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Accessing knowledge has become increasingly easy in recent decades. Scientific facts about climate change and global warming can be found with the flick of a finger — yet this has not been enough to persuade emerging climate change deniers to acknowledge its reality and urgency.
For years, UW students had been clamoring for a course on horror movies. This summer, Sarah Mae Fleming (MS’23) finally gave them one.
Student voters say their top issues are reproductive rights and democracy, wish politicians would take Gen Z more seriously.
Graduates of UW-Madison who earn a degree in Communication Arts go on to do amazing things—so the Department of Communication Arts is excited to announce its inaugural Distinguished Alumni Awards to recognize these many accomplishments. As communication professionals, our graduates shape the ways that we can interact and connect with one another. They pursue research …
The Communication Arts community has lost one of its truly stellar figures. David Bordwell, the Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on February 29, 2024 at the age of 76 after a lengthy illness. A prolific researcher, dedicated teacher, and passionate cinephile, he guided countless colleagues, students, and …
David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and esteemed film theorist, has been recognized for his outstanding contribution to the world of mystery writing. His latest work, Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder, published by Columbia University Press, has been shortlisted for the Best Critical/Biographical …
Lopez, a professor of communication arts and the Director of the Asian American Studies Program, is one of 15 faculty honored nationwide for research, dedication and impact. by AARON R. CONKLIN Dr. Lori Lopez, a professor of communication arts and the Director of the Asian American Studies Program, is one of 15 researchers nationwide to be …
Decades before the rise of YouTube, Zoom, and Instagram, video artist Wendy Clarke created groundbreaking media projects that empowered everyday people to share their stories and connect. In her long-running “Love Tapes” project, a diverse range of participants entered a video booth and, for exactly three minutes, described what love meant to them. During the …