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Banding
Together
In spite of the remote learning plan enacted during
the spring 2020 semester, Dyson College communi-
cations students completed a unique collaborative
project promoting four Bronx-based punk bands.
Students from three courses—Cinematography
II, Writing for Print Media, and Public Relations
Research—teamed up, and the result was a music
video and PR campaign. Department of Media,
Communications, and Visual Arts professors David
Freedman and Louis Guarneri, and Department
Chair Paul Ziek, PhD, documented the experience
and have submitted case studies for several upcom
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ing academic conferences. They are also planning
future collaborations. "The class was truly experien-
tial in that the students had to go from idea genera-
tion to completion with established musicians," Ziek
said. "We took away a great sense of pride as faculty.
Not only did the students embrace the experience of
working with clients, but they rose to the challenge
and faced the pandemic head-on. They soldiered
through and made the necessary adjustments in
order to complete professional-quality work."
Paul Levitz, an adjunct professor in
the Department of Publishing, was
inducted into the Will Eisner Comic
Awards Hall of Fame for his iconic
work as a writer, editor, and executive
of DC Comics (2002–09).
Professor of Chemistry and Physical
Sciences JaimeLee Rizzo, PhD,
received the Outstanding Four-
Year Undergraduate College and
University Chemistry Faculty
Teaching Award for 2019 from the
New York Section of the American
Chemical Society.
