We all crave genuine connections with others, but sometimes conversations stay stuck at the surface level. Making small talk is easy, but building real connections takes a different approach. Learning ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- They come from all walks of life – firefighter, author, nurse, bus driver and homemaker – but share the challenges of living with aphasia, a language disorder that affects the ...

You can spend years building credibility at work and still feel unprepared for the moment you need to say something uncomfortable. That one difficult conversation you wish you could avoid often turns ...

Do you hate making small talk? Do you dread family get-togethers where you have to spend hours listening to mindless gossip and irritating bragging about other people’s children? Do you hate going to ...

As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

The Language Proficiency Center (LPC) invites all members of the campus community to practice their French or Spanish language skills during Conversation Tables drop-in sessions. Graduate students and ...

Let’s face it, fights in relationships are inevitable. Whether it’s over something as small as who forgot to buy milk or something as big as a betrayal of trust, arguments can leave both partners ...