs focus on making effective public policy, creating support structures to meet behavioral and mental health challenges, ensuring cities are safe and prepared to meet emergency situations, effective and ethical journalism, and interpersonal and public communication strategies.

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Series brings campus and community members together to learn about current events and issues.

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A group of faculty, students, and alumni roll out a campaign that encourages parents to complete their child's vaccine series. 

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Kathleen McNamara, a veteran and clinical social worker, discusses why mental health care is a crucial service offered by Veterans Affairs.

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Through a fun and collaborative effort, a Planning & Construction project manager will help campus clients meet their design needs and budget.

Urban Affairs In The News

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Law enforcement is a career that is always in the public eye, whether for heroic reasons or scandal. Currently, our nation鈥檚 800,000 law enforcement officers have even more of a spotlight than usual, though, amid high-profile police brutality cases. As a result, the Justice Department and some local police departments have made rule changes like banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants in some situations.

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Recent Urban Affairs Accomplishments

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work), together with Ariann Chelli (Desert Hope Treatment Center in 51吃瓜网免费App) and Maureen Strohm (HCA Sunrise Health GME Consortium at Southern Hills Hospital in 51吃瓜网免费App) wrote an article, "Connecting Hospitalized Patients with Substance Use Disorder to Community Continuing Coordinated Care: The Critical Role of Hospital鈥
Linda Dam (Journalism and Media Studies) and Anne Marie Borsai Basaran from the University of Connecticut have published an article titled, "Societal perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Strategic communicative action in problem solving" in Journal of Communication Management. The study seeks to understand the strategic communicative鈥
Kevin Stoker (Journalism & Media Studies) published "Expanding the Limits of 鈥淢ere Newspaper Reporting:鈥 the Interpretive Reporting of William Bolitho Ryall in American Journalism. He and co-author Brandon Bouchillon, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas, examined the iconic writing and reporting of Bolitho, who helped pioneer鈥
Ashley Noel Pruitt (Medicine; Public Policy), associate director of technical assistance and policy for the Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERE NV), was recognized this month by the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at 51吃瓜网万能科大. Pruitt is a doctorate candidate in the School of Public Policy and Leadership (鈥
Steve Pace (Criminal Justice), Stephen Benning (Psychology), Logan Kennedy (Criminal Justice), and Jade Laughlin published an article, "Predictors of Successful Resolutions and Avoidance of Harms in Crisis Negotiations: An Analysis of the FBI鈥檚 HOBAS Database from 1982 to 2023." Crisis negotiation incidents can be emotionally charged events and鈥
Aya Shata's Jour 433 IMC Competition class (Journalism and Media Studies) won third place in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) at the district level. The team developed a multi-touchpoint integrated marketing communication campaign worth $75 million for a real client. Shata along with five students (Sabrina, Alan, Joey, Kae, and鈥